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Glass beads offer simple solution to dispensing tiny amounts of solids
Frustration drove chemists to overcome engineering challenge slowing high-throughput reaction screening set-ups
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Reverse gear makes metamaterial stand out
Printed material goes from stiff to soft and back again
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Renewables a better bet to cut carbon emissions than carbon capture and storage
Slow uptake and higher energy pay-off make CCS less effective route to reducing emissions
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Polycyclic hydrocarbons finally make waves
New aromaticity insights could help advance organic electronics
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US university agrees $112.5 million settlement in misconduct lawsuit
Alleged falsification of data has already led to 17 retractions
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Lettuce could be used to grow drugs on Mars
Infecting plants with a bacterium that can genetically modify plants could be an answer to producing drugs on other planets
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Magnesium reinstalls magnetism in cerium cobalt
Study shows cerium cobalt had the makings of a magnetic material after all
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Predatory publisher OMICS fined $50 million by US court for defrauding scientists
Underhand tactics of predatory open access firm revealed in case brought by the Federal Trade Commission
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Flexible catalyst systems open up nitrile chemistry
One new strategy enantioselectively produces amines from nitriles, and another generates valuable alkenyl nitriles
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Deadly explosion at US chemical plant
Isobutylene tank explosion kills one and hospitalises two at KMCO plant in Crosby
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Scientists join the fray in fight against US opioid epidemic
More powerful antidotes may save lives, while new sensors can rapidly detect highly potent synthetic narcotics like fentanyl
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Droplet screening set to accelerate immunotherapies into the clinic
Single-cell technique eliminates inefficiencies when identifying immune cells active against specific cancers
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Half of Britons wish they’d pursued a career in science
Survey finds that many don’t think they are clever enough to work in a Stem field
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Green solvent recovers in-demand metals from batteries
Multiple cathode chemistries tackled by one system
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Air on board diesel trains is five times worse than beside a busy street
Ultrafine particles and soot linked to lung cancer are massively elevated in carriages pulled by diesel engines
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Hopes raised of a ‘super-table’ to end periodic table disputes
Mathematical analysis could help answer where hydrogen or lanthanum should sit on the table
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Iupac names 10 chemistry innovations that will change the world
Nanopesticides, MOFs and 3D bioprinting among potential breakthrough technologies for a sustainable future
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Lab safety challenges persist 10 years after Sheri Sangji’s death
Survey reveals that safety is taken seriously at top US universities but worrying gaps still remain
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Cutting ammonia pollution may lead to more acid rain in China
Any effort to target ammonia should aim to reduce sulfur dioxide pollution at the same time
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Fears for academic freedom as Brazil's political climate deteriorates
University researchers in Brazil report facing increasing threats since Bolsonaro ran for and then became president in January