News – Page 209
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NewsPassing Twitter follower threshold lets scientists escape echo chamber
As researchers exceed 1000 Twitter followers they broaden their audience and amplify their message
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NewsResearchers celebrate rejection of controversial copyright policy
Proposed changes to EU legislation would introduce barriers to science and innovation, campaigners say
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Research‘Break it to make it’ reaction to diversify drugs structures
Carbon–carbon bond breaking reaction might make chemists rethink how they build molecules
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NewsA walk on the Pride side
On July 7, the streets of London filled with glitter and rainbows for the Pride in London parade. Chemistry World joined scientists marching for Pride in Stem
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ResearchFlick of a switch alters permeability of graphene oxide
Membrane with built-in electric switch could find use in water purification or artificial biological systems
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ResearchWater splitting demonstrated in microgravity
Drop tower experiments show how future oxygen-generating systems could work in space
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NewsCall for quicker progress on research integrity at UK universities
House of Commons investigation finds a quarter of universities still don’t publish an annual integrity report
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NewsRoyal Institution launches ambitious new five-year strategy
RI says new engagement initiatives will help it double in size by 2023
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NewsUK university to open ‘super lab’ for schools in new £18 million science building
A-level students will be able access to state-of-the-art equipment for practical work
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NewsHawaii bans sunscreens containing chemicals thought to harm coral
Oxybenzone and octinoxate will be outlawed in January 2021
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ResearchSupramolecular system refines enzyme impression
Metalloenzyme mimic combines a guest binding pocket, a well-defined coordination sphere and an internal base to achieve impressive catalytic control
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NewsUnnecessary tension between teaching and research
Learning to teach while in graduate school does not hinder the research careers of PhDs, a Portland State University team finds
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NewsLarge scale experiment probes chemistry inside our homes
Dozens of analytical instruments have spent a month observing the chemistry of the air inside a three bed house
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ResearchSolid electrolyte boosts liquid metal battery
Combining molten metal electrodes with a solid electrolyte may offer a cheap, scalable alternative to Li-ion batteries
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ResearchDynamic surfaces can be switched by magnetic fields
Ferrofluid-based surfaces show multiple tuneable properties
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NewsOPCW to identify perpetrators of chemical attacks
The international watchdog wants to ensure those responsible for the use of chemical weapons are ‘held accountable’
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NewsConcern over future of science in Ontario
Province’s new premier cancels media subscriptions and revokes carbon tax
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NewsMore tumult at America’s chemical safety agency
The final act of US Chemical Safety Board’s departing chairwoman was to fire its managing director, who’d been on paid leave for three years
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ResearchMost complex reaction ever triggered by atomic manipulation makes molecular wire
Construction helps shed new light on mechanism of century-old reaction