News – Page 189
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ResearchImpact of extra-terrestrial glycine delivery could have created nucleobase precursors
Quantum simulations show that comets and other celestial bodies may have not only delivered building blocks for life to Earth, but also synthesised them on impact
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Research11 million floating solar farms could eliminate carbon emissions from transport
Marine methanol factories could produce fuel from seawater and carbon dioxide
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ResearchChinese gene-edited babies at higher risk of premature death
Loss of gene knocked-out by rogue geneticists found to be linked with higher mortality in human genome database
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NewsResearchers warn open access Plan S may still be too rushed, despite one-year delay
Updated guidelines from cOAlition S funders draw mixed reactions from scientists and publishers
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News£1.8bn funding gap in higher education review a nasty surprise for English universities
Recommendation to cut tuition fees could leave science departments struggling
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ResearchBond order through a molecular orbital lens
Study computes diatomic bond orders across the periodic table and reveals new bonding insights
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BusinessUS finalises guidance on biosimilars
Regulator clarifies requirements for allowing substitution between products
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NewsMisconduct not mistakes are the chief reason chemistry papers are retracted
Analysis prompts call for publishers to be more open about the reasons a paper is withdrawn
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ResearchCurious colours expose f-electron covalency effects
New knowledge overwrites electronic structure assumptions surrounding actinide complexes
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NewsEuropean commission to scrap €1 billion research flagships
Three existing projects will continue but no funding will be available for new flagships
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NewsIllegally grown GM aubergines highlight India’s continuing ambivalence to transgenic crops
Discovery has revived protests against the technology
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ResearchStrange bonds entirely new to chemists predicted in ammonia hydrides
High pressure compound containing bridging hydrogen cations might be found inside Neptune and Uranus
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NewsAnother five years of Modi government leaves Indian scientists worried
Concerns raised that India is falling behind competitors like China and that the government’s commitment to science is weak
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BusinessIndustry criticises proposed US asbestos ban
Outright ban would compromise chlorine supply and public health, claims trade body
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ResearchC–H fluoroalkylation tackles plastic waste
Photocatalytic method that upcycles aromatic polymers could breathe new life into rubbish
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ResearchSuper-wood offers way to create air con that doesn’t need power
Buildings covered in densified wood ‘super-material’ could cut cooling’s carbon footprint
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NewsTelemedicine abortion provider locks horns with US drug regulator
Food and Drug Administration urged to take action against abortion charity by US politicians
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NewsInternational commission launched to tackle tough questions around gene-editing
US and UK scientific academies have convened a new body charged with developing a global framework for heritable human genome editing
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ResearchCaged gas blanket may explain why Pluto’s oceans are liquid
Ocean temperatures close to water’s freezing point may mean dwarf planet is hospitable to life
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ResearchReaching new heights to form a better picture of 3D molecules
Combining two microscopy techniques enables clearer imaging