Survey Results: The Most Memorable Chemistry Research Of 2015

During the first week of December, we asked readers to rank some of the biggest moments in chemistry research from 2015. More than 600 chemistry enthusiasts responded! Here’s how they ranked the poll’s five options:

1. Flexible electronics injected into mouse brains record neuron activity without damaging surrounding tissue

2. Researchers make a liquid with permanent “holes” by coating a porous cage structure in certain compounds and dissolving them in solvent.

3. Chemists develop paraffin capsules to hold sensitive chemicals in premeasured doses.

4. Carbon3D printing technology cuts print times from hours to minutes.

5. Martin D. Burke’s tabletop synthesizer builds complex molecules from modular building blocks.

Some survey respondents submitted their own chemistry moments of the year. Here are our favorites:

#1 with a nano-bullet is the laboratory confirmation of C60+ as the spectroscopic origin of two diffuse interstellar bands. (C&EN’s coverage of this research.)

Biogen’s aducanumab drug substantially reduces amyloid plaques.(C&EN’s coverage of this Alzheimer’s news.)

During the first week of December, we asked readers to rank some of the biggest moments in chemistry research from 2015. More than 600 chemistry enthusiasts responded! Here’s how they ranked the poll’s five options:

Some survey respondents submitted their own chemistry moments of the year. Here are our favorites:

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