All Chemistry World articles in June 2018
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NewsPutting a price on Europe’s spending on scientific journals
Analysis comes as consortia of institutes revolt over price increases and open access across the continent
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Research‘Cyborg ribosome’ reads polystyrene message to create catalyst
A simplified artificial molecular machine with a useful catalyst product hints at the potential of synthetic systems
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NewsStifling bureaucracy and deferential attitudes holding Chinese science back
Cultural change is needed for the nation to become an innovation giant, study claims
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BusinessChemicals caught in the middle as tariffs loom
America’s chemicals and plastics industry stands to lose $5bn if US–China dispute escalates
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ResearchRotten egg smell surrounds Uranus
Seventh planet’s topmost cloud layer is composed of hydrogen sulfide
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NewsResearchGate reaches deal with science publishers
Under a new agreement, the networking site will share which content it is hosting from three publishers
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NewsThe rich scientists get richer and the poor get poorer
Winning just one early career grant can mean picking up twice the funding over a decade
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CareersDiary of a PhD student
Why Lucy Kissick decided to launch a video blog chronicling her research
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![[Th(III)]–[Al] complex [Cp‡2Th(m-H3)AlC(SiMe3)3 (left) and [Cp‡2U(m-H3)AlC(SiMe3)3 (right)](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/3/7/136737_c8sc01260a-f2.jpg)
ResearchFirst actinide–metal complexes with dative bonds
5f and 6d orbitals in low-valent actinides exhibit unprecedented charge transfer in actinide–metal complexes
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NewsChemistry students with advisers of same gender more likely to succeed
Women with female PhD supervisors publish more papers and are 50% more likely to become academics than those with male advisers
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NewsUK urged to crack down on F-gas emissions
Global phase-out of HFCs could reduce global warming by 0.5°C over the next century
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ResearchChallenging mirror molecules made with stereochemistry destroying reaction
Clever catalyst repurposes classic nucleophilic substitution to make chiral quaternary carbon centres
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NewsBudget increase met with suspicion by jaded Spanish researchers
Extra funding is welcomed by scientists but many believe bureaucracy will mean much of the money will never appear
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NewsEurope to impose near-total ban on neonicotinoids
By the end of 2018 farmers in the EU will be unable to use bee-harming pesticides on outdoor crops
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NewsInternet ads for hazardous chemicals fail to display warnings
82% of adverts surveyed don’t have the required information
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ResearchFuelling the hydrogen economy with straw and old newspapers
A new catalytic process converts non-food biomass into extremely pure hydrogen, ready for use in fuel cells
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ResearchTuring patterned membrane takes on water purification
Mathematician Alan Turing’s sole chemistry paper inspires self-assembling spotted and striped polymer structures
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NewsLack of ambition in Europe’s next research programme disappoints
Horizon Europe will significantly increase funding for R&D but science organisations say it’s not enough
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CareersAn Antarctic researcher's field diary
Karen Assmann records her latest expedition to the world’s southern continent
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NewsScientific trade union expands to cover all UKRI employees
Staff at all seven of the UK’s research councils are now represented by Prospect