Pre-analytical challenges from adsorptive losses associated with thiamine analysis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-60910-0

Giant dielectric tunability in ferroelectric ceramics with ultralow loss by ion substitution design https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48264-7

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills Recycling does not necessarily prevent an item from eventually ending up in a landfill, according to Enrique Gomez, interim associate dean for equity and inclusion and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. Instead, recycling simply delays its end of life. Plastic bottles that are recycled and then turned into carpet, for example, eventually end up in the landfill when the carpet gets worn out and is thrown away.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-....cold-sintering-plast

Novel chemical tool for understanding membrane remodeling in the cell In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Umeå researchers describe a natural product-like molecule, Tantalosin, that inhibits interaction between two proteins in complexes that reshape membranes inside the cell.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-....chemical-tool-membra

Chemist explores the real-world science of Star Wars A professor at the University of Warwick is exploring the chemistry of the galaxy far, far away this Star Wars Day, May the 4th.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-....chemist-explores-rea