News – Page 222
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News£20 million UK fund to clean up plastics production
Money will help tackle environmental problems caused by plastics
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BusinessGene therapy gathers pace
Sarah Houlton charts the evolution, challenges and opportunities of cell and gene therapy
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ResearchDrastically different mechanical properties from the same compound
4-bromophenyl 4-bromobenzoate can be plastic, elastic or brittle
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BusinessUbe’s management pays for lax quality checks
Japanese chemical maker announces that ‘quality-related improprieties’ were detected in 24 of its products, including low-density polyethylene
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ResearchConfined reaction speeds up water formation
Trapping hydrogen and oxygen on a catalytic surface lowers the activation energy of the reaction between them
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ResearchErrors in continuum solvent models unravelled at last
Study reveals when, and how, continuum solvent methods fail in computational studies of solvent-phase reaction mechanisms and provide an alternative solvent modelling strategy
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ResearchConjugated polymers sequenced by eye under the microscope
Atomic resolution of molecules – warts and all – can help in the development and design of electronics materials
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NewsChile’s new science ministry brings hope to the nation’s researchers
Scientists celebrate but there is disquiet over the leadership of the ministry and funding
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ResearchCarb-loaded enzyme cocktail generates hydrogen
Space-saving alternative to solar water splitting
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NewsNMR standard aims to end raw data headaches
New format can be incorporated into existing software and its makers hope its use will be widespread within a year
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NewsIndian institute investigates nanoscientists for indiscriminate image manipulation
Four new retractions bring the total for Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma up to 14, with at least another 50 papers potentially affected
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NewsLandmark report calls on US universities to take action on sexual harassment
National Academies says harassment should treated at least as seriously as research misconduct
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ResearchCarbon dioxide recycling on the ball
Cocatalysts on the outside and inside of hollow spheres trigger photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction to syngas
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ResearchDelocalisation pins down meaning of bond order
Reliable bond order definition provides new insights into covalency
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ResearchThree negative charges crammed onto carbons in a single molecule
The first organic tricarbanion pushes the number of negative charges in one molecule to its limits
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Research2D membrane sieves out amino acid enantiomers
Molecular sheets can separate racemic mixtures with high efficiency and selectivity
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ResearchWhite light emission on the molecular scale
Single-molecule system could simplify electronic displays
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ResearchFirst atomic images of mysterious ocean carbon
Atomic force microscopy reveals structures of deep ocean’s organic compounds
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NewsHarvard and Google team up to take on harmful construction chemicals
New centre is working with Google and others to reduce the use of chemicals linked to health and environmental problems
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ResearchTool to navigate chemical space aims to be ‘Google Maps of drugs’
Software allows links between 8000 drugs and 47,000 compounds of environmental concern to be explored in 3D