http://exeterempirical.com/Selected.htm The best of Andy's science writing en-us http://exeterempirical.com/rss.gif http://exeterempirical.com/Selected.htm 90 36 https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/using-dna-evidence-to-picture-suspects/4018068.article Wed, 25 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Forensic DNA phenotyping predicts people’s appearance and reveals their ancestry, finds Andy Extance, but has some significant challenges to overcome. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-drug-developers-fighting-the-antibiotic-resistance-problem/4017800.article Mon, 05 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance talks to the researchers innovating across different drug classes in the hunt to develop new treatments that are safe and effective enough to satisfy regulators. https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Chemist-survived-thallium-poisoning-speaks/101/i23 Sun, 16 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Thallium poisonings are infrequent, but medics need to know how to recognize them faster to help improve chances of recovery and find those responsible. https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1156 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000 The question of how SARS-CoV-2 persists in the body has refocused scientists on the question of where viruses persist in humans more generally. Andy Extance summarises a complex situation. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/can-biorefineries-eliminate-fossil-fuels-and-petrochemicals/4017554.article Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Plans to develop the world s largest vegetable oil refinery reveal diverging views on the sustainability, profitability and scale of plant-based supply chains, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/organic-catalyst-could-cut-the-chlor-alkali-processs-enormous-appetite-for-energy/4017496.article Wed, 31 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Cheap molecule achieves similar performance as existing costly metallic catalysts but faces major questions about its stability. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-results-vindicate-suspect-63-year-old-claim-on-synthesis-of-first-catenane/4017429.article Fri, 19 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Researchers hoping to debunk Edel Wasserman s doubted claims of the first interlinked rings end up supporting them. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rapid-alternating-polarity-brings-new-life-to-189-year-old-electrochemical-reaction/4017261.article Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 A more sustainable approach to the Kolbe reaction could reduce chemists' reliance on oil-derived materials. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/machine-learning-ecosystem-evolves-mof-design/4017175.article Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Mofdscribe handles all stages from collecting data to evaluating performance. https://www.wired.com/story/russia-tsar-laser/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 To check that atomic weapons work, scientists run simulations of explosions using high-energy lasers and Russia is building the strongest one of all. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/uk-begins-exploration-of-whether-to-build-its-own-billion-pound-plus-xfel/4017066.article Tue, 01 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Advanced designs could transform x-ray science economics, reducing the cost per experiment https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-accelerator-accident-hospitalises-worker-delays-xfel-startup/4016979.article Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000 The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center lab director has stood down after the latest in a series of safety incidents and complaints https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/merck-and-co-identifies-nitrosamine-source-in-diabetes-drugs/4016921.article Fri, 03 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Investigation uncovers the cause of contamination in sitagliptin medicines, but the wider nitrosamine problem is ballooning https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-model-accurately-classifies-reaction-mechanisms/4016870.article Mon, 20 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Machine learning 'surpasses chemist experts' in identifying chemical processes https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-brain-chemicals-that-control-what-we-enjoy/4016483.article Mon, 7 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Researchers are trying to understand how orexins influence our appetites, and whether we can use them to treat addiction and obesity, explains Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-a-murder-and-a-bombing-cleaned-up-dna-profiling/4015903.article Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0000 The UK pioneered a forensic process to identify suspects from tiny amounts of DNA, but occasional flaws had big consequences. Andy Extance pieces together the whole story for the first time https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/vcsels-rev-life-fast-lane Mon, 6 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Multi-junction vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers are likely to displace LEDs and edge-emitting lasers in sensing, finds Andy Extance https://edu.rsc.org/feature/the-societal-and-environmental-implications-of-our-oil-and-gas-supply/4015752.article Mon, 6 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Recent steep increases in oil and gas prices could push us towards renewable energy https://www.youris.com/mobility/ecovehicles/pandemic-semiconductor-problems-are-set-to-shape-electric-vehicle-battery-manufacturing.kl Tue, 31 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Manufacturing cuts put cars at the back of the queue for silicon chips. Now, electric vehicles are set to increasingly use silicon in their batteries too, and the industry is therefore making dramatic changes in how it gets its critical components. https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/subsidising-way-out-semicon-shortages Tue, 24 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Proposed multi-billion dollar and euro packages look set to increase uptake of leading-edge lithography, including for photonic technologies, finds Andy Extance https://www.youris.com/health/cancer/early-signs-support-revolutionary-potential-of-eu-clinical-trials-regulation.kl Fri, 19 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000 The EU Clinical Trials Regulation should help resolve problems caused by its predecessor directive and help meet needs arising from the pandemic. There will be challenges in doing so, but there is already strong evidence of the benefits awaiting. https://www.allthings.bio/how-the-pandemic-highlighted-bioplastic-benefits/ Thu, 19 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Covid-19 has led to a paradoxical increase in plastic use even as people are more concerned about the pollution the material causes. Yet it has also made some people more aware of sustainability challenges and led to price changes, which could both benefit bio-based products. https://coronadx-project.eu/magazine/living-with-covid-19-will-need-a-testing-transformation/ Wed, 11 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Dealing with lower covid-19 levels will require improved understanding of what diagnostic tests are best used for. It will also need more accurate tests, but as testing demand will fall, delivering that needs incentive-based support. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/lifes-chemistry-goes-through-the-looking-glass/4015507.article Tue, 03 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Chemists were taught that natural systems only use L-amino acids. Andy Extance finds out just how wrong that is proving https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1037.full Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000 With clinical evidence behind it growing, the combination treatment is moving from the laboratory to patients around the world at record speed, reports Andy Extance https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o926 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Merck's drug was originally claimed to halve hospital admissions and deaths in people with covid-19, leading some governments to stockpile it as the pandemic continued. Andy Extance looks at the published evidence for its effectiveness https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/vibrational-reactivity-control-harnesses-quantum-realm-to-speed-up-chemistry/4015496.article Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:30:00 +0000 'Quantum phase control' supercharges reaction between chlorine and singly deuterated methane at ambient temperature https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/lifi-comes-life Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Laser-based technology and sophisticated modulation schemes could help deliver on future demands for high data volumes, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/unusual-hydrogen-bonds-found-in-proteins-help-them-bind-their-targets/4015419.article Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Weak interactions between hydrogen and carbon atoms have synthetic chemistry implications https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220315-the-paradox-of-how-antidepressants-are-tested Wed, 16 Mar 2022 01:00:00 +0000 Mental health has never been so important, yet antidepressant drug trials typically exclude those who need help most. Now regulators and some researchers are asking if there needs to be a change in how these drugs are tested. