News – Page 98
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ResearchOrigin of water’s DNA-damaging slow electrons discovered
First evidence of intermolecular Coulombic decay in liquid water will allow better modelling of radiation damage in living tissue
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NewsChina grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Study exposes serious incidents and deaths at universities
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BusinessWar in Ukraine prompts companies to quit Russia
Sectors supplying medicines and food try to reduce impact on civilians
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ResearchThis metal triangle seems to defy definition – is it aromatic or not?
Discussion around thorium ring’s aromaticity has chemists questioning if we should stop calling metal clusters aromatic
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NewsOrganocatalysis Nobel laureate will give prize money to underprivileged students
2021 chemistry Nobel prize winner David MacMillan founds charity in his parents’ honour
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NewsUS imposes further sanctions on Russian chemistry institute
Russia’s government-funded institute targeted again by US Treasury for its links to a cyber-attack on a Middle East petrochemical refinery
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NewsScientific publishers unite to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
More than a dozen publishers halt transactions, promotions and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus
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NewsJapanese and Spanish–Swedish teams named joint winners in world’s smallest car race
Nanomachines reach speeds of almost 44nm per hour
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ResearchMicroscopy unveils piece-by-piece formation of 2D covalent polymers
New results provide ‘fundamental insights’ on the growth of covalent organic framework monolayers
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ResearchThe closest chemists have ever got to an inorganic ferrocene
Compound comprises an iron ion sandwiched between two aromatic phosphorus squares
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NewsScientific societies fail to capture members’ true diversity
US Stem organisations urged to collect more inclusive demographic data to better support distinct underrepresented groups
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NewsRussian troops depart Chernobyl following disappearance of nuclear material
Chernobyl employees say that soldiers were unaware of the 1986 disaster and entered highly radioactive areas without protection
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NewsDrug discovery AI that developed new nerve agents raises difficult questions
Researchers shocked by how easily algorithm discovered novel poisons even deadlier than VX
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ResearchPlasmonic catalyst smashes record for reducing vital chemical feedstock
Chalcogenide catalyses reduction of nitroaromatics used in everything from paints, plastics and pharmaceuticals
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ResearchThe human fingertip can sense single atom substitutions in a surface
Materials chemistry could make use of this phenomenon to create better touch-based interfaces
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ResearchMaking high quality, uniform nanodiamonds without the explosions
New method can make nano-diamonds for drug delivery, sensors and quantum computers without TNT
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ResearchPolymers designed to degrade upon exposure to gamma rays
Phenyl imine conjugated N–N bonds mean materials are ready for recycling
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NewsThree-quarters of UK researchers ready to quit academia
88% say they ‘are not optimistic’ about the future of UK higher education
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ResearchSea sponges own unique chemistry goes beyond that of their bacterial guests
Biologically potent compounds can be made by sea sponges themselves