In every project, researchers face a fundamental choice that will impact the quality of their findings: should they rely solely on numbers (quantitative research), exclusively on stories and experienc...

I think human-dependent peer review has lost its human element, thus its relevance, so what we can do to install a new system by abandoning the present one?

Nicola Davies from IOPP details the publisher's new data sharing requirements for authors.

The impacts of funding cuts to research in the US extend far beyond their immediate targets. We see a chain reaction that could indelibly alter the education and research landscape, including the futu...

The one-carbon homologation of carboxylic acids is a valuable route to construct families of homologues, which play fundamental roles in chemistry and biology. However, known procedures are based on multistep sequences, use harsh conditions or are limited in scope. Thus, almost a century after the discovery of the original Arndt–Eistert homologation sequence, a general method to directly convert carboxylic acids into their corresponding homologues remains elusive. Exploiting the photoredox reactivity of nitroethylene, we disclose a practical visible-light-induced homologation of unmodified carboxylic acids. Iterations of the procedure reveal an exceptionally tunable strategy for the construction of inert carbon spacers, opening new opportunities in synthesis.