News – Page 205
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ResearchLight catalyst breaks mirror symmetry in first reverse racemisation
Transformation makes single mirror image molecules in a ‘completely different way of doing enantioselective chemistry’
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BusinessChemicals industry roundup 2018
Industry growth remains strong despite tariff disputes, political uncertainty and supply chain challenges
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NewsUK forensic lab misconduct results in dozens of convictions being overturned
Data manipulation at Randox Testing has led to 40 drug-driving convictions being quashed after samples were retested
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NewsWhite House education plan aims to increase diversity in Stem subjects
Strategy to recruiting more underrepresented minorities gets positive reception
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ResearchSelf-powered cancer therapy triple whammy
Diagnosis, drug delivery and effectiveness monitoring combination could realise precision cancer therapy
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NewsChemistry prof sues for $20m over alleged gender discrimination
University of Arizona chemistry professor launches class action lawsuit, says she and other female faculty were grossly underpaid, not promoted
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ResearchCatalyst predictor shows drug manufacturing promise
Joint industrial–academic team develops and validates force-field tool for identifying ligands for enantioselective catalysis
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NewsChemistry professor receives respite from US deportation threat
Bangladeshi chemistry professor who has lived in the US for decades won’t have court hearing until April 2022
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ResearchDwarf planet Ceres turns out to be extra-carbony
Asteroid belt’s largest object, thought to be a piece of rock, contains up to 20% carbon
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BusinessPharmaceuticals roundup 2018
Merger deals, product approvals and infrastructure changes have been overshadowed by political uncertainty, in Europe and around the world
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ResearchWeird mechanism behind catnip compound’s biosynthesis uncovered
Nepetalactone – the compound cats go crazy for – is made by a two-step procedure that is unlike any other in terpenoid biosynthesis
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ResearchCrop rotation for catalysts
Chemists take a leaf out of agriculture books to devise method for extending catalyst lifetime
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ResearchTriangle molecule charges up aluminium batteries
Cathode made from triangular macrocycle hosts complex metal cations in a rechargeable aluminium battery
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ResearchDouble umpolung approach to amino amide synthesis
Unusual disconnection strategy behind stereocontrolled route to β-amino amides
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NewsDatabase seeking to help to diversify chemistry gathers pace
More than 230 academic chemists who self-report as minorities have signed up and the website has inspired industry copycats
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ResearchFluorinated compounds in cosmetic products
Moisturisers, shaving foam and foundation investigated as sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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BusinessBayer to cut 12000 jobs
As it integrates Monsanto businesses, Bayer will eliminate around 10% of its global workforce
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ResearchFipronil responsible for historic honeybee die-off
Researchers conclude the mass death of honeybees in 1990s France was caused by the pesticide fipronil, not a neonicotinoid
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NewsUK appoints new minister for universities and science
Chris Skidmore will replace Sam Gyimah after protest resignation
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ResearchWorld record for longest carbon–carbon bond broken
Carborane bond surpasses previous longest bond after just nine months in the top spot