News and business features – Page 3
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Nature-inspired crop protection
Plant extracts, proteins and pheromones aiming to replace conventional chemical pesticides
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How to put an end to ‘forever chemicals’ and annihilate PFAS pollution
To fight the planet’s persistent perfluorinated problem new and repurposed technologies are being rolled out
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Gas shortage puts pressure on chemical feedstocks
Demand for fuels has constricted European supplies, pushing up prices and threatening rationing
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Soapbark branches out to fill essential role in vaccine recipes
The soapbark tree has long been used in traditional medicines, but is now coveted for some of our newest vaccines
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What is the future of Covid-19 pharmaceuticals?
Firms anticipate long-term markets for prevention and treatment
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Ukraine’s chemicals industry survives weeks of war
Russian invasion pushes firms to the limits as facilities are damaged and distribution networks break down
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China grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Study exposes serious incidents and deaths at universities
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Drug discovery AI that developed new nerve agents raises difficult questions
Researchers shocked by how easily algorithm discovered novel poisons even deadlier than VX
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Measuring methane emissions is crucial to cutting them
Atmospheric monitoring highlights large under-estimates in reported methane emissions
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Researchers around the world band together to help fleeing Ukrainian scientists
Schemes spring up to put refugee scientists in European and North American labs
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Fears for Ukraine’s nuclear facilities follow Russian troops taking charge of Chernobyl site
Military movement kicking up radioactive dust in the exclusion zone and missiles barely missing nuclear waste sites worry nuclear energy community
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Battery boom time
The fast-evolving market for vehicle batteries is driving commoditisation and consolidation, but also innovation
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Fire during riots exposes environmental impact of improperly stored agrochemicals
UPL accused of illegally storing hazardous chemicals that were released after arson attack at South African warehouse
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What Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction means for chemistry
Holmes faces up to 65 years in prison for defrauding investors while running her now defunct blood testing startup
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2021 Chemicals industry roundup
Supply chain problems, rising raw material and energy costs challenge an industry trying to recover from the pandemic
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Pharmaceuticals roundup 2021
It’s been another dramatic, pandemic-dominated year for the pharmaceutical industry
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The curious incident of the catalytic amine that never was
A series of unfortunate events and a missed control experiment meant palladium sneaked its way into a supposedly amine-catalysed reaction
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Oil & Gas industry emissions reduction pledges under scrutiny
Under increasing pressure, big firms are making sweeping climate pledges. How do they stack up?
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Bees face a barrage of chemical and environmental burdens
Better understanding of the combined effects of multiple stress factors could help reduce pollinator decline
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US programme targeting researchers with China links crumbling under intense scrutiny
Academics are demanding that the Justice Department end the ‘China Initiative’ as cases collapse amid accusations of racial profiling