All Chemistry World articles in January 2020
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NewsGargantuan clean-up effort after Novichok nerve agent poisoning laid bare
UK government chemists spent months analysing thousands of samples and formulating new ways to decontaminate all manner of materials
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NewsChemists stage walk-out over lack of support in North Macedonia
Calls for more funding to equip labs and hire research students and staff at top chemistry institute
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NewsWorldwide survey of PhD students reveals bullying, discrimination and anxiety
A fifth of PhDs report bullying and a third have sought help for anxiety or depression
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NewsTwo Arkansas chemistry professors charged with manufacturing methamphetamine
Henderson State University researchers arrested after lab discovery now face 40 years to life in prison
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ResearchPositron dihalides join exotic group of molecules that combine matter and antimatter
Theoretical evidence that positronic covalent bonds between halide anions would be energetically stable
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ResearchOdd 'entropic bonds' akin to chemical ones can form between nanoparticles
Simulations finds that ’bonding’ can occur in the absence of any electronic interaction
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NewsCity-dwellers have higher trust in science than country folk
Half of urban and suburban residents in the US have high confidence in scientists compared to roughly a third of people in rural areas
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NewsChina overtakes UK in list of highly cited researchers
More than 6000 influential scientists identified across 21 different fields
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NewsSenior Chinese research integrity official investigated for academic fraud
More than 60 papers co-authored by Xuetao Cao have been flagged on PubPeer for problematic images
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ResearchEngineered insulin with enhanced thermal stability inspired by fish-hunting snails
Four-disulfide insulin has similar bioactivity to native human insulin
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NewsIupac recognised for promoting peaceful uses of chemistry by chemical weapons body
Chemistry body shares Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons award with two leading experts for work to rid the world of chemical warfare
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Research‘Ideal’ water splitting catalysts actually exist, simulations find
New computational model could accelerate the discovery of cheaper and more efficient catalysts
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ResearchRobotic system can plan and perform biosynthesis without human intervention
New strategy combines machine learning with automation and has proven itself optimising a complex biochemical pathway
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ResearchTrigold anion is first example of strange twisted aromaticity
A blue tin–gold cluster is the first to show in-plane σ-Möbius aromaticity
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ResearchSpectroscopic biomarkers track Huntington’s disease progression
Analysis recognises biochemical changes that are unique to Huntington’s
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ResearchAmerican football helmets could be given protective boost by elastomer
Pads made from new material outperform state-of-the-art foams in multiple impact tests
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BusinessFormer Braskem chief arrested in US for bribery
Ex-leader of Brazilian petrochemical firm allegedly helped divert $250m to a secret slush fund to bribe government officials and political parties
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NewsElsevier signs first major open access deal with a US university
Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will have access to Elsevier’s 3500 academic journals, and can publish their work open access at no extra charge
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ResearchLithium-ion battery anodes recycled in next-generation energy storage devices
Researchers use in operando x-ray diffraction to probe intercalation mechanism