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Drugging RNA

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Some medicinal chemists have changed their focus from proteins to target RNA, finds Rachel Brazil 

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Newly identified greenhouse gas with no known use an ‘early warning’

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Montreal Protocol doesn’t sufficiently control harmful by-products made during other chemical production processes, say atmospheric scientists

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Julia Lermontova: an early pioneer

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Katharine Sanderson tells the story of a 19th century Russian chemist who made contributions across a range of chemistry

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Polar storm paralyses US Gulf Coast petrochemical sector

2021-02-24T13:05:00+00:00

Days after ‘icepocalypse’ hit Texas, 75% of US ethylene capacity was still offline, as was 70% of its polypropylene and 40% of propylene production

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Green light for world’s first Sars-CoV-2 studies that will infect healthy volunteers

2021-02-24T09:30:00+00:00

UK trials will assess how well Covid-19 treatments work and if vaccines protect against new virus variants

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Coronavirus variants stymie success of monoclonal antibodies

2021-02-23T15:50:00+00:00

Lab-made antibodies can treat and protect people from Covid-19 but are more likely to succeed when administered as a cocktail

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Funding body plans to revive research fortunes of India’s left behind universities

2021-02-23T14:30:00+00:00

National Research Foundation aims to rejuvenate and transform the country’s research with well-funded five-year programme

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UK will have new ‘high-risk, high-reward’ research funding agency in 2022

2021-02-23T09:00:00+00:00

£800 million fund is based on the US Advanced Research Projects Agency model

Research

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Mineral plastic made into fireproof foam

2021-02-24T14:37:00+00:00

Pre-gelation strategy could be key to non-combustible insulation materials

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Watching solvent molecules move in real time

2021-02-22T09:30:00+00:00

X-ray techniques and molecular dynamics simulations were combined to obtain a molecular movie of a light-driven charge-transfer process

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Cations pairs exhibit surprising attraction

2021-02-18T09:30:00+00:00

‘Complex of complexes’ containing silver and iodonium ions experience an unprecendented interaction

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Pressure used to define relationship between atomic radii and electronegativity

2021-02-17T10:30:00+00:00

Analysis of electronic state transitions uncovers long-sought connection between key chemical concepts

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Walking protein’s tiny steps measured with germanium nanospheres

2021-02-16T09:30:00+00:00

Highest ever resolution measurements suggests answer to kinesin dispute

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Chemistry pedagogy for a modern world

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Julia Lermontova: an early pioneer

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Margarita Salas: the marquesa of molecular biology

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Sylvia Stoesser – the first female chemist at Dow

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Martin Gouterman: the gay man behind the four-orbital model

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Stefanie Horovitz – the woman behind the isotope

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Marguerite Perey and the last element in nature

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Ghanaian biochemistry TV star Marian Addy

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Barbara Low, penicillin and the protein pi helix

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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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  • Margarita Salas: the marquesa of molecular biology

  • Sylvia Stoesser – the first female chemist at Dow

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  • Stefanie Horovitz – the woman behind the isotope

  • Marguerite Perey and the last element in nature

  • Ghanaian biochemistry TV star Marian Addy

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  • Alice Ball’s treatment for leprosy

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Features

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The hellish chemistry of Venus’ atmosphere

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The potential presence of phosphine on Venus is only the latest twist in the strange chemistry of our planetary neighbour, finds Clare Sansom

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Marking the Anthropocene

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The idea that we’re in a human-influenced geological epoch is gaining traction, but how will future geologists measure it? Rachel Brazil finds out

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DNA machines get a move on

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Devices made from nucleic acids are starting to find their feet, says Nina Notman

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Biden thrills US research community with his science ‘dream team’

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The new US president has elevated the role of science in the White House

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