News – Page 232
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ResearchAtomic sewing seamlessly joins 2D crystals
Mismatched crystal structures stitched together seamlessly to create atomically flat LED
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ResearchEnzymes enter new territory to perform unnatural reaction
Cyclopropanation catalysis opens door to greener chemistry
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NewsNerve agent was behind attack on former Russian spy
UK authorities know which agent was used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter but are keeping this secret as inquiries continue
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ResearchTofu works as tissue-engineering scaffold
Garlic, ginger and chilli swapped for fibroblast cells
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NewsSearching for the chemistry of life on exoplanets
The protoplanetary discs that surround young stars and give birth to planets are chemical labs that can reveal which planets might host life
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ResearchMolecules’ vibrations linger longer than thought
Surface chemistry could be guided by vibrations that go on for orders of magnitude longer than previously reported
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ResearchSimple synthesis makes curious chiral clamshell molecule
Compounds with two chiral axes hold promise for catalysis and even molecular machines
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ResearchBoron clusters turn titanium oxide to the dark side
Titanium-tipped ‘hedgehog’ molecules become a robust – and black – high-performance electronic material
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ResearchAmerican Civil War era tea yields modern day medicine
Macrocyclisation strategy key to obtaining long known alkaloid with untapped potential
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NewsStrike action hits chemistry departments across the UK
Row over pensions has seen staff walk out for five days with another nine days of strikes planned
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NewsLego leaves behind fossil fuel plastics in search for sustainable blocks
Botanical blocks are being produced using bioethanol from sugarcane
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ResearchAI-invented syntheses are a hit in their lab debut
First proof that routes devised by an algorithm work in practice could make organic chemistry accessible to non-experts
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NewsEnglish health service could recover £500m in drug costs from Pfizer
NHS England may have paid over the odds for pain drug whose patent has now been revoked
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BusinessOutline for Europe’s first waste to methanol plant
Enerkem teams up with AkzoNobel and Air Liquide to turn rubbish into raw materials
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ResearchMagnetic bacteria stir reaction in droplet microreactor
Researchers in China use magnetotactic bacteria to mix reagents in microreactors
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ResearchAntimalarial plant's chlorophyll catalyses drug synthesis
New ‘green’ method makes malaria-fighting artemisinin’s synthesis faster and cheaper with industrial production planned for 2021
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NewsCanada to boost science with C$950m supercluster strategy
Five collaborative research hubs are predicted to create more than 50,000 jobs
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NewsEuropean risk assessment slams neonicotinoids
EFSA analysis confirming harm to bees could lead to an outright ban on the pesticides
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BusinessIndian court seizes former Ranbaxy owners’ assets
Daiichi Sankyo inches closer to recovering money from Singh brothers