News – Page 145
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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?
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ResearchRandomness model used to simulate crystal growth
Tool can replicate and predict experimental results for crystal morphology and surface topology for several types of material
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ResearchAnimal tests reveal synthetic decoy protein protects against coronavirus
Protein designed from scratch binds Sars-CoV-2 with high affinity and specificity
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ResearchNew record efficiency for flexible perovskite solar cells
Porous planar electron transport layer boosts power conversion efficiency in flexible perovskite solar cells to 20.7%
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Business4 dead in UK sewage treatment works explosion
One person injured as biosolids silo explodes at Avonmouth
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NewsLab-grown meat receives its first regulatory approval in Singapore
Regulators conclude US start-up has proven that its cultured chicken is safe and nutritious
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ResearchTyre compound driving mystery salmon deaths identified after years of chemical detective work
Previously unknown substance washes from roads to spawning streams – and likely has wide impact on aquatic ecosystems
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ResearchRefinement method uses quantum calculations to detail intricacies in crystal structures
Technique tackles disordered structures and compounds containing heavy elements
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ResearchIs there phosphine on Venus?
A software glitch and a new analysis of 50-year-old data are all helping to answer the question
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NewsSurvey reveals chemists around the world have been hit hardest by the pandemic
47% of chemists have been ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ affected by Covid-19
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ResearchNMR monitors MOF assembly process
Technique adapted to interrogate nucleation and growth mechanism
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BusinessUK grants Pfizer–BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine emergency approval
Regulators around the world working towards accelerated decisions on vaccine data
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ResearchHow to solve a ‘nasty’ compound’s structure with a million-Euro synchrotron
Chemists overcomes challenges of handling explosive and toxic nitrogen to investigate its structure using Germany’s most expensive x-ray source
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BusinessBrexit may put some chemicals out of GB’s Reach
Industry fears divergence of UK and EU regulations could spell disaster for trade
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NewsRSC approves policy allowing researchers to change names on papers
New protocol allows researchers to update names on previously published work
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ResearchSnail slime central to sustainable strategy for making wound-healing gold nanoparticles
Nanoparticles made using mucus could be developed into acne treatments
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ResearchKatritzky reaction rate turbocharged by glassware
Amine transfer reaction can be sped up as much as 33 times by the presence of glass
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ResearchExperimental proof of liquid–liquid transition in supercooled water
Diffraction measurements taken whilst laser heating pressurised water from an exotic frozen state
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NewsNature journals set to offer all authors open access route in 2021 – for a price
Publisher comes in for criticism from scientists for €9500 price tag to publish a paper