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• The Fastest, Carbon-free Molecular Water Oxidation Catalyst
  Water oxidation advance boosts potential for solar fuel.
• Tin-Sulfur-Lithium-Ion Battery
  More power, longer Life, increased safety: Tin-sulfur-lithium-ion battery as alternative to conventional lithium batteries.
• Efficient and Clean Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide to CO

  Efficient and Clean Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide to CO Asking 'what would nature do?' leads to a way to break down a greenhouse gas. [Image credit: JACS, DOI 10.1021/ja910091z].

• Molecular Evolution
  Unselfish molecules may have helped give birth to the genetic material of life.
• The Complex Dynamics of a Fluorescent Protein
  Behavior of single protein observed in unprecedented detail by Stanford chemists.