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/patent-office-cements-priority-for-crispr-gene-editing-in-cells/4015367.article?adredir=1 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Nobel laureates' failed challenge means companies may need extra patent licenses https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/vibrational-spectroscopy-distinguishes-different-diffusing-isotopes/4015338.article Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:30:00 +0000 Scanning transmission electron microscopy-based method tracks graphene growth with atomic precision https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ibm-teaches-reaction-planning-system-to-speak-enzyme/4015290.article Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000 RXN seeks to use enzyme catalysis to make chemistry more sustainable and resource efficient https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/swimming-molecules-come-under-intense-scrutiny/4015235.article?adredir=1 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:30:00 +0000 Discoverers of enhanced diffusion in click cycloaddition reactions stand firm after other groups say they can t reproduce the findings https://edu.rsc.org/feature/meat-analogues/4014853.article Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 How food scientists are developing tasty alternatives to traditional meat https://www.youris.com/mobility/ecovehicles/life-cycle-assessments-reveal-electric-vehicle-roll-out-hazards.kl Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 During COP26, Volvo admitted increased production emissions in its C40 Recharge model, underlining the need for life cycle assessments (LCAs) to help battery development. Extending LCAs beyond greenhouse gas emissions to resource scarcity and social issues already suggests that the world needs more than just lithium-ion battery technology. https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2744.full?fbclid=IwAR0_Qx_IlHcMlWR19rLdyt_Dajdxi-WakPas8qrvnkw4Oh6v6bh1lg1GA9E Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 mRNA vaccines have proven themselves as the most effective covid-19 vaccines, and their makers are now seeking to help conditions from cancer to HIV. Andy Extance investigates their promise and limitations https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-ammonia-could-decarbonise-shipping/4014674.article Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance discovers why the compound best known as a fertiliser is a surprising candidate to power enormous container ships https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/leds-seek-light-phototherapy Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Several different light-based treatments that have relied on lasers are now finding uses for LEDs, finds Andy Extance https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/testing-and-alignment-seek-scale-manufacture Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Integration, automation, collaboration, customisation and designing for testing and manufacturability will help component, module and system makers expand with lower costs, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-a-virus-ancestor-powers-our-memorys-chemistry/4014148.article Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance tells the astonishing story of the Arc protein and its capsid forms, and the questions it poses https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/neural-network-scours-vast-chemical-space-to-design-drug-delivering-peptides/4014158.article Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Oligonucleotide drug activity boosted 50-fold with peptide designed by machine learning algorithm https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/machine-learning-delivers-human-genome-moment-for-proteins/4014099.article Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Protein structure prediction tools AlphaFold and RoseTTAFold take the latest steps towards maturity and make their software open source https://edu.rsc.org/feature/designing-cancer-drugs/4013975.article Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 If you want to develop new and better cancer drugs, go to the library, says Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/electrochemical-dna-on-a-chip-sensor-detects-bacterial-urinary-tract-infections-faster/4013936.article Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Self-cleaving DNAzymes and star-shaped electrodes combine to enable electrochemical system. https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/pushing-limits Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Remote working, 5G and FTTH are pushing demand for denser, easier-to-deploy fibre, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/lidar-sheds-light-ocean-health Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light's different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar http://astrabat.eu/news/doubling-lithium-battery-energy-density-a-chat-with-nobel-prize-winner-m-stanley-whittingham/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 In 2019 M. Stanley Whittingham won a Nobel Prize for discovering lithium intercalation into electrodes. Now, he forecasts how battery architectures will exploit this phenomenon better, and how the industry can improve recycling and sustainability https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scientists-build-case-for-a-uk-x-ray-laser-more-advanced-than-any-in-the-world/4013775.article Fri, 28 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Support sought for facility with higher quality, shorter pulses, to begin operation after 2030 https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/computer-guided-retrosynthesis/4013627.article Mon, 24 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Machine learning-based systems hope to outperform expert-guided reaction planning technology, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/chipmakers-look-euv-lithography-s-next-generation Thu, 13 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Semiconductor manufacturers want the next big thing: to adopt high numerical aperture lithographic processes using extreme ultraviolet light to print smaller circuits. Andy Extance finds out more. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nitrogen-deletion-reaction-offers-new-way-to-think-about-molecular-editing/4013684.article Thu, 13 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Reagent inspired by decades-old research could save chemists a lot of headache when it comes to modifying molecules' skeleton https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/tv-stars Wed, 05 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Cable television network operators are readying themselves for customers to pull fibre deeper into their networks, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rapidly-alternating-polarity-stars-in-selective-electrochemical-reduction/4013631.article Thu, 30 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Rapidly fluctuating AC targets specific carbonyl groups in the presence of several reducible groups https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-definition-fixes-electronegativity-flaws-left-by-linus-pauling/4013514.article Tue, 14 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Revised version of Pauling's formula enables better predictions for problem systems such as metal-containing molecules https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/giving-fingerprint-security-helping-hand Thu, 09 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Optical methods are helping defeat criminals seeking to hack biometric identification, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/boosting-ultrafast-lasers-medical-benefits Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Picosecond and femtosecond lasers are moving beyond ophthalmology into applications including cancer screening and therapy, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/tandem-catalysis-and-smart-design-offer-new-route-to-polypropylene-plastic/4013420.article Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Selective combustion of hydrogen by-product improves oxidative propane dehydrogenation yields. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/flow-chemistry-surges-forward/4013358.article Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 The long-discussed technique could help make pharma manufacturing more distributed, finds Andy Extance, and create opportunities for chemists with the right skills https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/putting-uv-covid-19-disinfection-under-spotlight Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Spectroradiometry can help producers and users ensure UV-based virus-fighting equipment really works, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/putting-uv-covid-19-disinfection-under-spotlight Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Spectroradiometry can help producers and users ensure UV-based virus-fighting equipment really works, finds Andy Extance https://optics.org/showdaily/pwfocus2021.pdf Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 OPTO plenary speaker Kerry Vahala is a pioneer in whispering gallery microresonator frequency combs. He sees these devices 'opening the floodgates' to the full potential of frequency comb technology. https://www.howitworksdaily.com/does-the-helium-gas-in-balloons-float-up-into-space/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 While the helium in balloons does get lost, it doesn t exactly float into space. https://optics.org/showdaily/pwfocus2021.pdf Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Running between 28-30 March 2021, the SPIE AR VR MR Digital Forum will explore the important next steps after big investments in headset and smart glasses technologies. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/subtle-quantum-phenomenon-found-to-alter-chemical-reactivity-for-the-first-time/4013338.article Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Peeking into the picosecond transition state window reveals effect of spin orbital interactions https://www.chemistryworld.com/research/walking-proteins-tiny-steps-measured-with-germanium-nanospheres/4013257.article The, 18 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000 'Complex of complexes' containing silver and iodonium ions experience an unprecendented interaction https://www.chemistryworld.com/research/walking-proteins-tiny-steps-measured-with-germanium-nanospheres/4013257.article Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Highest ever resolution measurements suggests answer to kinesin dispute https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecular-firing-range-allows-surprisingly-specific-bond-breaking/4013165.article Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000 At energies equivalent to temperatures of several thousand Kelvin fragmentation is unexpectedly precise https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/seeking-path-beyond-pluggable-modules Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Enabling on-board and co-packaged optics requires photonic integrated circuits and silicon photonics, but the exact format is yet to be established, finds Andy Extance https://www.howitworksdaily.com/why-do-apples-turn-brown-after-you-bite-them/ Mon, 23 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000 It s all to do with the biological machines known as enzymes in the apple's cells. