All articles by Mason Wakley – Page 2
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ResearchSimple reagent slices open phenol rings, converts them into various nitrogen-containing products
Strategy adds to the skeletal editing toolbox, creating flexible chains from flat arene rings
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NewsHouse of Lords committee calls for ban on over-the-counter flea and tick treatments
Overuse of these treatments is potentially causing widespread damage to the environment
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NewsWhy are buildings cracking-up in Ireland?
The chemistry behind an epidemic that is destroying concrete in houses, hospitals and schools
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Podcast50 years after Seveso & changing the way we separate hydrocarbons
What have we learned 50 years on from the Seveso accident? And we discuss three promising membrane strategies that could replace fractional distillation in crude oil refineries.
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ResearchPhotoredox catalyst introduces two nucleophiles across a carbon–carbon bond at once
Reaction also challenges the idea that C–X bonds can only undergo one-site transformations
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NewsGerman research funder issues warning over threats to academic freedom
External influences – such as politics, funding and the media – are increasingly putting the autonomy of research under pressure
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NewsUK’s defence research site unveils new NMR lab to protect against evolving chemical and biological threats
The new lab at Porton Down, Salisbury, will allow scientists to ‘crack on’ analysing a range of samples
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ResearchGold hydrogen bonds found to be as strong as other similar textbook interactions
C–H···Au bonds in gold acetonitrile complexes are comparable to conventional hydrogen bonds formed by O–H and N–H groups
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ResearchFirst sugar detected in the interstellar medium
Erythrulose – a chiral four-carbon sugar – may have formed from simpler molecules on interstellar dust grains, computational studies suggest
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BusinessRegulators push Amgen to withdraw drug due to data manipulation
Questions raised over safety and efficacy of Tavneos (avacopan)
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NewsAston University unveils new £6 million membrane research facility
The facility will investigate membranes for applications such as water purification and drug development
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ResearchElusive crystal structure of borylnitrenes finally captured
In situ crystallography reveals a snapshot of a boron-bound nitrene
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Research‘A materials breakthrough’: membranes to separate crude oil could slash energy costs
Separating crude oil into useful fractions take 1% of the world’s energy. These researchers have a plan to tackle this
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NewsUK government’s new charter aims to better support women in research
‘Now is the time for research institutions to step up and level the playing field for women,’ notes one government official
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OpinionJonathan Clayden: ‘I like to feel that we have set the curriculum rather than followed the curriculum’
The co-author of the much-loved Organic Chemistry shares his insights on creating a chemistry textbook
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OpinionCatherine Housecroft: ‘Undergraduates do not want to buy big, heavy textbooks’
The author of the authoritative Inorganic Chemistry discusses how changing student attitudes have led the shift to digital resources
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OpinionPeter Atkins: ‘Rather than a single author book with an author’s voice, it’s becoming more of a committee construction’
The author of the venerable Physical Chemistry on how writing chemistry textbooks has changed over his career
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CareersMaking lab equipment more accessible for chemists with physical disabilities
‘Chemical laboratories are often designed around a very narrow idea of standard talent,’ says one academic striving to make such spaces more inclusive
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ResearchAI model fills in the gaps in crystal structures by placing missing hydrogen atoms
Model may help fix existing structures in the database or better simulate new materials
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BusinessOlin and Huntsman to merge, creating $12 billion chemical giant
Deal will combine a large chlor-alkali producer with a major user of chlorine and derivatives