News – Page 200
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ResearchThermally stable Lewis superacid added to chemists’ toolboxes
Lewis superacid that’s easy to prepare and handle
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NewsUN panel urges global action on fluorinated chemicals
Stockholm Convention committee concludes that three perfluorinated chemicals demand further action
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NewsEmbattled director of US research integrity office heads to NIH
Head of Office of Research Integrity won’t return after temporary reassignment and is set to become NIH’s integrity officer
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NewsElsevier and American Chemical Society escalate legal fight with academic networking site
Publishers claim that ResearchGate has not done enough to tackle hosting of copyrighted material
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NewsMacArthur ‘genius’ fellowships recognise biophysicist and analytical chemist
Foundation awards ‘no strings’ grants for cellular compartmentalisation and cancer surgery research
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ResearchScale ranks reactivity of fluorinating reagents
System established by measuring how quickly electrophilic fluorinating reagents react with a common set of nucleophiles
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NewsChemistry business leader to head UK’s national life sciences institute
GlaxoSmithKline’s non-executive director Vivienne Cox has been appointed chair of the Rosalind Franklin Institute
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ResearchInorganic molecule mimics odd benzene isomer
Zwitterionic boron–nitrogen compound has σ bond between two π orbitals
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ResearchRemote controlled self-optimising flow synthesis
Online interface could allow virtual sharing of complex kit, and enable simple improvement of reaction conditions
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ResearchPlasmonic photocatalysts flatten reaction barriers
Light-driven reactions under mild conditions made possible with metal plasmonic nanoparticles
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NewsEuropean commission to invest €1 billion in supercomputers
Fears that Europe is falling behind its competitors on investment in high-power computing
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NewsPentagon’s pursuit of insect-delivered genetic modification of crops prompts warnings
French and German scientists worry that Darpa programme may violate the biological weapons convention and inadvertently start a new arms race
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ResearchNanoparticles offer extensive new cure for snakebites
Treatment neutralises venom, reducing tissue damage
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BusinessCleaning up clinical trials
Campaigns to enforce complete and correct reporting of trial data are beginning to take hold
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NewsWhat is directed evolution and why did it win the chemistry Nobel prize?
If you’ve got questions about yesterday’s chemistry Nobel prize then we’ve got answers
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NewsChemistry Nobel prize awarded to pioneers of directed evolution
Top science gong recognises groundbreaking work that has harnessed evolution to produce biofuels and drugs
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NewsLive blog: directed evolution takes chemistry Nobel prize
Join us as we follow all the latest events in the build-up to chemistry’s premiere prize
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NewsLaser tools bag physics Nobel as first woman wins prize for 55 years
Arthur Ashkin, inventor of optical tweezers, shares honour with laser pulse pioneers Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou
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BusinessNovartis to cut over 2000 jobs
Move exemplifies a wave of manufacturing cuts as pharma moves to more high-value, specialised medicines