News – Page 158
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ResearchBeautiful molecules ring up with a purpose
How Stephen Goldup used his experience in organic synthesis to find a supramolecular niche
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NewsMore support needed at US universities to stop minorities leaving science
University association issues guidance to help improve Stem faculty diversity
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ResearchDrone blows clouds of pollen laden bubbles that could help farmers out
Automated bubble-firing drones could pollinate crops when insects numbers are down
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NewsCaution urged as scientists await results of trial that finds steroid cuts Covid-19 deaths
Claims that 60-year-old drug dexamethasone dramatically lowers fatality rate of seriously ill Covid-19 patients await peer review
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ResearchSolvated electrons’ metallic transition resolved with spectroscopy
First photoelectron spectra of electrolyte-to-metal transition in ammoniated electrons could lead to metallic water
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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