Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41570-024-00636-9Sapana Jadoun explains how metals can be extracted from, for example, mining and electronic waste with her purpose-built solar raceway pond reactor for use in sunny locations such as the Atacama Desert.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41570-024-00637-8Li-ion intercalation often induces phase changes in transition metal dichalcogenides, but only the transition of 2H-to-1T/1T' in MoS2 is well-known. Here, researchers report emerging phase transitions in 1T'-MoTe2, leading to the discovery of two new electronic phases.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 23 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41570-024-00632-zThe dawn of solar ethylene

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 22 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41570-024-00629-8Disorder in redox-active monolayers arising from pinhole defects, loose packing, heterogeneous distribution of redox-active headgroups, and lateral interactions between immobilized redox-active molecules can cause non-ideal cyclic voltammetry behaviour.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 18 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41570-024-00627-wCompartmentalization is crucial for life’s evolution. Yet, the origin of modern phospholipid membranes and their species-dependent homochirality remains unknown. Amphiphile detection in extraterrestrial samples suggests diverse interstellar chemistry, enriching Earth’s...

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41570-024-00631-0Understanding our water supplies is vital for our health and wellbeing. While traditional water quality analyses require a slow and costly approach, Fluidion deploys automated chemical and microbiological monitoring in areas with impaired drinking water and at the...