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Energy & Climate March 23, 2026 381 stories in this edition

Turning coal to medicines: Chinese scientists bring a 160-year-old dream to life

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Zhang Tong
Turning coal to medicines: Chinese scientists bring a 160-year-old dream to life

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Chinese scientists have discovered a way to turn cheap coal into valuable ingredients for medicine. This was once a long and difficult process, but now they have found a surprising short cut. In a study published on March 16 in the journal Nature, Jiao Ning’s team at Peking University solved a chemical puzzle that had confounded scientists for over 160 years. They successfully transformed inexpensive and readily avai...

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Chinese scientists have discovered a way to turn cheap coal into valuable ingredients for medicine. This was once a long and difficult process, but now they have found a surprising short cut. In a study published on Marc...

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