All Chemistry World articles in July 2021 – Page 3
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NewsLeader sought for UK’s blue skies science funding body
Risk takers wanted to lead UK’s agency modelled on the US’s Darpa
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NewsApparent plagiarism leads Elsevier to retract periodic table book
Chemist contacted by suspicious Wikipedia editor finds that large sections were lifted from online encyclopaedia
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NewsHorizon Europe uncertainty and cuts to UKRI budget worries scientists
Autumn spending review will now be crucial in deciding whether UK hits R&D spending targets for 2024–25
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ResearchSynthetic overhaul for hepatitis C drug could ease manufacturing demands
Chemists hope their five-step synthesis will increase global accessibility of uprifosbuvir and other lifesaving antivirals
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Richard Ernst dies at 87
Tributes paid to NMR spectroscopy pioneer credited with laying the foundations for the development of MRI
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CareersSought-after chemist turns down job over tenure case
UNC Chapel Hill chemistry faculty warn that the university’s failure to hire renowned black journalist with tenure has ‘dire’ recruitment repercussions
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ResearchGenetically engineered microbes convert waste plastic into vanillin
Plastic bottle becomes industrially useful product thanks to biosynthetic transformation
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NewsRoyal Society of Chemistry appoints new permanent chief executive
Helen Pain replaces Robert Parker at the helm of the society, with immediate effect
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OpinionAre we giving chemicals bad names?
Does it matter that we use a mixture of old and systematic names for chemicals?
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BusinessSearching for more sustainable resin materials
Paul Jones of Bitrez is the 2021 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year
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CareersFrom chemistry to referee
Kathryn Nesbitt left her professor post to bring her problem-solving skills to the pitch, and is breaking through barriers for women
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NewsAndrew Mackenzie selected as new UKRI chair
Shell’s company chair to lead UK’s largest research funding body
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NewsHints that century-old TB vaccine offers an immune boost against Covid-19
Small study is part of global effort examining whether the BCG jab could help in the next pandemic
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NewsDrax plant to use Mitsubishi’s carbon capture technology in pursuit of negative emissions
Amine solvent in use at 13 other plants could be deployed at Yorkshire plant by 2027
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Ei-ichi Negishi dies at 85
Discoverer of the Negishi coupling, who did synthetic organic chemistry research at Purdue for four decades, has passed away
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FeatureThe rise of ferrofluids
Magnetic liquids are taking off, Hayley Bennett reports, but not as their inventor once imagined
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ResearchScientists uncover pitfalls of letting algorithms determine crystal structures
Chemists warn not to blindly trust x-ray crystallography software after finding and correcting mistakes in iodine azide structures
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ResearchProtein impurities found in AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine stir debate
Compounds might cause side effects but are unlikely to be behind extremely rare blood-clotting events
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BusinessDeadly fire in Indian chemical factory
Blaze killed 18 workers, mainly women, who were trapped inside SVS Aqua Technologies plant
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ResearchBiochemical mystery unfolds as elemental metals found in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains
In a discovery that raises more question than it answers, researchers have found zero-oxidation-state iron and copper deposits inside amyloid plaques