All articles by Jennifer Newton – Page 6
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      OpinionNatural selection
Bioactive compounds don’t just inspire new synthetic strategies, they’re also the ultimate test
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      ReviewInferior: how science got women wrong – and the new research that’s rewriting the story
An exploration of research into gender differences
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      ResearchChemists reinvent the wheel
Symmetrical gold and niobium cluster with unusually short Nb–Nb bond
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      ResearchEquation to end bond order contention
Comprehensive equation derives bond orders from quantum chemistry calculations
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      ResearchCarbohydrates promoted in new prebiotic theory
Aldol reactions between interstellar materials can make DNA sugar
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      OpinionThat’s stereochemistry
Recognising the tetrahedral nature of carbon changed science as well as explaining it
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      ResearchHydrogen bonded system faces strength test
New tool can measure noncovalent interaction under non-equilibrium, near-physiological conditions
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      BusinessRoche offloads majority of rights to lebrikizumab
Deal with Dermira could be worth well over $1 billion
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      ResearchAlgorithm deliberately entangles MOFs
Tool tests for plausible crystal structure combinations
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      BusinessBristol-Myers Squibb bags immunotherapy unicorn
Deal will add to pharma giant’s cancer portfolio
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      BusinessGenesis Energy to buy alkali business from Tronox
Tronox to spend proceeds on Cristal purchase
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      BusinessCelgene pays $280m to settle off-label marketing lawsuit
Whistleblower case relating to cancer prescriptions
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      BusinessMidwest Fertilizer to build $2.8bn manufacturing plant
Domestic facility will reduce imports
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      BusinessLyondellBasell to build world’s largest propylene oxide plant
Petrochemical giant gets go-ahead for most expensive project to date
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      BusinessFDA approves first sickle cell drug in almost two decades
Glutamine-based drug is the first approved for children over 5
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      BusinessShell shrinks stake in Canadian oil sands
$7.25bn sell-off is part of plan to divest over $30bn in assets to reduce debts