Новости за 27.08.2020

Scientists find ways to deal with quantum-computing errors

Dry space rocks could have been Earth's water source

Enstatite chondrite meteroites contain enough hydrogen to have supplied three to five times the total mass of water in Earth’s oceans

I’ve mentioned RSPB Ouse Fen a lot over the last few years, it’s a lovely quiet patch of flooded gravel pits, with some woodland, and reedbeds etc, not far from where we live. There are two ways to get to it, one is a lot closer and takes you into the reedbed side of the … Continue reading "RSPB Ouse Fen"

Microbiologist Andrea Crisanti defied the authorities to launch his COVID-19 testing campaign

Methanol and 1-propanol could get into hand gels by unintentional or deliberate adulteration

A great workplace allows individuals to be constrained only by the limits of their own minds

Kicking against the pricks. Sounds a little crude for a science blog, you think? But, its etymology and meaning are new to me and not what my modern ear imagined them to be. First, the phrase means to show opposition to those in authority, that much was obvious. It means to rebel, to stick it … Continue reading "Kicking against the pricks"

Separation of trace acetylene from ethylene in ultramicroporous metal–organic frameworks

Invasive coconut palms threaten native forests and seabirds

Analysis of 50 funders finds cannabis treatment research is growing slowly

Sour beers are made via a unique but opaque brewing process that has been used in Europe for centuries. Now, chemists in the US are using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC–MS) to elucidate the chemistry underway during sour beer brewing.

RoboRXN system extends AI approach to extracting and checking chemistry information from patent literature to programming automation

The cells break down chemicals to sense their surroundings

Antigen tests could help schools and workplaces reopen safely

Meeting the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold and learning about her research field

Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, honored for outstanding work in catalyst development