News – Page 147
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ResearchProteins pinpointed in cells at nanometre resolution
Combining fluorescence microscopy and electron tomography will reveal more about how cells work and how diseases disrupt them
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ResearchStrange hexagonal form of table salt discovered
Predicted by an evolutionary algorithm, the first hexagonal sodium chloride was made on a diamond surface
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ResearchNew kind of heterocycle made in just one easy step
Simple synthesis makes once inaccessible class of fused seven-membered ring system
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NewsInitiative to curb bias hasn’t eliminated racial disparities in NIH funding
Study uncovers statistically significant differences between the preliminary overall impact scores awarded to black and white researchers
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ResearchMolecular machine enables polyrotaxane synthesis with unprecedented precision
Artificial pumps can add up to 10 molecular rings onto polymer dumbbells in a controlled manner
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BusinessThe chemical distributors that are making sure supplies get through during a pandemic
US chemical suppliers have seen a ‘substantial boom’ in recent months for products that help fight Covid-19
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ResearchNew high pressure allotrope of nitrogen solves a chemical mystery
‘Black nitrogen’ shares similarities with other elements in its group on the periodic table – answering the question of why nitrogen normally doesn’t
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NewsHarvard University’s former chemistry head indicted for lying about China ties
Charles Lieber faces up to five years in prison if convicted
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NewsMentorship ‘strongly predicts’ protégé success in the sciences
Researchers whose mentors later win science prizes are two- to four times more likely to go on to have ‘superstar’ careers
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BusinessSidestepping the efficiency limits of solar power with Cambridge Photon Technology
Optical layer with quantum dots and organic semiconductors could raise power output by up to 20%
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NewsProspective students anxious over financial future at UK universities
Chemistry departments collaborating to ensure teaching goes ahead as planned
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ResearchPost-silicon age dawns as carbon nanotube transistors made in chip factories
Moore’s law could hold true for many years to come with a little help from nanotubes
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NewsAmid pandemic, UK is on track to double science funding by 2024
Government making good on promise of increasing R&D spending to £22 billion
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NewsAngewandte essay calling diversity in chemistry harmful decried as ‘abhorrent’ and ‘egregious’
Third of journal board resigns over the now-deleted manuscript that chemists say reflects widespread bias in publishing and research
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ResearchModel maps solvent effects on non-covalent interactions
Tool will help experimental chemists pick the best solvent for their reaction
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NewsUS chemical plants risk disastrous cyberattacks relying on guidance a decade out of date
Cybersecurity guidelines for chemical plants urgently need updating and inspectors need training, report finds
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ResearchMethod that yields oxygen-18-enriched alcohols set to bolster drug studies
Mitsunobu-based protocol is simple alternative to limited and lengthy methods
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ResearchMolecular experiments hope to reveal new physics
Detecting extremely short-lived radium fluoride can explore standard model’s limits
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NewsTrump seeks to revoke visas of Chinese students with ties to China’s military
Academic and science groups speak out against move to bar certain Chinese nationals from studying and conducting research in the US
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ResearchProtein synthesis revolution on way as large peptides made in hours not days
Flow chemistry can now make peptide chains up to 164 amino acids long in one go