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/single-atom-catalysts-double-up-to-link-oxidation-and-reduction/4013132.article Wed, 13 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Photosynthesis inspires dual electrolytic system where iron-supporting shell envelops palladium-supporting yolk https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lack-of-support-undermines-minority-and-female-chemistry-phds/4013023.article Wed, 13 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0000 US survey shows importance of peers and finances in graduate schools https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/medical-microscopes-get-closer-patients Tue, 12 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Algorithms let developers shrink microscopes, enabling innovation by building on existing technology, discovers Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemists-tame-shamanic-addiction-treatment/4012926.article Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Animal experiments show modified structures remove ibogaine's hallucinogenic and heart-harming effects https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/2020-the-year-the-world-changed/4012855.article Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance discovers how scientists around the world have responded to the pandemic, working on solutions from drugs and vaccines to hand sanitiser and PPE https://www.howitworksdaily.com/which-body-part-is-last-to-stop-growing-or-developing/ Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Many consider the end of puberty to be the point of full development, but in actuality the body continues to change throughout life. I https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/tyre-compound-driving-mystery-salmon-deaths-identified-after-years-of-chemical-detective-work/4012851.article Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Previously unknown substance washes from roads to spawning streams and likely has wide impact on aquatic ecosystems https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/us-fibre-reaches-further Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Consumer hunger for better broadband is driving greater penetration of optical technology in HFC and full-fibre networks, finds Andy Extance https://www.imveurope.com/feature/super-spectral-sight Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Optical design is crucial in enabling wider adoption of hyperspectral imaging, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/uk-reaches-the-gigahertz-nmr-level-behind-other-nations/4012642.article Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000 New instruments push the limits of this vital analytical technique but other countries are already reaching even higher fields and frequencies https://www.howitworksdaily.com/10-deadly-elements/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Nature has many gruesomely deadly substances, but understanding them keeps us safer. https://www.scienceinschool.org/article/2020/soup-evidence-based-medicine/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Could chicken soup and other traditional home-made broths have healing powers? Bioscientist Jake Baum decided to explore this question with the help of a local primary school. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/room-temperature-superconductivity-finally-claimed-by-mystery-material/4012591.article Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000 At high pressures carbon hydrogen sulfur compound becomes superconducting at 15C https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/super-cool-study-finds-hints-as-to-why-water-is-so-weird/4012516.article Fri, 01 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Preventing complete freezing down to 135K supports theories suggesting a two-state mixture exists https://www.howitworksdaily.com/what-is-used-to-colour-stained-glass-windows/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Metal salts and tiny metal particles have coloured stained glass for thousands of years. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/carbon-bond-formation-reproducibility-runs-into-reagent-stability-problem/4012485.article Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Solid sodium alkoxides react with carbon dioxide and can hamper performance but sometimes improve it https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/liquid-hydrogen-rethink-has-astronomical-implications/4012448.article Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Machine learning simulates smooth transition between states, which could affect giant planets https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/viewpoint-shift-designs-drug-binding-proteins-from-scratch/4012394.article Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:30:00 +0000 New method focuses on the groups touching amino acid side chains https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/getting-measure-aspheric-and-freeform-lenses Fri, 04 Sep 2020 15:30:00 +0000 Lens features have been getting too small to properly characterise but metrology providers are catching up, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ibm-seeks-to-simplify-robotic-chemistry/4012359.article Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000 RoboRXN system extends AI approach to extracting and checking chemistry information from patent literature to programming automation https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ibm-seeks-to-simplify-robotic-chemistry/4012359.article Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Metallic droplets that make intricate shapes https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/metro-networks-look-learn-data-centres Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Pluggable modules, expanded wavelength ranges and new system architectures seek to meet bandwidth needs, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/sound-choreographs-chaotic-reactions/4012284.article Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Bass tones create reproducible patterns in unpredictable out-of-equilibrium systems https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/twists-of-orange-odorant-reveal-smell-secrets/4012250.article Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0000 Modifying octanal produces hard-to-get information about olfactory receptors https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/questions-surround-deadly-beirut-blast/4012247.article Fri, 07 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0000 Ammonium nitrate explosion that killed at least 135 appears to have been caused by poorly-stored cargo from an abandoned vessel https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nmr-findings-suggest-solution-to-enhanced-diffusion-dispute/4012223.article Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Energy release rate may solve the puzzle of why the phenomenon is seen in some systems but not others. https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/forensic-spectroscopy-looks-deeper Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:00:00 +0000 New methods and instruments are building on impressive investigative capabilities, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/research/common-inactive-drug-ingredients-not-as-inert-as-thought/4012184.article#/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:00:00 +0000 38 out of 639 excipients tested interact with toxicity-related proteins, some reaching levels that might produce unwanted effects https://www.howitworksdaily.com/what-are-the-bends/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:00:00 +0000 Not nice, that s for sure! https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/your-new-labmate-does-700-reactions-in-eight-days-and-its-a-robot/4012125.article Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:30:00 +0000 Robotic chemist optimises water-splitting photocatalyst by working continuously for eight days even in complete darkness https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scrambling-and-gambling-to-scale-up-covid-19-medicines/4012085.article Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 Rapidly-deployed methods are saving lives and easing minds https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scrambling-and-gambling-to-scale-up-covid-19-medicines/4012085.article Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Organisations work towards making billions of doses of products not yet proven to work https://spie.org/news/photonics-focus/julaug-2020/graphene-commercialization-moves-into-the-black?SSO=1 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000 German nanofabrication expert AMO set up spinout Black Semiconductor to realize photonic integration with this "wonder material" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-first-gene-on-earth-may-have-been-a-hybrid/ Mon, 21 Jun 2020 17:00:00 +0000 A new experiment suggests DNA and RNA may have formed together before the origin of life https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/developing-extra-sensitive-environmental-detectors Mon, 16 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance finds out how the SPEXS project is looking to extend single photon counting further into the infrared https://edu.rsc.org/feature/epidemiology-calling-the-disease-detectives/4011858.article?adredir=1 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Understanding the genes of viruses is key to beating them, explains Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecular-experiments-hope-to-reveal-new-physics/4011911.article Fri, 02 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Detecting extremely short-lived radium fluoride can explore standard model s limits https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/amazing-slow-motion-video-catches-hydrogen-flames-going-fractal/4011737.article Fri, 15 May 2020 11:00:00 +0000 The clean fuel can combust with potentially devastating beauty in narrow gaps when mixed with air