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Researchers Discover Magnesium Oxide Protective Coatings for Advanced Batteries

The success of a promising class of next-generation batteries may hinge on something almost impossibly thin: a coating just a nanometer thick - roughly 100,000 times thinner than a human hair.

17 Jul 2026

New Technique Takes the Heat Out of 3D Printing Process

Researchers have developed a new 3D printing technique that allows the printing of whole objects and controls the temperature of the chemical reaction to stabilize the process.

10 Jul 2026

ChemGraph Brings AI Agents to Automate Complex Chemistry Workflows

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a framework, ChemGraph, that uses artificial intelligence to help nonexperts access computational chemistry expertise.

8 Jul 2026

Seawater Lithium Becomes Battery Material Through Li-Air Chemistry

Researchers developed a Li-air chemistry-inspired electrodialysis system that uses a LAGP membrane, ambient CO2, and a DBBQ redox mediator to extract lithium from simulated seawater and form Li2CO3 directly. The lab-scale process produced 93.8%-purity lithium carbonate suitable for LiCoO2 cathode synthesis, although scale-up depends on improving membrane durability, product collection, and long-term operation.

7 Jul 2026

New Catalyst Efficiently Turns Methane Into Transportable Liquid Fuel at Low Temperatures

Scientists have demonstrated a promising new approach for converting methane -- the primary component of natural gas -- into liquid chemicals that are precursors for many industrial chemicals and fuels.

2 Jul 2026

SPECTRO Introduces SPECTROPORT LIBS PXL01 Portable OES Metals Analyzer

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced the SPECTROPORT LIBS PXL01 portable OES metals analyzer for metals analysis in the field.

From SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH 1 Jul 2026

Switching Spin States in Manganese Ions with Light

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a new way to employ molecules as tiny data storage devices using a new manganese-based material.

30 Jun 2026

From Cryogenic Synthesis to Photochemistry: Asynt Introduces the New ColdCoil

A modular temperature-controlled flow chemistry platform designed to evolve alongside modern research workflows.

From Asynt 30 Jun 2026

LCLS X-Ray Laser Directly Images Atom Movement in Chemical Reactions

Using the powerful LCLS X-ray laser, they directly imaged for the first time how molecules rearranged during a chemical reaction controlled by light.

27 Jun 2026

UMass Amherst-led Team Discovers New Way to Make Thermally Insulative Plastics

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have demonstrated a possible new avenue for developing flame-retardant and generally low-conductivity (low heat transfer) plastics that retain the benefits of being strong and flexible by limiting the accessibility of heat-carrying vibrational channels of the material.

23 Jun 2026

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