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Wiring up organic synthesis

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James Mitchell Crow talks to the organic chemists using electrochemistry to add or remove electrons to their molecules at the flick of a switch

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How elements are made beyond the stars

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Tim Wogan looks at what recent astronomical discoveries have added to our understanding of stellar nucleosynthesis, and the mysteries that remain 

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What Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction means for chemistry

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Holmes faces up to 65 years in prison for defrauding investors while running her now defunct blood testing startup

News

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World’s first NFT marketplace for science and tech IP to launch in March

2022-01-13T14:30:00+00:00

RMDS Lab in California moves into non-fungible token sales to help fundraise for R&D projects and accelerate technology transfer

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Chinese scientist admits stealing Monsanto trade secrets

2022-01-11T14:00:00+00:00

Imaging scientist faces fines and prison for digital agriculture technology theft

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Daikin-America fined for safety breaches that led to worker deaths

2022-01-10T10:48:00+00:00

US regulator concludes that fluorocarbon leak at Alabama plant caused two later deaths

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Chemistry student among hundreds jailed following Belarus’s pro-democracy crackdown

2022-01-07T10:27:00+00:00

Artsiom Bayarski’s plight mirrors that of hundreds of students and academics in the country

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Chemistry textbooks still portray men as scientists while women perform domestic duties

2022-01-06T14:30:00+00:00

Unequal representation in terms of both roles and the number of women featured revealed

Research

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Phosphorene nanoribbons find their first use in a solar cell just 3 years after discovery

2022-01-14T10:33:00+00:00

Experiments match theoretical predictions and show great promise for further uses in electronics

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Shortest-lived and lightest magnesium isotope ever too unstable to even attract electrons

2022-01-13T09:30:00+00:00

Magnesium-18 cation has a fleeting half-life of 3 billion trillionths of a second

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Listening to quantum beats could reveal rhythm of birds’ migratory compass

2022-01-12T14:30:00+00:00

Laser technique to read out oscillating spin states could help uncover how animals’ magnetic sense works

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Significant levels of PFAS found in antifogging sprays and cloths for glasses

2022-01-11T14:30:00+00:00

High levels of PFAS chemicals, including two largely unknown ones, detected in products to demist glasses that have become widely used during the pandemic

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Single-celled marine organism first to be found releasing oxygen in the dark

2022-01-11T10:28:00+00:00

Discovery of new biological pathway in widespread archaea could transform understanding of oceans’ fertility

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Celebrating science's forgotten heroes

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June Lindsey, another forgotten woman in the story of DNA

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James LuValle, a chemist who broke the colour barrier

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The lifesaving work of Evelyn Hickmans

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Clara Immerwahr – out of her husband’s shadow

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Kathleen Culhane Lathbury – an industrial pioneer

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Mabel FitzGerald and the mystery of oxygen sensing

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Polly Porter, crystallography pioneer

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Mary Sherman Morgan: The best kept secret in the space race

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Julia Lermontova: an early pioneer

  • June Lindsey, another forgotten woman in the story of DNA

  • James LuValle, a chemist who broke the colour barrier

  • The lifesaving work of Evelyn Hickmans

  • Clara Immerwahr – out of her husband’s shadow

  • Kathleen Culhane Lathbury – an industrial pioneer

  • Mabel FitzGerald and the mystery of oxygen sensing

  • Polly Porter, crystallography pioneer

  • Mary Sherman Morgan: The best kept secret in the space race

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Thomas Midgeley and the toxic legacy of leaded fuel

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Leaded petrol was around for 100 years, and the campaign against it for almost as long. Mike Sutton reveals its history

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The labs pointing to a greener future for Africa

By Munyaradzi Makoni

Tackling climate is not just a job for scientists in more developed countries. Munyaradzi Makoni talks to researchers in Kenya and South Africa to find out more

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Keeping cell therapy under wraps

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Materials to safely encapsulate transplanted cells for could enable a revolution in the treatment of diabetes and a wide range of other diseases. James Mitchell Crow reports

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The science of breast milk and baby formula

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Nina Notman reveals how breast milk research is inspiring a new generation of infant formulas and opening the door to therapeutic advances

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