https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/how-super-resolution-microscopy-can-reveal-coronavirus Mon, 11 May 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Having helped virologists understand their subject better, optical techniques are readying for their biggest test yet, finds Andy Extance https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/making-quantum-leap-commercial-fibre-networks Mon, 04 May 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Progress is being made on entanglement methods that can work in mainstream telecom wavelengths, in conventional networks, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/taking-responsibility-for-waste/4011544.article Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 How well are companies that produce and use plastics living up to their duty? https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/palladium-catalyst-voyage-prompts-carbon-carbon-bond-formation-rethink/4011587.article Fri, 26 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Suzuki Miyaura cross-coupling catalyst atoms leach away but then return to their supports https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/quantum-chemistry-simulations-offers-beguiling-possibility-of-solving-chemistry/4011541.article Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Academics and tech giants use neural networks to represent electronic behaviour https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/waveguides-seek-welcome-consumer-ar Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Fabricating novel light-guiding structures from glass and plastic will prove instrumental in whether augmented reality becomes an everyday technology, finds Andy Extance https://thebristolcable.org/2020/04/bristol-university-experts-rally-to-fight-covid-19-and-search-for-a-vaccine/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Researchers seek to understand and combat the dreaded coronavirus, and continue valuable diabetes trials despite it. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/organisations-mobilise-to-fight-covid-19/4011403.article Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 'War effort' seeks to provide hand sanitiser, protective equipment, ventilators and tests https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1174.full Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Those needing long term medical care are among the groups hardest hit by coronavirus. Andy Extance asks how isolation and evolving procedures and systems are affecting patients https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/lasers-initiate-copper-3d-printing-take Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:00:00 +0000 Optically-driven additive manufacturing is entering uncharted territory with challenging reflective, thermally conductive metals such as copper, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/textbook-structure-rules-formulated-by-linus-pauling-90-years-ago-prove-unreliable/4011236.article Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:00:00 +0000 Just 13% of 5000 oxides found to fulfil all five coordination geometry predictions https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-race-to-fight-coronavirus/4011171.article Tue, 12 Feb 2020 17:00:00 +0000 While genome sequences enable testing and vaccine efforts, companies are donating existing antiviral drugs to explore repurposing https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/catching-the-polluters/4011035.article Mon, 11 Feb 2020 18:05:00 +0000 Measurement techniques can pinpoint emitters like unroadworthy trucks and broken gas pipes, finds Andy Extance, but are not yet widespread https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/first-crispr-cancer-trial-in-humans-shows-safety-and-durability/4011148.article Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000 Immune-cell modifications target tumours and lift the PD-1 'brake' https://optics.org/showdaily/showdaily2003.pdf Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Exploiting orbital angular momentum photonics, or "twisted light", is offering great promise for data traffic and sensing but many challenges remain. https://optics.org/showdaily/showdaily2002.pdf Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Using the revolutionary solar material's properties in light emission and detection applications might lead to commercial applications even faster. https://optics.org/showdaily/showdaily2002.pdf Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Light-based applications are increasing as vehicles become autonomous, even if many questions remain concerning LiDAR. https://optics.org/showdaily/showdaily2001.pdf Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Imaging biological tissues through bone and with greater resolution takes the method to a new level. https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/graphene-dreams Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Graphene could transform networks if its remarkable properties can sustain a viable supply chain, finds Andy Extance https://optics.org/showdaily/bios2001.pdf Sat, 01 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Ophthalmology and intravascular diagnosis are now using neural networks to better analyze optical data. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/metallic-hydrogen-reveals-itself-under-mounting-pressure/4011102.article Wed, 29 Jan 2020 29:00:00 +0000 Robust data help close in on prized room temperature superconductor https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/bird-droppings-to-help-cut-the-crap-in-graphene-doping-papers/4011068.article Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Researchers dramatically illustrate the value of electrode doping improvements https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/optical-techniques-promise-better-cancer-recognition Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000 Photonic sensing and spectroscopy enable faster, more precise identification of tumours, finds Andy Extance (registration required) https://www.scienceinschool.org/content/finding-recipe-life-earth Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000 Three key factors were required for life to develop on Earth but which factor came first? Recent research could help settle the debate. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rhenium-plays-starring-role-in-bond-movie/4011034.article Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Controllable energy input from transmission electron microscope captures atoms dissociating and recombining https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/ellie-knaggs-and-tetrahedral-carbon/4010822.article Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Ellie Knaggs' claim to be the first to use x-rays to prove carbon's tetrahedral bonding in molecules has been overlooked, finds Andy Extance https://www.howitworksdaily.com/issue-132-preview-super-substances/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Discover the mind-blowing materials that defy the laws of nature in my first cover feature for How It Works magazine https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/separating-turmeric-fact-from-fiction/4010612.article Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Thousands of papers have been published on curcumin's healing potential, but its usefulness is not yet proven, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/can-holograms-help-replace-smartphones Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance finds that although augmented reality products talk about holograms more than they use them, holographic technology still has huge potential https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/9-minute-battery-charging-could-accelerate-electric-vehicles-prospects/4010599.article Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Chemists now appear to be within touching distance of a long sought-after goal as the synergy between theory and experiment delivers new materials https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-race-is-on-to-make-the-first-room-temperature-superconductor/4010591.article Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Chemists now appear to be within touching distance of a long sought-after goal as the synergy between theory and experiment delivers new materials https://edu.rsc.org/feature/freeing-the-world-from-chemical-weapons/4010547.article Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance meets the chemists ridding the world of chemical weapons (registration required) https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/single-atom-catalysis/3010930.article Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Single atom and hierarchical nanopore catalysts are reducing the need for precious metals, and could clean up the energy and chemical industries, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nitrosamine-contamination-withdrawals-spread-to-new-drugs/4010505.article Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:00:00 +0000 After ranitidine recalls, EU regulators instruct companies to review all their products for potential impurities https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/another-43-new-kinds-of-carbon-could-still-be-out-there-to-find-/4010388.article Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0000 Predicted forms might offer synthesis targets for easier-to-make materials https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/afm-images-show-bond-formation-in-greatest-detail-yet/3010965.article Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0000 Strange ring-shaped sub-atomic images result from Lennard-Jones physisorption-chemisorption energy curve https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/solution-to-120-year-old-puzzle-reveals-new-chemical-phenomenon/3010955.article Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:30:00 +0000 Seemingly identical acetaldehyde phenylhydrazone crystals melt at different temperatures https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nanowires-become-smallest-ever-spectrometers/3010933.articlearticle Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:30:00 +0000 50-100 micron devices are small enough to squeeze into smartphones - but must first become easier to make into arrays https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/catalyst-cleans-up-alcohol-couplings/3010906.article Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:30:00 +0000 Eight years' work yields Mitsunobu chemistry with nothing but water as a byproduct https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/lidar-set-power-cars-journey-transformation Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:30:00 +0000 Andy Extance asks: which laser wavelengths, detector architectures and ranging techniques are required to deliver competitive and cost-effective automotive lidar performance? https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/pumping-pic-volume Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:30:00 +0000 There are many challenges to overcome to provide quick and efficient characterisation of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance https://physicsworld.com/a/building-a-planet-sized-telescope/ Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:30:00 +0000 Compiling the historic picture of the singularity at the centre of the M87 galaxy involved paying extremely close attention to equipment details, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/how-best-power-solar-ease-efficiency-or-cost Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Incumbent silicon photovoltaic players have powerful technologies with which to deliver clean energy but perovskite solar start-ups think they can do better, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ultraslim-solar-cells-retain-healthy-efficiency/3010814.article Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 A patterned reflector on the back of a thinned-down GaAs cell traps light in the device, keeping efficiency near 20 percent. