News – Page 140
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ResearchSalt crystal grows legs to avoid slippery surface
Sodium chloride’s self-lifting crystallisation has been observed for the first time
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NewsIg Nobels feature knives created from human poo and vibrating worms
2020 Ig Nobel prizes went to teams that proved knives made of faeces fail, vibrating worms are interesting and hating chewing noises is a disorder
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NewsUS revokes over 1000 visas of Chinese students and researchers
Academic and science groups concerned by cancellations
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NewsDrastic cuts to Europe’s research programme prompts outcry from scientists
Open letter from leading scientists warns of declining innovation and a brain drain
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BusinessProtein-based Covid-19 vaccines could overshadow rivals
Although slower to develop, protein-based vaccines are well understood with a strong record of safety and effectiveness
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ResearchDNA-compatible C–H activation method set to benefit drug discovery
Larger and more diverse DNA-encoded libraries on the cards thanks to new tool
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ResearchLiquid hydrogen rethink has astronomical implications
Machine learning simulates smooth transition between states, which could affect giant planets
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NewsRush to approve Covid vaccine prompted by politics may end in disaster
Push by governments to pass a vaccine without appropriate evidence could damage fight against virus
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ResearchRetro-Diels–Alder study links solvent viscosity to reaction rate under microwave heating
New study helps to establish the parameters for microwave-specific rate enhancements observed in certain reactions
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ResearchHybrid light–matter particles offer tantalising new way to control chemistry
Early experiments are revealing that vacuum-field catalysis could make reactions happen with mirrors and nothingness
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BusinessRosa Biotech gets biosensors on the nose
Protein barrel arrays mimic mammals’ olfactory system to distinguish many different molecules
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ResearchNano-stirrer bars for microscale mixing made via continuous electrospinning method
Tiny stirrer bars could simplify the design of microfluidic platforms
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NewsThe first ever postdoc union at a private US university has been formed
1700 postdoc researchers at Columbia University join to secure higher pay, protection for harassment victims and parental leave
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NewsTop Indian labs have earned nothing from tech transfer for years
About 13% of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research labs have earned no technology transfer revenue since at least 2015
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BusinessRussian Covid-19 vaccine data raises questions
Suspected data manipulation or fabrication casts shadows over safety trial report for hastily-approved Sputnik V
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ResearchNanotubes enable first atomic-scale observation of nucleation’s baby steps
Single-walled carbon nanotubes and transmission electron microscope used to watch tiny metal crystals form in real time
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ResearchUltra-fluorinated cyclohexane shows off two faces
1,2,3,4,5,6‐hexakis(trifluoromethyl)‐cyclohexane is the most sterically crowded all-cis derivative
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NewsShinzo Abe leaves a mixed legacy for Japanese science
While applied research has been boosted there are complaints that fundamental work has suffered
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ResearchTouchpad technology offers precise droplet control for microfluidics
User interface is step towards a smart and sustainable cell-free biology reaction platform
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ResearchSimple lipid networks combine self-assembly, replication, competition and inhibition
Artificial cells have previously lacked the complexity that is distinct to natural life but scientists are edging closer