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GPT-based AI tool predicts inorganic crystal structures
CrystaLLM uses GPT to arrange atoms, turning text-based data into numerical tokens
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AI aids discovery of solar cell materials with near-record efficiency
Machine learning uncovers hidden relationships in materials design
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Pause work on ‘mirror life’, recommends panel of international experts
Synthetic bacteria with chirality opposite to that of life on Earth might cause lethal infections
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PFAS manufacturers sued for deceptive marketing in US
Texas attorney general accuses 3M and DuPont of knowingly concealing health risks
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Debunked dogma: disordered proteins disregard ligands’ chirality
Understanding unfolded proteins could boost drug discovery and decipher origins of life mysteries
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Chemicals industry roundup 2024
Europe continues to struggle with high energy and feedstock costs, while US and Asia negotiate supply gluts
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Pharmaceuticals roundup 2024
Diabetes and weight loss drugs have surged in popularity, revealing supply frailties
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mRNA therapy might one day treat deadly pre-eclampsia in pregnant women
Therapy helped pregnant mice to regrow placental blood vessels
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Gold monolayers could provide platform for studying properties of 2D metals
Nearly-freestanding structures might provide a way to study the 2D catalytic properties of gold
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Antiaromatic hydrocarbon boasts unusual stability
Pentalene-based system can reversibly switch between aromatic and antiaromatic states without undergoing skeletal or conformational changes
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One Nation One Subscription sees India grant researchers access to 13,000 journals
Scheme will involve 30 major publishers opening their journals to over 6000 institutions
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EPA bans two solvents used in dry cleaning and battery manufacture
US environmental agency officially bans trichloroethylene and prohibits most uses of perchloroethylene
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Crispr gene-editing booster molecule can damage DNA far from target site
Researchers warn of unwanted side effects with genome editing chaperone
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Hunt for life should search for minerals as well as water, Chinese scientists claim
Serpentine minerals form in warm water and break down to key ingredients for life
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Opposition to lithium mines hampers green technology supply chain
Europe and US seek to escape Chinese dominance in critical minerals
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Iontronic gel droplets detect beating heart tissue
Microscale hydrogels converted into biocompatable electrical components
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Incorrect pKa values have slipped into chemical databases and could distort drug design
Confusion in zwitterionic compounds leads to misrepresented data in widely used repositories such as ChEMBL
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All-inorganic perovskite solar cells excel with stabilising ligand
The addition of a hydrazide facilitates film formation and fosters stability of tandem solar cells
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Spaghetti-like nanofibres made by electrospinning wheat flour
Team calculate their ‘nanopasta’ is ‘approximately a thousand times’ thinner than threads of god
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Negotiations on Japan joining Horizon Europe have begun
If successful Japan would be able to participate in research projects addressing societal challenges