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Medicinal chemists focus on the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 to develop antiviral treatments for the virus causing COVID-19

Companies are making their machines and expertise available to hospitals in need of parts

I am receiving an inordinate number of personal messages on social media and emails asking about different aspects of Covid-19 and the coronavirus. Often the question will be about some email that has purportedly arrived from a friend of a friend in China or Italy or wherever and claiming all sorts of conspiratorial nonsense, proclaiming … Continue reading "Covid-19 chain-letters and friend of a friend BS"

Catenane makes force-activated molecules more resistant mechanical bond breaking

Bacteria form a microbial rainbow of well-defined groups

Labs and lectures wound up as students and staff are left anxious about their futures

The Pentagon has released new analysis that says there are 651 military sites with groundwater that may be polluted with fluorinated chemicals

A tiny meteorite found in Antarctica doesn’t match any asteroid or comet we know of. Instead, it must have come from a mystery parent body that’s full of water

Science doesn’t have easy answers for Covid-19

Back in the good old days, when you could take a countryside or woodland walk and chat to others on the highways and byways, the conversation would almost always turn to birds, especially if one of you were carrying a set of bins or a camera with a big lens. If you reveal any sort … Continue reading "Learning a little birdsong"

by Professor Kenneth Hanson, Florida State University

Continuing my “Keep Your Job, Ken!” series, this post will discuss some of the management portions of an assistant professorship. During our stint as graduate students and postdocs most of our time is spent as scientists and researchers but little to nothing is dedicated to managerial training. This is unfortunate because it is arguably the most important and most difficult part of being a professor. We can all do... Читать дальше...

New mercury compound raises questions about methylmercury toxicity in Minamata industrial poisoning

The 2020 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has 553 research/teaching positions and 76 teaching assistant professor positions.

Want to add a position? Here's a Google Form to enter positions. In 2019-2020, we will be adding teaching professor positions, targeting positions that demonstrate an intention to renew permanently, 3 year terms and a promotion ladder and/or are titled "assistant teaching professor" or "associate teaching professor." As of 9/20/19... Читать дальше...

Molecular properties, enantioselectivities, yields and relative conversion can all be modelled by the same program

The Academic Staff Jobs list has 24 positions.

This list is curated by Sarah Cady and @nmr_chemist. It targets:

Ironically, the spread of false information often reflects a desire to help

Bis(imino)carbazolate ligand provides new possibilities in barium chemistry