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They are found as fragrances in cosmetics or as flavorings in food, and form the basis of new medications: Terpenes are natural substances that occur in plants, insects and sea sponges. They are d ...

Explosions and poisoning. Serious injuries and even deaths. In the history of the chemical industry there have been repeated accidents, sometimes fatal, often caused by dangerous and explosive che ...

Researchers at the University of Regensburg, led by Professor Dr. Burkhard König, Institute of Organic Chemistry, have developed a new synthesis method: Light reaction on a water surface allows ch ...

A new AI model developed by chemists at ETH Zurich can not only predict where a pharmaceutically active molecule can be chemically modified, but also how best to do it. This makes it possible to i ...

Fluorinated small molecules are very often used to produce medicines or agrochemicals. However, they rarely occur naturally. The societal importance of fluorinated substances, combined with the la ...

New pharmaceuticals, cleaner fuels, biodegradable plastics: in order to meet society’s needs, chemists have to develop new synthesis methods to obtain new products that do not exist in their natur ...

The reaction principle requires no expensive and toxic metals. In addition, it enables the production and subsequent transformation of a chemical reagent that was previously only known as an unsta ...

Response to Letter in regards to A Response to: Efficacy of the Use of the Calgary Family Intervention Model in Bedside Nursing Education: A Systematic Review [Letter]

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports focuses on the development of nanoscale lead sulfide (PbS) thin films using avocado leaf extracts via the chemical bath deposition technique.

A new two-step approach enables silver tellurium nanorod synthesis with extremely pure monoclinic crystalline nature via chemical cementation, with tellurium nanorods acting as a reduction agent and a template as well.