News – Page 288
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NewsReprieve for some Australian climate scientists facing the axe
Number of climate scientists to lose jobs cut from 100 to 40
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ResearchTransition metal material captures inert neon
First interaction between neon and a transition metal could lead to selective gas capture
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BusinessRohm and Haas fined for safety violations
Fines relate to a trimethylaluminium explosion that injured four in January
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ResearchMembrane reactor turns methane into aromatics
Catalytic technology could turn untapped hydrocarbons into valuable chemical feedstocks
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NewsHidden face revealed beneath Degas painting
Portrait reconstructed using x-ray fluorescence elemental maps
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NewsSoftware could revolutionise chemistry
Computer program can tell chemists how to make new molecules from scratch
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NewsUnion worries that jobs will be lost at NPL
Cuts could hit 9% of scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory as research strategy shifts
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NewsToddlers at highest risk of chemical eye burns
Finding overturns commonly held belief that adults were at greater risk thanks to on the job hazards
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ResearchOxygen measured for the first time in a galaxy far, far away
Data offers snapshot of evolving galaxy 12 billion light years away
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ResearchSuper quick synthesis in Leidenfrost lab
Chemical reactions can proceed an order of magnitude faster in hot, skittering droplets
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ResearchBlood laser exposes body fluid’s molecular make-up
Optofluidic lasers may inject life into in vivo monitoring of blood components
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ResearchA colour is worth a thousand spectra
Analytical method simplifies screening of photocatalytic reactions
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BusinessAmgen and Advaxis partner on immuno-oncology
Deal covers rights to system for building cancer therapies specific to a patient’s own tumours
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BusinessStandard antibody will bolster biopharma
New NIST reference material will help validate and compare analytical techniques
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NewsAntibiotic partnership plans accelerated drug development
Public–private venture will invest $350 million over five years but there are warnings that much more money is still needed
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NewsFemtochemistry pioneer Ahmed Zewail dies
Chemistry Nobel laureate revolutionised study of reactions and was also helped craft US science policy
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ResearchArduous natural product quest's unwelcome end
Thousands of experiments help find conditions to make (–)-maoecrystal V
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BusinessJob cuts at Takeda, Boehringer and Arena
Hundreds of positions eliminated as companies re-evaluate R&D