All coronavirus articles – Page 7
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NewsCRUK warns of £150m cut to research funding
Charity calls for government support as coronavirus hits fundraising efforts
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NewsExplainer: how is the vaccine pipeline for Covid-19 looking?
The race to develop a vaccine is almost six months old. Who’s in the lead?
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PodcastDexamethasone
News that this cheap, ubiquitous steroid drug may reduce deaths in Covid-19 cases has been greeted with cautious optimism
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NewsCovid-19 is forcing pharma to rethink clinical trials
Drug trials have become a casualty of Covid-19, but the pandemic is also prompting change
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: John Woodland
A medicinal chemist in South Africa sees his research ‘ground to a halt’ and worries about restrictions being lifted as infections are rising
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OpinionMaking the right call on dexamethasone
The way we do things in research has to change in life or death situations
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Fiona Scott
A freshly-minted PhD talks about the challenges of life and job-hunting during a pandemic
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BusinessDramatic job cuts at BP and Johnson Matthey
Coronavirus pandemic catalyses shift away from oil
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ResearchAlgorithm devises synthetic contingency plans for Covid-19 drug
Retrosynthesis software tool can identify multiple synthetic routes that use inexpensive and diverse starting materials while avoiding patented methods
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NewsCaution urged as scientists await results of trial that finds steroid cuts Covid-19 deaths
Claims that 60-year-old drug dexamethasone dramatically lowers fatality rate of seriously ill Covid-19 patients await peer review
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Dave Berkowitz
The new director of NSF’s chemistry division has started his job at a very challenging time
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WebinarManaging isolation – Building a better chemistry culture
Join us to explore the impact of isolation and ways to cope with loneliness
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BusinessThe chemical distributors that are making sure supplies get through during a pandemic
US chemical suppliers have seen a ‘substantial boom’ in recent months for products that help fight Covid-19
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NewsProspective students anxious over financial future at UK universities
Chemistry departments collaborating to ensure teaching goes ahead as planned
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WebinarFlexible working – Building a better chemistry culture
Join us to explore the challenges and opportunities that come from flexible working environments
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NewsAmid pandemic, UK is on track to double science funding by 2024
Government making good on promise of increasing R&D spending to £22 billion
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Lourival Possani
A biochemist in Mexico may retire if government funding for research dries up
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Liane Rossi
The head of a nanomaterials and catalysis lab at the University of São Paulo says the political situation in Brazil is ‘as bad as the virus’
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OpinionThe citizen scientists sharing their own data during the Covid-19 pandemic
Groups are using data from wearables and apps to chart the spread of infection
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Lee Cronin
A University of Glasgow chemist finds that it’s no easy task to maintain a research group of about 70 during a pandemic that’s closed your lab