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Strategy reduces volumes and times needed to evaluate CO2-switchable systems

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

Just in case you’d had enough of the doom and despair, here’s a short playlist of some of my funkier tunes from recent years, all free to stream and download right now. Funktastic! When the beat hits your heart Gravity’s Rainbow Latin Class Running out of favours Lift me up Dawn Chorus All words and … Continue reading "More funking songs"

Electric cars already have a bigger climate change impact than fossil fuel burning cars in almost every part of the world, according to researchers

Companies need to demonstrate community spirit in the face of the coronavirus pandemic

How everyday chemistry creates extraordinary innovation

Technological advances in mass spectrometry (MS) during the past century empower scientists to perform research applications in the life, chemical and material sciences

For process chemists, simple solutions to complex problems are crucial. Metathesis is a cost-effective, reliable and scalable tool that enables innovation

Children’s curious nature makes keeping them safe an onerous task, but intuitive chemical solutions can help to avoid accidental poisoning

This passage in Wired was interesting, regarding a American mask manufacturer working with American hospitals:
Faced with hundreds of millions of orders a day, and a limited number of masks, Prestige Ameritech decided to sell only to hospitals, rather than the general public, and has prioritized working with medical centers that will sign five-year contracts, to reduce the likelihood that the company will have to lay off all its new employees once the pandemic subsides. The policy is rooted in history. Читать дальше...

By eliminating waste and confronting supply chain issues, the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre is bringing personalised medicine to healthcare

From breaking down microplastics to rapid diagnosis of debilitating diseases, magnetism is finding new applications in everyday life

Via the governor of California, this list of essential businesses, including this section: 

There is a lot of disinformation about Covid-19 (FAQ here) out there and it can be very disheartening to read the nonsense and conspiracy theories especially when they come from moronic world leaders. Indeed, when the US president tweets that there is no problem and then a week later claims he knew it was a … Continue reading "The coronavirus crisis – Covid-19"

Clare Sansom looks at the complex world of the spliceosome, a molecular machine in all our cells

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Universities mandate or encourage rodent euthanasia to save resources and protect staff

Sharp-witted writer “pretty well invented a new way to cover big science”

Uniform nanoparticles that can self-assemble on surfaces