News – Page 39
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NewsFour new research centres launched with €104 million from Science Foundation Ireland
Advanced manufacturing, neurological disease and bioeconomy concept to support 600 roles
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ResearchLabs across the globe networked by AI discover state-of-the-art emitters for lasers
Demonstration shows how algorithms could organise timing and match specialist equipment to experiments
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ResearchSimple preparation method improves access to long-known superacid
Aluminium tris(fluorosulfate) synthesised in a single step
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ResearchPromethium bond length completes picture of the size of lanthanides’ atoms
Study fills one of the last gaps in our knowledge of the periodic table
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NewsJavier Milei is proving to be the ‘nightmare’ Argentinian researchers feared
In less than six months, president Milei has demoted the nation’s science ministry and spent only 1% of its S&T budget amid record inflation
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ResearchSimplified hydroformylation replaces rhodium with base metal
Bench-friendly asymmetric hydroformylation swaps toxic gas and expensive catalyst for cheap reagents and mild conditions
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NewsWhat the dichloromethane ban might mean for university labs in the US
The lab use requirements outlined in the agency’s workplace chemical protection plan are impractical for academic institutions, the ACS says
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NewsPhysical chemistry textbook now free to download as a ‘gift’ to the community
Peter Atkins gives away Concepts in Physical Chemistry in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry
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ResearchHow A-level chemistry solved the 200-year-old problem with the haloform reaction
Mechanistic analysis reveals unknown steps in undergraduate staple, the haloform reaction
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ResearchCold plasma converts biogas into long-chain hydrocarbon feedstocks
Waste gases from landfills could be turned into valuable chemical feedstocks
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ResearchHandheld ultrasensitive fentanyl sensor can distinguish between opioids
Femtogram sensitivity could help detect adulteration of drugs
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ResearchOxygen’s exotic yet stable bonding in graphene explained
Aromaticity accounts for extended planar structure of oxygen on binding to three neighbouring carbons while enhancing system’s stability
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BusinessPan-cancer approval shows huge potential for antibody–drug conjugates
Enhertu gains approval based on gene expression rather than tumour location
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ResearchPlaying with plastic toy building bricks creates microplastic and nanoplastic pollution
Effects of such microscopic plastic particle on health is unknown but scientists urge caution – and more research
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ResearchElectronic cooling device is part fridge, part muscle
Soft polymer material flexes to move heat between surfaces
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NewsExpressions of concern added to more than 60 articles in chemistry journal
Elsevier scrutinising further articles in the journal as it attempts to discover what happened
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ResearchElevated carbon dioxide lets Sars-CoV-2 live far longer in droplets
Study explains why good ventilation lowers transmission of Covid-19
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ResearchPorous organic ‘cage of cages’ crystalline structure predicted by computational modelling
Organic cages have been used as precursors to synthesise higher order porous structures, adding to their functionality while the ability to solution process them is retained.
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OpinionHumphry Davy’s whole story – warts and all – deserves to be told
Offensive comments about other races and cultures are part of his legacy too
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NewsLegal threats, online trolls and low pay: the world of scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik
Chemistry World catches up with one of the world’s leading scientific integrity experts