A reading library of primary research, scientific institutions and foundational references used in this edition.

  1. Sarkar et al. — Lithium metal-mediated electrochemical reduction of PFAS ↗

    Research paper · Nature Chemistry · 20 January 2026

  2. Wyss Institute — Decoding inflammatory bowel disease on a chip ↗

    Research institution · 21 May 2026

  3. Wyss Institute — Human Organs-on-Chips ↗

    Research institution · technology background

  4. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 — Popular science background ↗

    Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · 2025

  5. Abramson et al. — Accurate structure prediction with AlphaFold 3 ↗

    Research paper · Nature · 8 May 2024

  6. US EPA — Basics of Green Chemistry ↗

    Government · foundational reference

  7. US Department of Energy — Batteries explained ↗

    Government · foundational reference

  8. US Department of Energy — Batteries for electric vehicles ↗

    Government · battery chemistry and recycling

  9. US Department of Energy — Catalysts explained ↗

    Government · foundational reference

  10. USGS Water Science School — pH and Water ↗

    Government · foundational reference

  11. American Chemical Society — The World of Polymers and Plastics ↗

    Scientific society · teaching reference

  12. US EPA — Overview of Drinking Water Treatment Technologies ↗

    Government · treatment mechanisms

  13. National Human Genome Research Institute — What is genome editing? ↗

    Government research institute · foundational reference

  14. Hou et al. — Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery ↗

    Peer-reviewed review · Nature Reviews Materials · 2021

  15. Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society — MicroTAS 2010 archive ↗

    Conference society · original historical source

  16. US EPA — Interim guidance on PFAS destruction and disposal ↗

    Government · 2026 guidance and research limitations

  17. Özkan et al. — Human inflammatory bowel disease-on-a-chip ↗

    Research paper · Nature Biomedical Engineering · 21 May 2026

  18. CDC — Inflammatory bowel disease basics ↗

    Government · disease background

  19. NIH NCATS — Tissue Chip for Drug Screening ↗

    Government research programme · tissue-model development

  20. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences — Scientific background to the 2025 chemistry prize ↗

    Scientific academy · framework chemistry background

  21. RCSB PDB-101 — Biological assemblies ↗

    Scientific data resource · interpreting molecular structures

  22. NIST — Microfluidic measurement and modelling, FY 2019 activities ↗

    Government research report · microfluidic concentration gradients and flow measurement

  23. USGS Water Science School — Alkalinity and Water ↗

    Government · acid neutralization and buffering

  24. US EPA — Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling ↗

    Government · collection, processing and recovered materials

  25. Natural Resources Canada — Battery performance metrics ↗

    Government · battery capacity and energy definitions

  26. Addgene — CRISPR guide ↗

    Nonprofit research resource · targeting and DNA repair

  27. NHGRI — How is genome editing used? ↗

    Government research institute · applications and somatic/germline distinction

  28. Paramasivam et al. — Endosomal escape of delivered mRNA visualized at the nanoscale ↗

    Research paper · Journal of Cell Biology · 2022

  29. NIST — Guidelines for evaluating and expressing measurement uncertainty ↗

    Government metrology reference · Technical Note 1297

  30. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences — The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 ↗

    Scientific academy · asymmetric organocatalysis

  31. UNSW School of Materials Science and Engineering — Polymer types ↗

    University teaching resource · thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers

  32. US EPA — Plastic recycling and composting questions ↗

    Government · material labels and waste-management conditions