Новости за 28.07.2021

Researchers obtain the structure of ketamine binding to the NMDA receptor

The culture wars in the UK are heating up, but as most people haven't yet picked a side, there's still room to find common understanding, writes Graham Lawton

A new animal welfare law in the UK is a step in the right direction, but it should include invertebrates too, say Alexandra Schnell and Nicola Clayton

German accident traced to organic solvents in waste processing center

Controversial study argues sea sponges could have lived nearly 900 million years ago

Growing literature shows the vaccines are shutting down even asymptomatic viral invasion

At least 2 dead and 31 injured when an explosion led to a solvent tank fire in Leverkusen

Individual pentacene’s triplet lifetime – and how it is cut short by a nearby oxygen – measured with atomic resolution

Government announces plans to remove the career barriers women face in research

Alfa Laval eröffnet ein neues Service Center in Frechen, nahe Köln

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A 2019 death from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was linked to a lab accident; a similar case is now under investigation

Study confirms mechanism of sensitisation-initiated electron transfer reaction following extended debate

I stumbled upon flange guards not when I was a process engineer, but rather recently when a practical student mentioned about it few months back. I goggled right away and found the answer. I realized that it is something to do with the joints and threaded fittings in the form of flanges, unions, T joints and elbows, sockets or expansion joints for any piping system.

The new tool looks past extinction risk to assess the effectiveness of conservation action

Scientists pair the techniques to accelerate prospecting drugs from natural products

Purely inorganic cluster combines reductive Mo-based units and Co-based active centers

Even as average levels of NO₂ fell, marginalized communities experienced relatively high levels of the pollutant