(Top) General scheme for using mechanical force to trigger a radical chain reaction. (Bottom) Shreds of a grocery bag were utilized to initiate a reaction in a ball mill jar. Credit: Koji Kubota et al ...

Researchers employ common plastics to kickstart radical chain reactions, creating a way to reuse plastic waste while improving process safety and efficiency. Single-use plastics are a major ...

De-Wei Gao's research group at ShanghaiTech University has developed a new method for efficient and highly selective boron-heteroatom functional group exchange reactions. Their method overcomes the ...

Making molecules with quaternary carbon bonds—four carbons attached to a central C—is tricky but necessary for medicinal chemists. Quaternary C bonds have a discrete shape, Princeton University ...

Free radicals are atoms that attach to healthy cells in your body, damaging them in the process. You can encounter free radicals in the environment from things like smoke and alcohol. Combat the ...

(Nanowerk News) Single-use plastics are a major environmental concern, but now, rather than being disposed of as garbage, used plastic bags from the grocery store could be utilized to carry out a ...