Ian Le Guillou
Ian Le Guillou is a freelance science writer based in Paris
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FeatureEngineering a handshake for proteins
Once considered undruggable, chemists are beginning to grasp protein–protein interactions, according to Ian Le Guillou
- Business
Drop in plasma donations hits immunoglobulin supply
Lockdown and social distancing have discouraged donors, and the potential impact of convalescent plasma collection for Covid-19 treatment is unclear
- Research
A golden answer to drug competition
Ancient ratio found throughout nature may help to select the correct doses of medicine to use in combination
- Review
Research project success: the essential guide for science and engineering students
Getting good at research
- Research
Coral animal chemical structures solved
Elusive structures of two breitfussins cracked using atomic force microscopy
- Research
Call for 4G windfall to go to UK science
Top scientists back campaign to fund world class infrastructure and incentivise innovation
- News
How do you solve a problem like misconduct?
The world’s scientific bodies have come together to tackle fraud and plagiarism, but the problem will be tough to crack
- Research
A cell for a cell
A tiny jail that can hold a single biological cell could be a useful tool for studying rare cells
- Research
Night of the living surfaces
A work surface that 'feeds' on food spillages to synthesise antibiotics could help to prevent opportunistic infections in hospitals
- Research
Turbo-charged Diels-Alder reaction
A new method for generating arynes from alkynes has been discovered via a Diels-Alder reaction
- News
Health check finds Canadian science doing well
Independent report says country’s research base is healthy, despite growing friction between scientists and government
- Research
Flattening the buckybowl
Adding 10 phenyl rings to corannulene has enabled researchers to turn it into a planar molecule
- Research
Self-assembling, squeezy nanotubes made
Nanotubes that pulsate as the temperature changes could be a useful new tool for nanotechnologists
- Research
Raising the curtain on single-stranded DNA
Frizz Ease for DNA lets researchers probe single stranded nucleic acid interactions
- Research
Fluorination via porphyrin
Researchers have selectively fluorinated alkanes, terpenes and steroids using a manganese complex
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Hope for autism treatments
Research points to dietary intervention and experimental drugs to manage autism
