News – Page 153
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ResearchIBM seeks to simplify robotic chemistry
RoboRXN system extends AI approach to extracting and checking chemistry information from patent literature to programming automation
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NewsEuropean Synchrotron’s new x-rays shine 100 times brighter
Extremely Brilliant Source, which took €150 million and 20 months to build, has already been used for Covid-19 research
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ResearchOpen-air performance for atom transfer radical polymerisation
Sodium pyruvate plays a lead role by regenerating the catalyst and scavenging hydrogen peroxide
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ResearchDesigner plastic can be recycled over and over again
Bicyclic thiolactone building block makes for high-quality polymers with chemical recyclability
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ResearchCerium oxide nanoparticles could put a stop to tooth cavities
US researchers have found the material can prevent plaque from forming and could perhaps thwart tooth decay
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ResearchSulfur study delivers first experimental proof of a liquid–liquid critical point
Researchers interpret density anomaly as a sign of the critical opalescence phenomenon
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ResearchMicroscopy reveals mantis shrimp’s shock-absorbing secrets
Impact-resistant layer is a combination of stiff inorganic and soft organic material
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NewsEPA rescinds methane emissions reduction rule
Obama-era regulations have been rolled back at the EPA, to the chagrin of some big oil firms and environmental groups
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ResearchSound choreographs chaotic reactions
Bass tones create reproducible patterns in unpredictable out-of-equilibrium systems
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BusinessOvercoming hydrogen hype
European strategies set up hydrogen’s potential contribution to lowering carbon emissions
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ResearchAtoms in mixed-metal MOFs found to adopt predictable patterns
Multi-metallic materials could be encoded with instructions for synthesis or separation
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BusinessRussian vaccine launch shocks scientists
Sputnik V to be approved without large human trial data
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ResearchLevitating ring flame’s burning secrets revealed
Blue whirl could offer a soot-free way to burn oil spills – if it can be scaled up
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NewsScience community holds its breath as US election looms
The election is a high stakes affair for university researchers and science advocates, who overwhelmingly back Biden
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ResearchSuperfluid helium nanoreactor takes single atom catalysis understanding to the next level
Gold alters bond energies to catalyse dissociation reaction
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NewsRecalibration is the biggest shake-up in the carbon dating world for seven years
Overhaul will improve accuracy and push back how far samples can be dated by 5000 years
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NewsEPA settles Gold King mine disaster five years later
Utah state will receive $220 million as part of settlement over 2015 accident that spilled toxic waste into waterways
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ResearchMass spectrometry and augmented reality guide tumour removal in real time
Colour pixels help surgeons differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue
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ResearchAniline synthesis turns to photochemistry to access challenging targets
New photochemical strategy could jump in where common cross-coupling reactions fall short
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BusinessEncouraging signs from initial Covid-19 vaccine trials
Human trials deliver positive immune responses, while primate challenge studies suggest protection is possible