US rare earth manufacturing complex is operational

An astounding ten stereocenters can be constructed in just five steps from an azulenone to make a complex natural product skeleton

Arkema and OXIS partner to develop polymer lithium sulfur cells battery technology, the next generation of battery

Analysis of disulfide bond-containing peptides with electron capture dissociation shows that disulfide bond cleavage comes second

Any polymer that can be replicated could serve as a genetic material; British scientists discuss different types of synthetic nucleic acids

Enzymes catalyze polymerization and depolymerization of DNA on a gold surface

A new type of metal-carbon bond that forms at the edges of aromatic compounds could open up a new field of structures

Richard R. Ernst, grandson of Walter Ernst, analyses a 13th century painting from Central Tibet

First efficient noble-metal-free photocatalytic system for proton reduction using copper-based photosensitizers

Dynamic change of surface area and topology of elastomers used as environmentally friendly approach for control of biofouling