News – Page 14
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New catalytic process completely breaks down nylon-6 in minutes
US chemists report the mildest conditions to date for Nylon-6 depolymerisation, recovering 99% of the original monomers in the plastic
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Business
Lapsed US chemical security programme leaves facilities at risk
At least 200 new facilities acquired chemicals in the past four months that require better safeguarding, US agency estimates
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Nanopore test could identify misfolded proteins in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
Sensor could provide more accurate diagnoses and help doctors track progress of neurodegenerative diseases
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Antibiotic adjuvant designed to subvert bacterial defence mechanisms
Amphiphilic molecule helps obsolete antibiotics accumulate and act within bacteria
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Molecular movie captures DNA repair from start to finish
Study spans pico- to microsecond timescales to uncover enzymatic process
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Interstellar ices could have been the nursery for building blocks of life
Modelling conditions thought to exist between the stars led to formation of amino acid precursors
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Business
Northvolt to bring sodium-ion batteries to European market
Swedish firm highlights cells’ cheap and sustainable materials for energy storage
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Robotic chemistry lab joins forces with Google AI to predict then make new inorganic materials
Algorithm discovered more than 2 million inorganic structures
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Opinion
Are chemicals the elephant in the sustainability room?
What the transition to a net zero, circular economy means for chemists and the chemicals industry
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Mid-career fellowship launched by Royal Society with £250 million endowment
Significant investment by UK government will support Stem researchers with up to £8 million over six years
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Research
New silicon-based protecting group removable with blue light
Benzoyldiisopropylchlorosilane protects primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, and also works alongside other protecting groups
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Research
Flip-flopping aromaticity breaks fluorescence rule
Azulene switches between anti-aromaticity and aromaticity in its excited states, offering an explanation for why it doesn’t follow Kasha’s rule
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New insights into polyamorphism could influence how drugs are formulated
Findings suggest dihedral angle distribution might explain why polyamorphs have different physical properties
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A decade on how has the EU’s €1 billion gamble to get graphene on the market fared?
Project helped take 2D materials into the mainstream but there’s still a long way to go
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Negotiations on Switzerland rejoining Horizon Europe to begin
Talks come after 18 months of diplomacy over the future of Switzerland’s relationship with the EU
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Research
‘Most slippery surface ever’ inspired by new understanding of surface roughness
Modelling and measurements reveal surprising ways slipperiness develops
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Italy bans cultivated meat products
New law prohibits the production or sale of cultivated meat in Italy, with fines of up to €60,000
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Future House wants to build an AI biologist. They’re looking to a chemistry LLM for inspiration
ChemCrow has already recorded success researching, designing and producing an insecticide on its own
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Research
Case closed on mystery of why a spinning magnet can levitate other magnets
Phenomenon discovered in 2021 that left physicists scratching their heads unravelled
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Research
All-metal fullerene cluster made for first time
Dodecahedral structure offers new insight into metal bonding