Новости за 30.09.2020

Acquisition will boost firm's sustainable product offering, Covestro says

The drug appears to lower viral load in a subset of patients, but its use could be limited

Plants and animals with small populations or restricted ranges at risk

Simple system uses centripetal force to organize solutions of different densities for individual reactions

Extrusion prepares two active ingredients continuously and without solvents, which could reduce costs and environmental footprint in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Mixed hybridisations of carbon could see Me-graphene have a Poisson’s ratio close to zero

Researchers asked volunteers to match an on-screen heart rate to videos of people's faces, and the participants were able to guess better than chance. It could be that this ability helps us judge other people's emotions

Program shows how micelles, catalysts and self-replicating chemical systems emerge from abiotic precursors

Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody cocktail reduces viral load in people infected with SARS-CoV-2

Linfa Wang's innovative new assay could help reveal when and where the virus spilled over to humans

Precursors of placental cells could reveal causes of miscarriage, pregnancy complications

Biden, Trump clash on energy and environment plans

Parasitic wasps use a long, thin, tubular organ to implant eggs in their victims. A device inspired by this organ could make it easier and less painful to remove tumours, blood clots or even whole organs

Prepandemic coronavirus research by Jason McLellan and Barney Graham led to a trick for stabilizing the prefusion form of spike proteins

A report has found that 40 per cent of the world's plants are at risk of extinction, twice as many as previously thought

Ansell’s mole rats are nearly blind but their eyes still come in handy. They have a sensor for magnetic fields, similar to those in birds, which the mole rats use to orient their nests

Fast and long-lasting iron(III) reduction by boron