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NewsNumber of industrial chemicals being produced globally grossly underestimated
Analysis of national chemical inventories finds three times as many chemicals registered for production as previously thought
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ResearchReally random numbers created from crystals
Robot that monitors crystallization could lead to new ways to study stochastic processes in chemistry
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ResearchEngineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater
Easy storage and rapid growth could see yeast compete with bacterial and chemical remediation
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ResearchNew class of recyclable permanently porous liquid doesn’t need a solvent
Coordination cages that are liquids at room temperature may find uses in catalysis, sensing or chemical separations
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NewsTrump proposes slashing basic and applied research by 9.1% in budget
White House requests big cuts to US science agencies but Congress is unlikely to back them
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ResearchDurable catalyst could enable large scale conversion of carbon dioxide to syngas
Nanocatalysts on crystalline supports show remarkable stability producing hydrogen and carbon monoxide
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ResearchStretchy ionic polymers pave the way for ion-based tech
Elastomers deliver ionic analogues of diodes, transistors and transducers without using a liquid electrolyte
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ResearchFour-leaf clover molecule with metal centre is first in a new family of aromatics
First molecule made of four fused aromatic rings around an osmium atom
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ResearchExcess electrons can degrade polluting fluorinated compounds, simulations find
Strong carbon–fluorine bond dissociates on ultrafast timescale
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NewsFinancial woes have India’s scientists worried despite budget funding pledges
Fears voiced that the promised investment in research will not materialise once more
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Research‘Chemical ear defenders’ could prevent hearing loss
Discovery of receptor connected to hearing loss has led to a chemical compound that can protect the neuromechanical machinery in mice’s ears
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NewsOld mattresses and a little chemistry help Syrian refugees grow food in the desert
University of Sheffield scientists provide the spark to get displaced victims of Syria’s civil war growing their own
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ResearchWater pipe technology kills microorganisms with localised electric field
Flowing water could power smart pipes
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ResearchChernobyl’s intensely radioactive ‘elephant’s foot’ lava recreated in the lab
Mimic of the lava produced by a reactor meltdown is far safer to work with
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BusinessThe race to fight coronavirus
While genome sequences enable testing and vaccine efforts, companies are donating existing antiviral drugs to explore repurposing
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ResearchChemists complete synthesis of molecule ‘at the limits of complexity’
Synthesis of canataxpropellane paves the way to biological studies
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NewsAre the last half century’s worth of results from widely-used spectroscopy tool wrong?
Spectroscopists claim work on semiconducting and insulating materials is mostly worthless
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ResearchAromaticity lends stability to carbon-only catenanes
Catenanes of newly discovered C18 rings are theoretically possible thanks to the kinetic quirks of aromaticity
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NewsCan negative emission technologies overcome climate catastrophe?
Reforestation, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture are among the ‘Nets’ that could remove CO2 from the atmosphere
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ResearchCatalyst rapidly turns carbon dioxide into simple chemicals breaking activity record
Ionomer coating improves gas transport to electrode surface