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flag Scientists discover a room-temperature reaction that breaks and reforms sulfur bonds, enabling greener drug development and recyclable plastics.

flag Researchers from Flinders University and the University of Liverpool have discovered trisulfide metathesis, a new chemical reaction that allows sulfur-sulfur bonds to break and reform at room temperature without heat, light, or catalysts. flag The process, which occurs rapidly in specific solvents, enables precise modification of anti-cancer drugs, accelerates drug discovery, and supports the creation of fully recyclable plastics that can be depolymerized into original components. flag Published in Nature Chemistry, the breakthrough offers a pathway to a circular plastics economy and has broad implications for medicine, materials science, and sustainable chemistry.

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