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Issue 38 of Chemical Science is here! #ChemSciCovers

Featuring work from Hao Li, Yongliang Tang, Yuanzheng Chen and colleagues! "A closed-loop framework for descriptor-empowered exploration of high-activity Co-based quaternary molten alloy catalysts for methane pyrolysis"

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October 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Issue 37 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'The advent of molecular nanocarbon biology' by Kenichiro Itami, Kazuma Amaike et al. 🤩

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October 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Issue 37 of Chemical Science is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features work by Kazuma Amaike, Ayaka Ueda and Kenichiro Itami and highlights their Perspective article on 'The advent of molecular nanocarbon biology'!

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October 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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'Ion-pairing-modulated magnetic properties of thiaporphyrin CuII complex cations' by Hiromitsu Maeda et al.

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September 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Don't miss Hiromitsu Maeda, Yoichi Kobayashi, Gaku Fukuhara et al.'s recent article:

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'Anion-controlled ion pairing and assembly of π-electronic cations with orthogonal π-systems'

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September 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Issue 36 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Genomic signatures highlight stress-response evasion and translational tuning as key drivers of Escherichia coli adaptation to fluorinated tryptophans' by Nediljko Budisa, Beate Koksch et al. 🤩

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September 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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'PFAS removal by ultra-low loads of a metal–organic cage' by Edmundo G. Percástegui, Raúl Hernández Sánchez et al.

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September 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Don't miss Yukatsu Shichibu, Katsuaki Konishi et al.'s recent article:

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'N-coordination-driven anchoring of M2 dimers (M = Cu, Ag) on Au6 cluster: structural evolution and enhanced photoluminescence'

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September 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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'Beyond a single structure: complementary IR and NMR signatures of multi-minima noncovalent binding' by Pavel Hobza, Štěpán Kment, Martin Dračínský et al.

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September 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Issue 35 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Borane-assisted hydride addition and dihydrogen reductive elimination at iridium: a gateway to Ir(–i)/Ir(i) redox catalysis' by Hajime Kameo, Didier Bourissou et al. 🤩

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September 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Don't miss Junyu Chen, Zongxiu Nie and Yuze Li et al.'s recent article:

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'Field-enhanced graphene fiber arrays reveal serum metabolic alterations in pancreatic cancer'

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September 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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'Surface co-crystallization with an organic single crystal enables vapochromic and luminescent detection of phenols' by Ivan Bondarenko and Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado et al.

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Cover art by Ivan Bondarenko.
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September 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Issue 34 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'High-throughput bead-based cytokine profiling reveals dynamic immune signatures and identifies candidate exploratory biomarkers in CAR-T therapy' by Hongzhe Sun et al. 🤩

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September 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Don't miss Wan-Lu Li et al's recent article

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'Defect-mediated regulation of interfacial hydrophobic transport via cavitation thermodynamics'

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August 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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'Selenium-induced curvature control enables polymorphism in borabuckybowls' by Takuji Hatakeyama et al.

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August 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Issue 33 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Unanticipated enhancement of phosphide nucleophilicity in dimethyl sulfoxide for advanced catalytic P–C bond formation reactions' by Rory Waterman et al. 🤩

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August 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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'When fluorination becomes inactive: solvation exclusion and interfacial kinetics in Ni-rich lithium-ion batteries' by Montree Sawangphruk et al.

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August 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Issue 32 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Catalytic hydroboration of aldehydes with electron-rich alkoxysilylenes: from mechanistic insights to highly active catalysts' by Stephan Schulz et al. 🤩

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August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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'Embedded amide in π-conjugation as a tunable double-bond motif for controlling optical properties' by Yoshimitsu Itoh et al.

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August 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Issue 31 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Self-assembly of iron porphyrin complexes bearing carboxyl and carboxylate groups for a highly active CO2 reduction framework catalyst' by Mio Kondo, Shigeyuki Masaoka et al. 🤩

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August 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Issue 30 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Excited-state orbital angular momentum enables all-optical molecular spin coherence' by Ryan G. Hadt et al. 🤩

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August 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Issue 29 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Design of active interlayer space in layered oxysulfide photocatalysts NaMTiO2.2S1.8 (M = lanthanoid) for efficient visible light hydrogen evolution' by Ryu Abe, Hajime Suzuki et al. 🤩

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July 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Issue 28 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Interaction–structure coupling enables high-flux enantioselective transport in lamellar membranes' by Zhan Li, Hongyan Wan et al. 🤩

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July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Issue 27 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Data-driven structural angle mining elucidates hidden design rules for hydrogen evolution single-atom electrocatalysts' by Sen Lin, Jian Lin et al. 🤩

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July 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Issue 26 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features 'Interrogating the synthetic likelihood of metal–organic frameworks: a digital discovery perspective' by Jianwen Jiang and Xiaoyu Wu 🤩

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July 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM