News – Page 30
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BusinessCalifornia sues ExxonMobil over misleading plastic recycling claims
Suit claims firm used false claims to justify producing vast amounts of single-use plastics
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NewsPublic health put at risk by mooted EU classification of ethanol as reprotoxic
Medical professionals are warning that the move could ban vital ethanol disinfectants and hand gels
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ResearchElectrochemical series for materials makes predicting oxidation states easy
Machine-learning trained model could open up new opportunities in materials discovery
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BusinessRSC calls on government to address lab space shortage
Decades-long shortfall in suitable facilities has held back growth and innovation
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ResearchNanopore sequencing set to transform our understanding of proteins
Rapid sequencing technique can not only deal with proteins hundreds of amino acids long but can detect modifications
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NewsEU’s new research commissioner named
Commission president nominates Bulgarian politician Ekaterina Zaharieva
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NewsPredictions for the 2024 chemistry prize highlight growing importance of AI and computational methods
Protein structure prediction, efficient simulations and clean energy among the fields tipped for recognition by chemistry’s top prize
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NewsWar of words ensues over proliferation warnings on enriched nuclear fuel
American Nuclear Society comes out swinging against Science article accusing it of ‘hyperbole’
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BusinessThree indicted in US for smuggling pool chemicals from China
Defendants face fines and jail for illegally importing and distributing trichloroisocyanuric acid
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BusinessUK’s Grangemouth refinery will close in 2025
Petroineos will convert site into a fuel import terminal with loss of 400 jobs
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ResearchYellow food dye could give doctors a new way to look beneath the skin
Tartrazine can safely and reversibly turn the skin of mice transparent
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ResearchEarthquake-induced electricity offers answer to mystery of gold nugget formation
Under pressure quartz veins donate electrons to grow larger nuggets
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NewsCommission launches call for AI ‘factories’ to aid research and industry
It is hoped these facilities will help speed up development of applications in healthcare, energy, transport, defence and manufacturing
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ResearchHow F1 plans to transition to ‘100% sustainable fuel’
Rule changes intend to make Formula One more environmentally friendly from 2026. But what are the changes, and can a sport known for gas-guzzling engines really go green?
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ResearchPFAS-free synthesis of fluorinated drugs and pesticides
Flow chemistry introduces trifluoromethyl group onto a range of compounds using just caesium fluoride as the fluorine source
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NewsFrom tipsy worms to pigeon missiles: the quirky triumphs of the 2024 Ig Nobel awards
Chemistry prize rewards work that used worms as analogues of large polymers
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ResearchWater-splitting reaction reversal could extract lithium more sustainably and cheaply
Environmentally-friendly electrochemistry could cut extraction costs by 40%
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ResearchTeaching enzymes new reactions through genetic code expansion and directed evolution
Anthony Green’s research group at the University of Manchester, UK, reengineers enzymes to have catalytic functions beyond those found in nature
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ResearchPeptide bond interactions explain collagen’s ‘impossible’ longevity in dinosaur bones
Discovery reveals why bonds are a million times more stable than expected
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ResearchHydrogen dimers finally detected at room temperature
Researchers revisit spectrum of fragile dimer with high-sensitivity spectroscopy