News – Page 114
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ResearchRobotic production line gives 2D materials a twist to produce multilayer structures
Precise fabrication of heterostructures with up to 80 layers will allow exploration of these materials’ exotic properties
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ResearchComputational study predicts new high-pressure polymorph of Roy
Conformational energy-corrected DFT combined with crystal structure prediction leads to first crystal energy landscape for Roy that agrees with experimental evidence
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NewsEarth’s limits pushed by chemical pollution as UN environment meeting nears
Plastic and chemical production has overtaken our ability to control it, study finds
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ResearchXFELs make small molecule crystallography without crystals possible
High-speed technique allows structures of difficult molecules to be determined
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ResearchSimulations reveal how manipulating ocean acidity could lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
Strategy would see surface acidity pumped into deeper ocean layers
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NewsUS visa changes aim to attract and retain foreign Stem students
Biden administration announces new pathways for international students to remain for longer after graduation
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ResearchWorldwide wastewater analysis reveals rise of designer drugs during lockdowns
Replacement of banned mephedrone found for the first time in New Zealand over 2020 Christmas period
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BusinessMartin Shkreli fined and banned from pharma for life
‘Pharma Bro’ must pay back $65m in profits for anticompetitive behaviour while leading Turing Pharmaceuticals
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NewsNobel prize medal of DFT inventor Walter Kohn is up for auction
$457,531Nobel medal and textbooks owned by scientist who fled Nazis as a child go under the hammer
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ResearchUltrafast pyrolysis makes hydrogen from banana peels
Photothermal process converts biomass into valuable syngas and solids with a flash of white light
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BusinessFire 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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NewsRoyal Society report says there’s no silver bullet to fix ‘scientific misinformation’
Governments, scientists, journalists and other stakeholders will all need to work together to tackle the problem
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ResearchDeviation study suggests numerous elemental analyses are too good to be true
Should journals introduce new requirements for researchers reporting elemental analysis data?
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NewsCriminal case against Chinese-born top MIT scientist collapses
US prosecutors dismiss criminal charges against nanotechnologist Gang Chen, saying they cannot meet the ‘burden of proof at trial’
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ResearchDilanthanide complexes smash record for strongest single-molecule magnet
Complexes featuring first ever lanthanide–lanthanide bond could offer way to make powerful new permanent magnets
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ResearchRising ozone pollution threatens east Asia’s cereal crops
Losses of wheat, rice and maize add up to $63 billion every year
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NewsInterim report on UK research bureaucracy provides a taste of what’s to come
Admin burden has increased over time and grant applications top academics’ list
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ResearchEngineered enzyme speeds up sedate organic reaction
Biochemical optimisation applied to the Morita–Hillman–Baylis reaction
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ResearchEvolved enzymes carry out new-to-nature radical chemistry
Directed evolution produces enzymes that can ‘tame’ radical intermediates for asymmetric catalytic reactions
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ResearchAncient Mars meteorites’ organic chemistry cracked – and it’s not alien microbes
Study uncovers geochemical processes that formed organic compounds millions of years ago, at a time when the red planet still had liquid water