All articles by Andy Extance – Page 18
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Plants bear palladium catalyst fruit
Thale cress could turn mine waste into nanoparticles that deliver high Suzuki coupling yields
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BusinessJ&J puts trial data in independent hands
Yale University’s YODA seeks to help pharma avoid the dark side by acting as gatekeeper for patient records
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ResearchPhosphorene discovery positively impacts 2D electronics
Phosphorus is the latest element to enter flatland, where it becomes a p-type semiconductor
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FeatureWhat can U do?
Actinide chemistry is reaching beyond nuclear and revealing surprising behaviour, finds Andy Extance
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Rocket reactor forces space hydrogen rethink
Pioneering low temperature studies suggest interstellar clouds could hold double the hydrogen previously thought
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New sodium chlorides assault chemical rules
Calculations accurately predict uncommon salt with structures never seen before
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Subjectivity may curb false findings
Behaviour model hints at how peer review can stop scientists adopting the wrong hypotheses
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FeatureBlessed are the cheesemakers
Andy Extance gets his teeth into the craft and chemistry of his favourite taste-laced smell gel
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Base metal catalysts strike hydrogenation gold
Iron and cobalt enable asymmetric hydrogenations of alkenes, imines, ketones and selective reduction of nitroarenes
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NewsEurope's manufacturing edge not leaking away
Permits to emit carbon dioxide are a minor concern for fossil-fuel reliant manufacturers, including chemicals – so far
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BusinessIneos reprieves Grangemouth petrochemicals
Closure reversed after labour reforms and government backing for ethane terminal agreed
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BusinessIneos raises axe over Grangemouth petrochemicals
Facility set to close without pension reforms and government help to fund ethane shipping terminal
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Research‘Tetrel bonding’ emerges from σ-hole
Non-covalent bonds between electron donors and silicon, tin or germanium are strong but overlooked
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BusinessAmid huge cuts, Merck vows research focus
8500 more jobs to be axed, but the drugmaker ‘remains committed to innovation’
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ResearchAlloy rewrites phase-change rules
Zinc-gold-copper alloy experiences unprecedentedly low stress during transition, boosting time to failure
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ResearchLight-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance
UV-triggered trans-cis isomerisation of a diazo group turns microbe-killer on, before reverse process that would avoid environmental build-up
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Sulfur difluoride dimer exposes bonding strangeness
Recoupled pair bond dyads help molecule break the rules
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CareersHigh unemployment in Europe drives brain drain
Andy Extance finds out how economic woes in southern European countries’ are affecting young chemists
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ResearchDecays and x-rays build case for element 115
Added ‘fingerprint’ measurements could provide evidence needed for formal recognition
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FeatureMeasuring the job market
The changing economy is driving evolution in chemistry employment. Andy Extance surveys the UK job environment