Новости за 27.04.2020

Novel way to counter tumors developing drug resistance, suggested by mouse studies, did not hold up in people

Early warnings of drought can help prevent catastrophic famines

Lockdown measures are easing in Iran, but there’s still no indication of when universities will reopen

This photoflexoelectric effect could lead to devices that harvest energy from both light and motion

Biotech veteran Rosana Kapeller co-founded the start-up, which raised $50 million to develop small-molecule drugs

Mrs Sciencebase spotted this fellow roosting in the garden last night…it was the moth that was roosting, not Mrs Sb. It’s a Purple Thorn. So-called because the larva (caterpillar), which is stick-like in appearance has a spiky projection and the adult has a purple hue to its wings. Its scientific name (binomial) is Selenia tetralunaria. … Continue reading "Purple Thorn – Selenia tetralunaria"

Cool Washington Post story covering the Braskem America plant in Marcus Hook, PA that did a 28-day live-in (previously covered on the blog here):
In what they called a “live-in” at the factory, the undertaking was just one example of the endless ways that Americans in every industry have uniquely contributed to fighting coronavirus. The 43 men went home Sunday after each working 12-hour shifts all day and night for a month straight, producing tens of millions of pounds of the raw materials... Читать дальше...

Material stops fluorescencing on contact with volatile sulfur compounds produced by decay-causing bacteria

Former CEO of Hoechst AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Nina Notman talks to some of the companies launching chemical recycling technologies for single-use plastics

Preliminary study plays outsized role in debate about when to ease restrictions

The coronavirus pandemic may mark a rebalancing of where drugs are made as nations recognize a security imperative

Aluminum‐exchanged montmorillonite catalysts provide high selectivity

The approach aims to give STEM students more dialogue in their education and free them from the constant pressure of assessment

Made with bacteria-killing carvacrol oil, the new substance might be used as an adhesive or coating

Electron-rich compound reacts like a transition metal