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Received — 9 August 2026 ⏭

Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into polyalphaolefin lubricants

✇Nature
By: Eric Munyaneza Nuwayo · Connor Thompson · Abby Civiello · Adrian DiMarco · Jingtao Zhang · Seungjoo Lee · Gugyeong Sung · Tridip Das · Yue Zhang · Clark Vu · Shelby Koshak · John B. Matson · Ali Erdemir · William A. Goddard III · Xi Chen · Guoliang Liu
5 August 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10867-z

A mild chemical process upcycles polyvinyl chloride waste into polyalphaolefin lubricants with tunable properties, offering an economical route to plastic recycling and improved carbon circularity.
Received — 2 August 2026 ⏭

Alternating CO<sub>2</sub> and bicycloalkane copolymerization to circular polyesters

✇Nature
By: Min Zhu · Xavier Westworth · Yingluo Zhao · Gaurav S. Deshmukh · Deepak K. Barange · Tao Zhang · Ravikumar R. Gowda · Linda J. Broadbelt · Eugene Y.-X. Chen
29 July 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10848-2

A simple organic catalyst enables direct alternating copolymerization of CO2 with bicycloalkanes to produce high-performance polyesters that can be selectively depolymerized and recycled in a closed-loop lifecycle.
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