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Protein synthesis revolution on way as large peptides made in hours not days

By Kira Welter

Flow chemistry can now make peptide chains up to 164 amino acids long in one go

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Laser carved copper catalysts unveil secrets of turning CO2 into fuels

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Selectivity maps help identify optimal conditions to produce chemicals of choice 

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Supporting the chemistry community

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The Chemists’ Community Fund – formerly the Benevolent Fund – has been helping people for 100 years. Rachel Brazil looks at how it works, now it may be more needed than ever before

News

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Trump seeks to revoke visas of Chinese students with ties to China’s military

2020-06-04T13:30:00+01:00

Academic and science groups speak out against move to bar certain Chinese nationals from studying and conducting research in the US

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Developing antiviral mask technology in a pandemic

2020-06-02T08:54:00+01:00

Surface chemistry strategies play a pivotal role in personal protective equipment that can neutralise the Sars-CoV-2 virus

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Lack of standardised testing makes comparing nano skin tests hard

2020-06-02T13:47:00+01:00

Study reemphasises that nanoparticles don’t penetrate the skin

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Nobel laureates lead revolt after US–China coronavirus grant cancellation

2020-05-28T13:30:00+01:00

Nearly 80 US Nobel laureates and 30 scientific organisations criticise sudden termination of joint research with Wuhan Institute of Virology

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UK project aims to cut the cost of producing clean, green hydrogen

2020-05-27T13:30:00+01:00

Goal is to drive down price of hydrogen made by splitting water using renewable energy

Research

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New silicon–silicon bond is a rare example of a π bond without a σ bond

2020-06-03T09:09:00+01:00

Discovery made in silicon analogue of bicyclobutane

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Respiratory viruses detected in 30 minutes with the help of a smartphone

2020-06-02T13:41:00+01:00

$50 smartphone accessory could be adapted for Covid-19

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First natural Diels–Alder enzyme discovered in mulberry tree

2020-06-01T08:30:00+01:00

Enzyme beats most synthetic catalysts when it comes to enantioselective intermolecular [4+2] cycloadditions

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Algorithm tracks down buried treasure among existing compounds

2020-05-28T09:04:00+01:00

Tool tested by picking photoactive molecules out of a pharma database

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Wriggling worms help explain how certain polymers move and flow

2020-05-28T08:32:00+01:00

Experiments with live worms may shed light on mysterious biological processes governed by the behavior of tiny moving filaments

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Kindness – Building a better chemistry culture

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Celebrating science's forgotten heroes

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Alice Ball’s treatment for leprosy

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Eunice Foote: the mother of climate change

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Jimmy Robinson and the atom bomb elements

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The indomitable Toshiko Mayeda

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Theodora Greene’s protecting groups

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Features

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Drugging the gut microbiome

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Treating the bacteria that live inside us can improve our own health. Clare Sansom meets our tiny friends

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Do asteroids hold the key to life on Earth?

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A series of missions are set to reveal the hidden secrets of the asteroids. Nina Notman explores the science of space rocks

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The plastic sorting challenge

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Before we can recycle many plastics, they must be sorted into separate streams. Angeli Mehta finds out how 

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The plastics problem

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How chemistry is providing solutions to the issue of plastic waste

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