News – Page 133
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ResearchExplainer: How would UK science be affected by a no-deal Brexit?
Access to EU science schemes, freedom of movement and student places are all expected to be disrupted
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ResearchChemists tame shamanic addiction treatment
Animal experiments show modified structures remove ibogaine’s hallucinogenic and heart-harming effects
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BusinessCybercriminals target Covid-19 vaccines
Officials in the UK and US warn of threat from cyber-attacks that steal data related to Covid-19 vaccines and aim to disrupt the supply chain
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ResearchMicroscopy technique enables detailed imaging of nucleation process
Phase-enhanced environmental SEM allows researchers to probe droplet and bubble formation
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ResearchFluorescent molecule breaks size record for green-emitting dyes
Study identifies 14-atom fluorophore with range of potential biological applications
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NewsEU budget agreement boosts European Research Council with extra €1.1bn
Researchers bemoan static funding in EU science programmes as final budget details hammered out
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ResearchPasta-shaped structures explain chiral light emission in polymers
Enhanced molecular model could lead to thinner and more efficient OLED displays
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BusinessAstraZeneca to buy rare disease drugmaker Alexion in $39bn deal
Transaction would be the largest in AstraZeneca’s history
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ResearchSolar cells perovskite films made at record low cost and speed
‘First industrially relevant attempt’ to scale up perovskite solar cell manufacturing makes 12 meters of material per minute, with one meter costing only $0.25
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ResearchIntricate supramolecular rosette demonstrates power of cooperative interactions
Rosette assembles inside porphyrin nanoring when all components are present
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BusinessPfizer–BioNTech vaccine gains emergency approvals in US, Canada and beyond
UK begins vaccinating vulnerable populations after early authorisation
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BusinessFatal explosion at US chemical plant
Blast at Optima facility killed one and injured three others
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BusinessOxford Biotrans makes its grapefruit compound out of oranges
Using their patented enzymes, Oxford Biotrans’ mission is to create new routes to useful chemicals – starting with their natural-grade food and fragrance products
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ResearchRapid test can tell human from animal blood at crime scenes
Spectroscopy combined with statistics could provide answers in hit-and-run cases
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ResearchThe chemical motive for giant pandas’ smelly winter habits
Compounds in fresh manure can desensitise the giant mammals to cold weather
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ResearchConduit coated with bioink encourages damaged nerves to reconnect
New electro-conductive system is fully biodegradable
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News1000 Chinese researchers have left the US since spying probe intensified this summer
Exodus of visiting researchers from China comes after arrest of at least five researchers on espionage charges
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ResearchGoogle’s AI aces protein prediction competition
Deep-learning network AlphaFold2’s perfomance at predicting how proteins fold has caused great excitement in the scientific community
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ResearchMission accomplished for scientist who set out to bring astrobiology to Portugal
Zita Martins discusses her work searching for molecules related to the origin of life
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ResearchSteroid fossilisation discovery opens new chapter in debate around oldest animal
Are the biomolecules found in 635-million-year-old rocks the earliest evidence of animal life or just plant remnants?