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/atmospheric-co2-measured-from-space-with-highest-ever-precision-/3010791.article Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Improvements to cavity ring-down spectroscopy could also benefit quantum science https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-forgotten-female-crystallographer-who-discovered-cho-bonds/3010324.article Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Upregulated gene triggers laminin-α1 protein production, reviving paralysed limbs https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-forgotten-female-crystallographer-who-discovered-cho-bonds/3010324.article Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance tells the overlooked story of crystallographer June Sutor, whose C H...O bonding hypothesis was unjustly suppressed https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/87170/breast-milk-sugars-can-protect-babies-from-deadly-diarrhoea/2/ Tue, 26 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Jennewein Biotechnologie discusses the importance of adding human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) to infant formula to better emulate the benefits of breast milk. https://eic.rsc.org/feature/self-defence-classes-for-our-immune-system/3010540.article Tue, 26 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 How chemists help create vaccines that train our immune systems to fight off germs https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01985-y Tue, 26 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Companies say they are close to commercializing cheap perovskite films that could disrupt solar power - but are they too optimistic? https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/helicopter-nmr-prepares-to-detect-arctic-oil-spills/3010639.article Fri, 22 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 ExxonMobil-funded project readies giant airborne coil for accidents as shipping lanes open up https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/industry-adopts-quantum-computing-qubit-by-qubit-/3010591.article Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Companies looking to solve complex chemistry problems are among early adopters of quantum technology https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/baran-and-blackmond-team-up-to-wave-farewell-to-tough-ether-syntheses/3010582.article Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Oxidative decarboxylation produces carbocations that greatly speed up hindered ether production https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/spin-sensor-promises-atomic-scale-magnetic-imaging/3010513.article Tue, 21 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Nickelocene-tip STM provides measurements to challenge quantum theory calculations https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/changing-the-locks/3010434.article Mon, 20 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Designer receptors help understand cellular signals and could treat epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, but need new tools, finds Andy Extance https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/small-wonder Wed, 15 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 A new implementation agreement for low-power consumption will see small modules push technological barriers, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/resolution-evolution Tue, 14 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 3D technology is just one of the innovations emerging in the large display market, as Andy Extance assesses the prospects for LCD, OLED and microLEDs in the fight for a share of this competitive space https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/putting-water-in-a-spin-harnesses-proton-magnetism/3010478.article Fri, 10 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Exceptionally high rotation speed NMR measures the nuclear Barnett effect https://thebristolcable.org/2019/04/5g-rollout-raises-urgent-questions-about-high-frequency-health-impacts/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 As Bristol experiences 5G mobile phone technology for the first time and conspiracy theories abound, science journalist Andy Extance looks at the technology's risks and benefits. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/helium-hydride-ion-detected-in-space-for-the-first-time/3010394.article Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Terahertz rotational spectroscopy identifies long-sought hydrogen-helium molecular bond in a nebula https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/supple-sugars-enable-smallest-cyclodextrins-ever/3010384.article Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Bridge that connects hydroxyls enables control over ring conformations in synthetic breakthrough https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/optical-sensor-drones-fly-danger Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:00:00 +0000 Powered predominantly by lidar, plus spectroscopy and visual-wavelength imaging, Andy Extance discovers unmanned aerial vehicles can safely survey hazardous environments https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/flexible-catalyst-systems-open-up-nitrile-chemistry/3010345.article Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:00:00 +0000 One new strategy enantioselectively produces amines from nitriles, and another generates valuable alkenyl nitriles https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/ultrafast-lasers-sharpen-computings-cutting-edge Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000 Controlling electrons and atoms, and forming nanogratings using femtosecond-duration pulses offer new possibilities for memory and processing, finds Andy Extance (registration required) https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/can-sodium-make-organic-cross-couplings-sustainable/3010268.article Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000 Microparticle dispersions make abundant but feisty sodium safer to use as replacement in forming organolithiums in carbon-carbon bond formation https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/coulomb-explosion-uncovers-laser-driven-chirality/3010229.article Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000 Blowing formic acid apart like a firework sheds light on asymmetric photochemical synthesis https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/predator-particles-give-mice-infrared-vision/3010168.article Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:30:00 +0000 Upconversion nanoparticles that bind to rods and cones shift invisible light to look green https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/super-pon-project-seeks-push-access-networks-further Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:30:00 +0000 Work has started to hone an idea from Google Fiber to increase the reach and number of customers served per fibre of FTTH services. Andy Extance explain. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/low-wind-power-costs-pump-up-hydrogen-economy-prospects/3010156.article Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:30:00 +0000 Combining clean energy sources with electrolysis already cost competitive for producing gas for niche applications https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/leds-drive-change-automotive-lighting Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:30:00 +0000 Andy Extance explores optical design for vehicles, including the headlamps that you've been seeing in your rear view mirror https://www.chemistryworld.com/inorganic-isomerism-uncovered-in-cadmium-sulfide-clusters/3010123.article Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:30:00 +0000 CdS nanocrystals reversibly transition between 'wurtzite-like' and 'zinc blende-like' forms in a single step https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/mirrors-in-the-dark-enable-chemical-control/3010100.article Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:30:00 +0000 Vibrational strong coupling with electromagnetic fluctuations can tilt a molecule towards one reaction pathway or another https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/forceful-treatment-stabilises-drug-antibody-linkages/3010076.article Mon, 4 Feb 2019 16:30:00 +0000 Ultrasonic energy could modify maleimide-thiol connections in cancer treatments in volume https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/learning-shape-future Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:30:00 +0000 To exploit machine learning and artificial intelligence, optical transmission systems require greater automation, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/hydrides-come-within-a-whisker-of-room-temperature-superconductivity/3010030.article Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:30:00 +0000 High pressure lanthanum