Professor Bonnie Bassler awarded world’s oldest scientific prize for research on how bacteria talk to each other

The Biocatalytic Nitro Hydrogenations Team won the 2025 Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize for developing an industrially applicable hydrogenase that enables mild and selective conversion of nitro compounds into amines. Their chemo‑biocatalytic approach combines the efficiency of hydrogenation with the precision of biocatalysis, reducing cost, waste and carbon emissions while avoiding precious metal catalysts. The technology has the potential to transform the sustainable manufacture of pharmaceuticals and other important chemical building blocks. Read their full profile now: https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/biocatalytic-nitro-hydrogenations-team

A new method for chemically recycling acrylic uses less energy and non-toxic solvents without reducing quality, so plastics can be recycled again and again.

Italian start-up Naturbeads is one of a growing number of early-stage businesses determined to tackle the global problem of toxic microplastics threatening human health

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After receiving a US science diplomacy prize, Chemistry World talks to Martyn Poliakoff and Richard Catlow about global scientific challenges, their love of technicians and being astounded by children...

Synthetic water-soluble polymers are ubiquitous in solution-based applications, but their petroleum origin and nondegradable bonds create environmental concerns. Here, CO2- and glycerol-derived polyca...