News – Page 79
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NewsInstitution of Chemical Engineers gets new chief executive
Yvonne Baker, a chemical engineer who heads Stem Learning, will assume the helm of the IChemE in April
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ResearchIonic cooling offers way to end greenhouse gas use in refrigeration
A refrigeration cycle based on dissolving a salt could be a more environmentally-friendly method of cooling
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ResearchMolecular motor running on electricity mimics biological motors
The nanomachine is based on a [3]catenane and isn’t operated through a microscope tip, unlike others
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NewsObsolete Oxford labs once used by Dorothy Hodgkin may become student bar
Oldest part of Oxford’s Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory is too antiquated to bring up to modern standards
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ResearchMechanochemistry set to expand availability of organomanganese reagents
Ball milling method avoids problems surrounding solution-based chemistry when synthesising arylmanganese nucleophiles
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NewsNIH’s new data sharing policy is coming, and it’s a ‘big cultural shift’
The world’s largest public funder of biomedical research will impose broader, deeper, more detailed data management rule on 25 January
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ResearchMolecular trap that snares many different drugs could save lives during overdoses
Macrocyclic compound can mop up drugs of abuse in animal tests – including those for which no reversal agent exists
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Business3M pledges to exit PFAS manufacturing
Conglomerate will remove fluorochemicals from portfolio in a bid to stay ahead of rapidly tightening regulations
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NewsAhmed Zewail’s Nobel prize and other possessions donated to Egyptian museum
Personal effects of the ‘father of femtochemistry’ will be housed in a museum bearing his name
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BusinessAnti-drift additives may volatilise alongside herbicides, causing pollution
Research suggests amine salts could be entering atmosphere, but manufacturers say lab model is unrealistic
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ResearchProteins behind diatoms’ intricate nanoscale-patterned shells revealed
Finding could help pattern materials for photonics, catalysis and sensors
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ResearchAlgorithm produces one of the best solutions to molecules’ Schrödinger equations yet
But aggressive ‘pre-training’ actually damages its predictive powers
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NewsUniversity of California strike ends as employees secure significant pay rises and new contracts
Victory for striking student employees after 40-day walkout that disrupted teaching and research could have repercussions across academia
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News2023 new year honours reward services to science
Academic, commercial and public sector scientists recognised in annual honours list
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ResearchBenchtop machine automates synthesis of drug screening hits
System could boost the efficiencies of drug discovery campaigns
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ResearchWarming gold nanofilm can stop glasses fogging-up
Coating that absorbs sun’s infrared light could end steamed up lenses
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ResearchManganese complex behind method for preparing silanols that uses water as an oxidant
By using water as an oxidising agent, the reaction eliminates additional reagents and unwanted side-products
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NewsCommunity voices concerns over American Chemical Society magazine
Board members’ open letter warns of ‘detrimental changes’ after restructure at C&EN
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BusinessUK antibiotics supply chain stretched by surge in Strep A infections
Government enacts protocols to enable substitute treatments and recommends preventive prescriptions in severe cases
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NewsCrispr moves into the clinic
A mere decade after its discovery Crispr is already in clinical trials for everything from sickle cell disease to HIV and cancer