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Cryptic chemistry crossword #094
’Tinker with a novel protein’ and solve this cryptic chemistry crossword
Chemistry wordoku #102
Sniff out the hidden terpene in this sudoku-style brain teaser
Quick chemistry crossword #094
Ready to chase Nobel discoveries and trace molecular mysteries? Give this quick chemistry crossword a solve!
Silicon-based ‘ladder molecules’ take a step up in complexity
New compounds are ‘among the most complex organosilanes ever synthesised’
Researcher severely injured in 2016 Hawaii lab explosion receives £5 million settlement
Thea Ekins-Coward lost an arm in an experiment with unsafe apparatus
The fungal source of Titian’s rich reds
Laccaic acid, thought to be produced by lac insects, is produced by a symbiont similar to the zombie ant fungus
Why is a prehistoric creature still vital for the pharmaceutical industry?
Every year, horseshoe crabs are harvested for their blue blood, but alternatives are now coming through that could help protect these ancient animals
Two more European crackers to close
Sabic will not reopen UK plant and Dow will close another in Germany
Lichen sunscreen blocks extreme UV radiation and might enhance cosmetics, materials
Discovery also suggests that photosynthetic life might survive on planets circling powerful stars
Microwaves make sustainable sticky adhesive easy to recycle
Light polymerises disulfide groups to create a transparent, robust and recyclable glue
Will HIV prevention get where it’s needed?
Gilead and its partners’ efforts to distribute generic lenacapavir could be derailed by cuts in international aid budgets
Seventy-year search for simpler route to valuable reactive intermediate ends
Ortho-quinodimethane made under mild conditions from common reagents
Less than 1% of 300,000 environmentally relevant chemicals in the US have monitoring data
The actual number of chemicals tracked may be even lower
Carbon in an ice world
Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there’s plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains what it can tell us about the climate and pollution across the globe
Cryptic chemistry crossword #093
This cryptic chemistry crossword has it all, from lab kits to heretics.
Chemistry wordoku #101
Another chemist is hiding in this week’s sudoku-style puzzle
Quick chemistry crossword #093
Crabs, cannabinoids, and chain reactions are central to this quick chemistry crossword puzzle
DNA barcodes can make drug discovery screens miss potential medicines
Flawed data is likely compromising machine learning methods