Electrocatalysts can help to obtain chemicals from renewable raw materials or to use alternative energy sources. But testing new catalysts brings challenges.
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New synthetic route for amanitin, a therapeutically interesting mushroom toxin
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ESA makes oxygen out of moon dust
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Chemists find a use for nuclear waste
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Researchers use CRISPR-Cas12a as a DNA shredder to clean up and mobilize parts of DNA-origami structures.
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