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Chemicals strategy to lay out UK government aspirations after Brexit
Twenty-five year environment plan short on details
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Research
Unpicking a unique molecular network
Computational modelling informs self-assembly solution
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Database offers free access to previously secret chemical data
ToxicDocs allows users to retrieve millions of internal corporate and trade group pages on chemical toxicity
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1500 reactions per day go with the flow
Automated flow chemistry system puts high-speed spin on drug discovery
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Deadly component of centipede venom identified
Neurotoxin allows poisonous predator to subdue a mouse within half a minute
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US government shutdown ends, but problems for science persist
The compromise that allowed the government to reopen is still worrying the nation’s research community
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Concern over vetting of US science grants by political appointee
National Academies speak out after news of Interior Department’s policy on grants worth more than $50,000 emerges
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Tech red unmasked
An unusual oxide of radioactive technetium reveals its secrets after 50 years
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Wanted: synthetic chemists (humans need not apply)
Automation could free chemists from tedious lab work – if they’re ready to think differently about research
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EU leaders announce plans to tackle plastic waste
Efforts will focus on improved recycling and phasing out single-use plastics
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Business
Non-profit generic drug company created
Intermountain Healthcare is leading an effort in the US to prevent drug shortages and end their skyrocketing prices
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Low-pressure ammonia production could cut fertiliser energy cost
Lanthanum–cobalt catalyst that breaks nitrogen triple bond under mild conditions could revolutionise small-scale ammonia synthesis
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Alarm sounded over three organophosphate pesticides
US fisheries agency concludes that chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion are highly toxic
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Delhi’s air pollution headaches a microcosm of India’s own problems
Multi-pronged approach needed to bring smog under control
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First pictures of hydrogen molecule wave function unveiled
Using a combination of sophisticated equipment and theoretical methods, chemists pictured the square of the wave function of H2
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Chemistry best science in US when it comes to gender pay gap
More than 60% of chemistry doctorates go to men, but the field performs well on equal pay for men and women finding their first job
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‘Ikea reactionware’ promises to democratise organic chemistry
3D-printed modular reactor that ‘a child could use’ makes a drug in 40 hours
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UK drug discovery model must ‘break and change’
Report calls for joined-up approach that brings together charities, industry and universities
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Fears that ancient methane could add to warming may be unfounded
Methane released from Arctic seafloor appears to be metabolised by bacteria
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Changing political climate threatens US cannabis research
Trump administration reverses rule protecting states with legalised marijuana