superhydride sets a new critical temperature record, validating theoretical predictions https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/first-quantum-degenerate-molecules-unite-in-chemical-go-slow/3010009.article Fri, 18 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 KRb at 50 billionths of a Kelvin reacts at a quarter of expected speed thanks to quantum effects https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lightning-inspired-method-makes-ammonia-with-no-catalyst/3009981.article Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Plasma-enabled electrolysis produces the vital gas in high purity - but also consumes much more energy than current methods https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/testing-for-caffeine-could-help-foil-fake-urine-scam/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:30:00 +0000 The absence of substances originating from coffee, chocolate, nicotine and blood in pee could indicate foul play https://sciencemediahub.eu/2019/01/09/debate-on-killer-robots-do-we-need-a-perspective-change/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Advancement in military automation is raising concerns across the world, especially about the prospects of so-called "killer robots". https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/first-building-integrated-deployment-shows-perovskite-solars-growing-maturity/3009953.article Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Modules based on lightweight printed hybrid organic-inorganic films start to collect important real-world data https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/catalytically-is-copper-the-new-gold/3009941.article Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Approach for depositing copper on silica support influences how easily it oxidises, and in turn the reactions it catalyses https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/catalyst-predictor-shows-drug-manufacturing-promise/3009881.article Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Joint industrial-academic team develops and validates force-field tool for identifying ligands for enantioselective catalysis https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/biological-imaging-reaches-new-depths Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Shaping light wavefronts is improving many areas of microscopy - and is enabling Nobel Prize winner Eric Betzig's most important work yet, finds Andy Extance https://scidev.net/global/biodiversity/news/un-conference-sets-agenda-for-biodiversity-research.html Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Countries set out science and actions to stop rapid global species loss https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/sartan-drug-contamination-brings-cancer-uncertainty/3009849.article Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Levels of nitrosamines and other carcinogens in affected tablets of valsartan and related drugs similar to smoking 20 cigarettes a day https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/robotic-organic-synthesis-to-make-reproducibility-simple-in-chemistry/3009843.article Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Chemputer makes three drugs without human help in effort to make chemistry more reproducible https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/gold-melted-at-room-temperature-using-electric-fields/3009802.article Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Controllable change from crystalline to disordered in a tiny cone tip might help chemical catalysis https://www.scidev.net/global/health/opinion/antibiotics-resistance-breaks-global-boundaries.html Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000 Antibiotics resistance among some bacteria-including E.coli, salmonella and gonorrhoea-is pushing planetary safe boundaries https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-marvellous-maillard-reaction/3009723.article Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance looks at the culinary reaction cascade that goes beyond Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner and has worrying links to health https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/drug-precursor-made-by-solar-powered-cyborg-yeast-/3009762.article Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Indium phosphide nanoparticles supply electrons for shikimic acid synthesis https://physicsworld.com/a/cool-innovations-for-clean-energy/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Cryogenic technology is making it possible for liquid air, nitrogen and methane - including methane derived from cow slurry - to play roles in combating global warming. Andy Extance reports https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/turing-patterns-explain-shark-scale-development/3009739.article Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000 The tooth-like scales on a shark's skin show signs of reaction-diffusion molecular patterns, like human hair and chicken feathers https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/dividend-spectrum Wed, 07 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Imaging spectroscopy offers a powerful way to understand this world and others, and optical innovations are enhancing its capabilities, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemistry-graduate-student-admits-poisoning-co-worker/3009717.article Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Victim at Queen's University in Canada videoed carcinogen being pipetted into a loaf of bread while he was in a group meeting https://www.scidev.net/global/health/news/one-simple-questionnaire-could-help-spot-autism-in-many-countries.html Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000 An autism questionnaire has some success in identifying the condition across poor and rich nations. https://www.scidev.net/global/icts/news/costs-obstruct-global-internet-access-goals.html Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:30:00 +0000 Policy development to create affordable access is at slowest rate in five years according to Alliance for Affordable Internet https://eic.rsc.org/feature/antibiotics-solving-an-evolving-problem/3009641.article Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:30:00 +0000 Chemistry is the key to killing bacteria - and must get faster in working out how to do so, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/cryoem-method-offers-organic-analysis-certainty/3009644.article Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:30:00 +0000 MicroED technique gives rapid, unambiguous structure determination with small, amorphous samples https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/landmark-china-cancer-drug-full-approval-first-of-a-wave-/3009539.article Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:00:00 +0000 Outcome for Chi-Med's friquintinib is a result of China's evolving drug innovation and regulation https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/building-resilience-to-climate-threats/3009514.article Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000 As extreme weather events become more frequent, chemical and pharmaceutical producers are taking steps to fend them off in future https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/genentech-antibiotic-quells-resistance/3009495.article Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000 Modified arylomycin combines high potency with new mechanism of action https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06617-5 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:00:00 +0000 As artificially intelligent tools for literature and data exploration evolve, developers seek to automate how hypotheses are generated and validated. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/atomic-eiffel-tower-looms-over-quantum-computing-landscape/3009473.article Thu, 06 Sep 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Many-atom arrays may become ideal quantum simulators for chemical systems https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/euv-lithography-reaches-starting-line Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Lithographic semiconductor processes using extreme ultraviolet light are set to enter mass production, writes Andy Extance, but must continue to improve https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/crunching-100g-serial-numbers Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Cost and compatibility can make a compelling case for pushing 100Gb/s bandwidth over a single optical channel, both as individual links and supporting 400Gb/s Ethernet, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/businesses-use-blockchain-to-take-on-trustlessness/3009310.article Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Big companies are looking to blockchain technology to track transactions, finds Andy Extance, while upstarts exploit its cryptocurrency origins https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/mof-turns-crumple-zone-weakness-into-strength/3009368.article Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:00:00 +0000 Enhanced water stability improves chances of using materials to adsorb toxic contaminants in gas masks https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/vaccine-scandal-and-heart-drug-recall-show-chinas-pharma-struggles/3009330.article Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Fifteen arrests amid evidence of bribery related to vaccines, despite new standards and penalties for fraud https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/indian-institute-investigates-nanoscientists-for-indiscriminate-image-manipulation-/3009159.article Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Four new retractions bring the total for Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma up to 14, with at least another 50 papers potentially affected https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/the-chemistry-of-synapses/3009054.article#.Wxpi3q067S0.twitter Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000 Scientists are decoding the brain's exquisite molecular machinery - but there is still a long way to go, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/fibre-lasers-target-further-power-gains Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Driven by sheet metal processing, system and fibre vendors are combining beams with high reliability, finds Andy Extance https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/coating-techniques-push-laser-component-limits