Uranium nitride cleaves C-H bonds but decomposes in the process

[Astronuc]

Uranium nitride rips the hydrogen atoms off a carbon atom -- but

unfortunately, the UN is destroyed in the process.

http://news.discovery.com/tech/uranium-nuclear-power.html

I don't why is considered new, since UN has been around for more than 25 years. It was considered for compact fast reactors of space applications.

Scientists are interested in replicating the capabilities of cytochrome P450, an enzyme involved in a number of chemical transformations.

 

[chemisttree]

... writing to the show "1000, err, 1001 Ways to Die!"

Having all of your hydrogen stripped off of your carbon atoms followed by intense radiation and fire. That's going to hurt.