News – Page 223
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NewsState ban renews debate on harmful pesticides in India
Punjab’s action outlawing 20 pesticides is part of a nationwide re-evaluation
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ResearchSoil search unearths new class of antibiotics
Malacidins have a novel mode of action and can kill MRSA
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ResearchNanoclaw ‘flytraps’ catch bugs in the blood
Bendy nanowires that trap bacteria could fight life-threatening sepsis
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NewsTrump’s latest budget request gives scientists a fright
Plans to slash science funding bodies by around 30% in 2019 headed off by Congress
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ResearchCall to erase aqueous sulfide ions from chemistry
Spectroscopic developments question the existence of aqueous sulfide ions
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ResearchSniffing out museums' decaying plastic artefacts
Analysing volatile compounds may help museums protect old celluloid film and other polymer heritage items
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NewsNew director for Royal Institution
Institute troubled by past financial difficulties to be helmed by engineer with business and academic experience
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ResearchProduction line for gecko-inspired adhesive
Scientists devise manufacturing process for material that replicates a gecko’s remarkable stickiness
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NewsWellcome Trust publishes gender pay gap
Women working at the charity earn 20% less than men on average
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NewsUS climate assessment committee resurrected
A climate advisory panel disbanded by the Trump administration will be funded by Columbia University and New York State
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ResearchIce cubes melt to make single atom metals
Atomically dispersed metals made by ultra-slow reagent
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ResearchAlternative pathway to phosphorus compounds skips white phosphorus
Intermediate opens way to making pesticides and flame retardants with novel silicon–phosphorus anion
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NewsClean up agreed for radioactive waste from Manhattan Project
Missouri landfill site to be excavated to deal with illegally dumped material created by development of first atomic weapons
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NewsUK research councils sign responsible research assessment pledge
Funders will discourage the use of impact factors and other journal metrics to judge research
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NewsCommunity defends chemistry professor facing deportation from US
Over 53,000 sign petition to keep a Bangladeshi chemistry professor from being deported, after his sudden arrest by immigration officials
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ResearchOzone still declining in the lower stratosphere
The reason for the continuing drop in ozone levels is a mystery
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Research‘Bullet-proof’ wood developed
Chemical treatment makes ‘densified’ wood 10 times tougher than its natural counterpart
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ResearchGlimpse of water's superionic state may explain icy giants' oddities
Bizarre state of water with solid and liquid properties offers answer to Neptune and Uranus’ magnetic field mystery
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NewsBudget fails to impress Indian scientists
Figures show that funding for science has actually fallen as the nation’s economy has grown rapidly
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NewsGerman coalition may mean fulfilment of funding promise for science
Another Merkel-led government could boost funding for research and renewable energy