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Pharmaceuticals

Memorable moments in 2023

The moments, numbers, and news that the C&EN team found noteworthy this year


Flagship launches Quotient Therapeutics, its first UK start-up

In both Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Cambridge, England, the firm will hunt for new drug targets in the genetic diversity of individual cells

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Biocatalysis

Engineered enzyme constructs lactams

A single enzyme stereoselectively builds cyclic amides with 4-, 5-, and 6-membered rings


A new catalyst for breaking down nylon 6

Researchers turn commercial plastic into reusable monomer without solvent or extreme temperatures

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Spectroscopy

Tightly wound superconductor gives magnet strength

Device could improve studies of materials and living cells


The challenges of working with legacy NMRs

Nearly a decade after Agilent stopped making the instruments, researchers work to keep old systems running