Iron and blue LEDs synthesize natural molecules, cutting the need for expensive chiral components

• Photocatalysts facilitate chemical reactions by absorbing light • Metal-based photocatalysts are widely used in organic synthesis due to their durability and the ability to tune

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 179 words

Chemists synthesize first stable copper metallocene complex, closing a 70-year gap

• Almost half a century ago, a remarkable molecule called metallocene took center stage in chemistry, earning Geoffrey Wilkinson and Ernst Otto Fischer the Nobel Prize. • These org

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 144 words