Fri, 25 May 2018 13:00:00 +0000 Closely guarded process secrets are enabling optical coatings to serve higher laser powers and new operational regimes, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-chemistry-enables-uk-negative-carbon-dioxide-emissions-pilot-/3009065.article Thu, 24 May 2018 13:00:00 +0000 Carbon capture is back at Drax, thanks to more energy efficient absorption technology https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-sanctions-threaten-iraneurope-petrochemical-ties/3009061.article Thu, 24 May 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Companies review their options after Trump administration's withdrawal from nuclear deal https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/learn-experience Thu, 24 May 2018 12:00:00 +0000 As data demand ramps ever higher, researchers are looking to innovative amplifier designs to help transport a broader light spectrum through optical fibres, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/brain-chemistry-hints-at-how-obesity-impairs-antidepressants/3008976.article Wed, 05 May 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Histamine released in response to obesity, stress or bacterial toxins prevents benefits from SSRIs - and that drugs that target these inflammatory signals may restore them https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/making-flying-safer Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Optical explosive detection is set to help remove restrictions on the liquids airline passengers can carry on, finds Andy Extance (free registration required) https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/cyborg-ribosome-reads-polystyrene-message-to-create-catalyst/3008913.article Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000 A simplified artificial molecular machine with a useful catalyst product hints at the potential of synthetic systems. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/novartis-87bn-avexis-deal-shows-gene-therapy-appeal/3008883.article Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Acquisition indicates the value of potentially permanent cures for inherited diseases https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-afm-tip-reopens-hydrogen-bond-imaging-debate/3008878.article Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Putting rigid copper oxide on probe prevents artefacts - but what is it actually measuring? https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/step-by-step-synthesis-of-dna/3008753.article Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance discovers how scientists are delivering the extremely accurate DNA chemistry and biochemistry needed to make genes - and even genomes https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/taking-heat-pics Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Shrinking optoelectronic components and combining them with silicon devices requires careful consideration of thermal management, finds Andy Extance https://eic.rsc.org/education-research/girls-depict-female-scientists-less-as-they-get-older/3008825.article Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 There's still a need for diverse role models https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/optogenetic-control-puts-biosynthesis-into--and-out-of--the-spotlight-/3008811.article Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 Using light to switch which enzymes brewer's yeast produces boosts concentrations of biofuel candidate isobutanol fivefold. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-engineered-in-pursuit-of-hoppiness/3008809.article Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Crispr-augmented brewer's yeast produces flavour molecules, giving a hoppy taste without adding extra hops https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03305-2 Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Atomic force microscopy is revealing molecular structures with startling clarity. Artificial intelligence and automation could expand its potential. https://eic.rsc.org/feature/taking-care-of-the-air/3008779.article Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance discovers how urban air pollution monitoring is changing to protect our health https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/harnessing-nonlinear-communicaton-regime Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000 To continue growing data traffic, optical scientists are tackling tough questions about nonlinear effects in optical fibre, discovers Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/brexit-analysis-predicts-chemical-industry-contraction/3008782.article Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000 UK government forced to publish briefing that suggests production will fall by up to 16 per cent https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/boron-clusters-turn-titanium-oxide-to-the-dark-side-/3008741.article Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Titanium-tipped 'hedgehog' molecules become a robust - and black - high-performance electronic material https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/toyota-promises-cheaper-electric-car-motor-magnets-within-a-decade/3008716.article Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:00:00 +0000 Careful material engineering enables alloys using more abundant rare earth elements than neodymium https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/bms-stimulates-cancer-drug-hopes-with-giant-collaboration/3008674.article Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0000 Immunooncology pioneer will pay up to 3.6bn dollars in hope Nektar drug will help non-responders https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/carbyne-equivalents-fire-up-carboncarbon-bond-formation/3008615.article Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0000 'Easy-to-make' reagent adds a wide variety of functional groups to aromatic rings https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/handheld-spectrometers/3008475.article Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance discovers how portable infrared absorption and Raman scattering analysis tools are inspiring new uses - from the battlefield to people's homes http://optics.org/showdaily/showdaily1801.pdf Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000 Newly-emerged sensing applications like facial identification in smartphones and the chance to help autonomous vehicles "see" are transforming a mature laser technology, finds Andy Extance. (P9) https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/the-dawn-of-solar-windows Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0000 Future skyscrapers will harvest energy from the sun with photovoltaic windows https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/explainer-non-alcoholic-beer-and-wine/3008514.article Thu, 13 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0000 3D-printed modular reactor that 'a child could use' makes a drug in 40 hours https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/explainer-non-alcoholic-beer-and-wine/3008514.article Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:30:00 +0000 For Dry January and beyond, drinkers are thirsty for beers and wines that don't get you drunk https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/synthetic-gene-cost-slashed-to-2/3008491.article Mon, 08 Jan 2018 08:30:00 +0000 DropSynth makes hundreds of strands in a single tube, boosting tests of gene function https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/teva-to-cut-14000-jobs/3008472.article Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Saddled with debt in an increasingly competitive generic drug industry, the Israel-headquartered giant begins a difficult transformation https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08589-4 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Blockchain could lend security measures to the scientific process, but the approach has its own risks. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/dna-origami-makes-it-big/3008398.article Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Researchers build complex DNA structures that are larger than ever before https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/beer-music-to-your-taste-buds/3008206.article Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance goes on tour in the UK and Belgium and compares the science behind the different processes used by craft and mass brewers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surfing-for-science-ocean-enthusiasts-could-help-gauge-coastal-warming/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0000 Researchers want to enlist surfers, scuba divers and anglers to monitor hard-to-reach areas vulnerable to climate change https://www.wikitribune.com/story/2017/11/20/health/sight-for-more-eyes-new-therapies-tackle-blindness-and-more/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000 New technologies that could halt or reverse age-related and genetic blindness - and potentially enable therapies elsewhere in the body - are edging closer to reality, finds Andy Extance. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/molten-metal-enables-climate-friendly-hydrogen-production/3008299.article Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:00:00 +0000 Discovery from academics collaborating with Shell could enable a sustainable energy future, with a reduced global warming threat https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/lighting-metro-dark-fibre-opportunity Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:26:00 +0000 The increasing value of optical fibre assets in metropolitan areas is shaping the business models of companies that provide access to them, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/matter/breaking-in-the-xfel/3008082.article Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:26:00 +0000 Andy Extance reports exclusively as staff from the EUR1.5 billion European X-ray Free Electron Laser learn from its first experiments. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/computer-reconstruction-gives-microscopy-100-fold-precision-boost/3008144.article Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:26:00 +0000 Confocal microscopy enhancement costing just a few dollars per image could be applied to all imaging. