All Chemistry World articles in November 2019
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BusinessAquaffirm’s enzymatic arsenic sensors
Cheap, disposable electrochemistry test strips help communities steer clear of contaminated wells
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ResearchHuman biases cause problems for machines trying to learn chemistry
Including ‘unpopular’ reagents and reaction conditions into datasets could lead to better machine-learning models
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NewsUS children’s hospital takes delivery of one of world’s most powerful NMR spectrometers
Instrument offers unprecedented opportunities to study disease development
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ResearchAluminium makes water-harvesting MOF 10 times thirstier
New MOF harvests up to 0.7 litres of water per day in the Mojave Desert – the driest place in North America
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OpinionEmbracing structural disorder
Medicinal chemists need to overcome their fear of fuzzy proteins
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ResearchLarge gold nanoclusters are surprisingly stable paramagnets
An odd electron makes the magnetism
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Research’Blackest black’ ever made is 10 times darker than previous record holder
Serendipitous discovery produces darkest material in existence using carbon nanotubes
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WebinarSynthia: Retrosynthesis software for research chemists
This computer-aided approach efficiently searches possible pathways for target molecules to accelerate drug discovery
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BusinessChemical firms urged to plan for no-deal Brexit
European Chemicals Agency highlights hundreds of chemicals whose Reach registrations would be voided
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ResearchAnother 43 new kinds of carbon could still be out there to find
Predictions could lead to forms of carbon that are even harder than diamond
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NewsHead of UK’s overarching research body to step down
Mark Walport, who led the creation of UK Research and Innvoation, will retire in 2020
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OpinionIs bankruptcy best for Purdue?
Many would prefer to see the Sackler family held personally liable, and the company wound down
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BusinessLeaking filter caused deadly explosion at US plant
Blast that killed one and injured 30 others at a KMCO facility in Texas was caused by hole in pipe component
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ResearchBronze age tin from Israeli shipwrecks was mined in Britain
Isotope analysis matches metal to mines in Devon and Cornwall suggesting ancient trade route existed
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ResearchElectrochemistry can cut cement’s carbon footprint to virtually zero
Cement’s carbon emissions are a big problem for the industry but renewable energy could see the process go green
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ResearchFirst synthesis of unusual natural product could revive forgotten eco-friendly insecticide class
16-step synthesis of rare diterpene could reveal new ways to control insecticide-resistant pests
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ResearchLanguage-based software’s accurate predictions translate to benefits for chemists
State-of-the-art design for computer language processing results in improved models for predicting chemistry
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ResearchNew electrolyte charges efforts to achieve viable calcium batteries
Straightforward synthesis delivers compound with high oxidative stability, high ionic conductivity and good capability for long-term reversible calcium cycling
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ResearchMachine learning predicts electron densities with DFT accuracy
Non-covalent interactions and electron densities can be explored quickly without the need for expensive and time-consuming quantum chemical calculations