Russian chemist Sergey Vasilyevich Lebedev was born on this day in 1874. He developed a method for industrial production of synthetic rubber. In 1910, while researching processes...
Dichloromethane (DCM) is a fantastically useful solvent. It can dissolve a huge variety of compounds;whisk them through chromatography columns; and then Rotovap away in a...
Two research groups have independently developed catalysts that turn CO2 and hydrogen into gasoline. The conversion of carbon dioxide to long-chain hydrocarbons is potentially crucial to...