News – Page 73
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NewsEnergy costs and supply shortages hit European research infrastructure
The Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine have impacted work across Europe’s largest research facilities
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ResearchVolcanic sulfur dioxide linked to oxygen level rise in Earth’s early atmosphere
Study predicts 4.3% of oxygen in atmosphere today comes from breakdown of sulfur dioxide
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NewsScientists hope to illuminate unknown human proteins with new public database
‘Unknome’ database contains thousands of understudied proteins
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ResearchPerovskite studies fall foul of ‘unconsciously inappropriate’ XPS analysis
Beware of misinterpreted chemical shifts and misquoted references
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ResearchCyclic sandwich compounds synthesised for the first time
‘Cyclocenes’ are a new class of organometallic compound
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NewsHungarian scientists left in the lurch as government’s battle with EU drags on
Backsliding on democratic principles led to Orbán’s government being suspended from EU research programmes
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ResearchSupercapacitor cement could supercharge renewable energy storage
Addition of carbon black is all that’s needed to allow cement to hold charge
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NewsLow UK carbon prices ‘disincentivise’ investment in decarbonisation technology
Changes to the UK’s emissions trading scheme could damage the chances of reaching net zero
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ResearchMaillard reaction helps store carbon on the seafloor
Reaction that gives browned food its flavour could play crucial but underappreciated role in the ocean carbon cycle
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ResearchCopper catalyst behind general strategy for synthesising methylenecyclobutane compounds
Simple method that produces strained and synthetically-demanding molecules could be a boon for medicinal chemists
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NewsScramble to replicate supposed room temperature and pressure superconductor
Professionals and amateurs are racing to recreate LK-99 a claimed superconductor that has yet to be verified
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NewsJustice for Henrietta Lacks as family reaches settlement with Thermo Fisher
Company was accused of profiting from HeLa cells derived from Lacks’ tumour without her family’s approval
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ResearchMolecular cage seizes control in tetradehydro Diels–Alder reaction
Elegant method dodges harsh reaction conditions to assemble polycyclic scaffolds from simple linear precursors
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ResearchFirst high-pressure synthesis of iron polymorph found at centre of Earth
Recreation of ε-iron backs up theories on why seismic waves travel faster pole-to-pole following an earthquake
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NewsScientists of Chinese descent leaving the US at an accelerating pace
Researchers of Chinese descent are leaving the US 75% faster since state-backed espionage investigations began in 2018
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ResearchClick chemistry offers new, efficient process to produce unique cancer-fighting antibodies
Chemical approach is fast and flexible and could be an alternative o using protein engineering
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BusinessBiogen to cut 1000 more jobs by 2025
Biotech giant has also agreed to buy Reata Pharmaceuticals for $7.3 billion
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ResearchAcidic proton transfer inhibited on gas-phase ice nanoparticles
Fundamental findings about nitric acid dissociation will feed into atmospheric research on ozone depletion
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Research86-year old Hammett equation gets a machine learning update
Algorithm opens the door to improved understanding of aromatic substituent effects
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NewsMobile mass spec provides new insight into pollutants released by East Palestine train derailment
Acrolein levels at Norfolk Southern train derailment site in late February were up to six times higher than normal