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/first-liquid-mof-could-get-material-discovery-flowing/3008110.article Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:26:00 +0000 Data and modelling show framework and porous structure are retained after melting. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/53797/24/ Thu, 4 Oct 2017 13:26:00 +0000 With standards for 5G wireless networks yet to be finalised, there are many options for fibre's future role, finds Andy Extance. https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/integrating-europe%E2%80%99s-silicon-photonics-supply-chain Fri, 8 Sep 2017 13:26:00 +0000 Collaborative initiatives are seeking to bridge the gap between small- and large-scale production of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance. https://medium.com/@andyextance/three-science-ideas-you-need-to-know-about-legal-and-illegal-highs-c1b00df2a493 Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:26:00 +0000 When someone doesn't want me to write about something, it makes me curious. So when people tried to warn me off my long-read article on 'novel psychoactive substances' (NPS) just published in Chemistry World, I got curious. https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/the-rising-tide-of-legal-highs/3007738.article Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:26:00 +0000 Andy Extance investigates the chemistry that has helped recreational drugs evade the law, and its consequences https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nitrous-oxide-causes-uk-drug-law-confusion/3007935.article Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:26:00 +0000 Successful defences based on laughing gas' medical uses follow prominent convictions that have resulted in a legal lottery https://eic.rsc.org/feature/know-your-poison-the-festival-chemical-safety-net/3007847.article Thu, 17 Aug 2017 08:26:00 +0000 Andy Extance explains how volunteers are using analytical chemistry to help keep festival-goers safe https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/structural-sleuthing-salvages-superbug-slayer/3007838.article Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Calculations show low electron density makes nanoparticle corners and edges reactive https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/structural-sleuthing-salvages-superbug-slayer/3007838.article Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Combining 'assembly line' synthesis, spectroscopy and computational predictions solves stereochemistry riddle https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/gsk-stops-over-30-research-programmes-to-prioritise-innovation-/3007808.article Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000 New boss Emma Walmsley outlines sweeping changes in order to focus on high-return drug projects https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/astrazeneca-shares-tumble-after-antibody-failure/3007772.article Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Imfinzi and tremelimumab checkpoint inhibitor pairing fails to beat chemotherapy in lung cancer https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/novartis-coasts-towards-first-car-t-approval/3007769.article Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Unanimous recommendation for CTL019 ahead of October decision builds confidence in T-cell genetic reprogramming https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/saturn-ring-like-streaming-takes-liquids-into-a-new-world/3007755.article Wed, 26 Jul 2017 14:00:00 +0000 Equatorial rings that break up into uniform microdroplets could be an alternative to microfluidic emulsification techniques https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/would-you-rent-your-lab-equipment/3007668.article Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:30:00 +0000 Virtual sharing and equipment loans are making access to vital research tools easier http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2017/jul/20/refugee-scientists-under-the-spotlight Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:30:00 +0000 Thousands of people are forced to flee war-torn regions every year, but the struggles of scientists who have to leave their homeland often goes under the radar. Andy Extance reports on initiatives to help https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/energy-storage-prices-forecast-to-tumble/3007717.article Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 First broad 'evidence-based' comparison shows similar capital cost evolution among technologies including lithium-ion and flow batteries https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemists-unravel-why-humans-arent-constantly-bursting-into-flames/3007617.article Thu, 23 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Strong pi-bonding holds the secret to taming dioxygen diradicals https://www.chemistryworld.com/3007584.article Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:00:00 +0000 Integrated flow synthesis and purification process for prexasertib meets high industry standards https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/cable-companies-consider-coherent-optics Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 CableLabs is spearheading efforts to develop a proposal that uses coherent optics to dramatically boost the capacity of hybrid fibre coaxial networks, reports Andy Extance https://online.flippingbook.com/view/281086/12 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Fundamental physics could pose a threat to the internet's continued expansion - but new fibre designs could put back the limits, finds Andy Extance. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scientists-get-charged-up-over-titanium-dioxide/3007521.article Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Groups debate usefulness of conventional +4 titanium oxidation state compared to +2.5 charge state https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/first-biomarker-driven-approval-exemplifies-cancer-immunotherapy-progress/3007505.article Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Landmark decision is latest step in field's impressive - but not wholly untroubled - advance https://www.absw.org.uk/news-and-events/absw-news/absw-helps-clarify-that-academics-need-not-gag-themselves-because-of-the-election Mon, 29 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 'Purdah' must not stifle debate https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/stick-up-experiment-lets-scientists-see-hydrogen-atoms/3007379.article Fri, 19 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Upright structures offer hard-to-get direct AFM measurements https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/merck-kgaa-to-buy-chematica/3007276.article Fri, 12 May 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Retrosynthesis tool will gain computational muscle and integrate with Sigma-Aldrich catalogue https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/brexit-raises-regulatory-worries/3007238.article Thu, 04 May 2017 16:00:00 +0000 Risk of doubling legal burden for industry undermines referendum's 'red-tape cutting' claims http://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/how-telecom-can-combat-climate-change Tue, 02 May 2017 14:00:00 +0000 BT, Telefonica, Telia Carrier and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative explain how the communications industry is reducing carbon emissions, even as data consumption escalates https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/covalent-inhibitor-drugs/2500494.article Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Exceptions to a long-held rule against chemically bonding to biological targets are powering new cancer medicines, finds Andy Extance https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-do-chemical-firms-last-hundreds-of-years/3007065.article Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:00:00 +0000 What distinguishes chemistry firms with hundred-year histories from those that failed? https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/catalyst-fuels-hydrogen-car-vision-/3007025.article Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000 Platinum-molybdenum carbide expedites hydrogen formation from water and methanol https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/forging-a-future-for-glassblowing/2500503.article Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Creating scientific instruments is a rare but highly desirable skill https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ultrafast-lasers-promise-to-make-lead-look-like-gold/2500488.article Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Theoretical study suggests atomic mimicry could reshape spectroscopy, information processing - and even chemical reactivity https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/do-hydrogen-bonds-have-covalent-character/2500428.article Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Scientists wrangle over disagreement between charge transfer measurements https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/universityindustry-collaborations-aspire-to-pharmaceutical-innovation/2500424.article Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/universityindustry-collaborations-aspire-to-pharmaceutical-innovation/2500424.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/sulfur-linkage-takes-click-chemistry-in-a-different-direction/2500416.article Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:30:00 +0000 Thionyl tetrafluoride-based 'sleeping beauties' enable click chemistry in a tetrahedral shape https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/biological-fuel-cell-could-power-cleaner-ammonia-production/2500378.article Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:24:00 +0000 Harnessing nitrogenase enzyme makes key fertiliser material while generating electricity https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/chemical-fossils/2500243.article Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:24:00 +0000 Andy Extance finds out what organic molecules made by microorganisms and plants far in the past can tell us about climate http://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/quantum-security Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:54:00 +0000 Commercial development of quantum key distribution is coming just in time to meet the security threat from quantum computers, finds Andy Extance http://optics.org/showdaily/showdaily1701.pdf Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:24:00 +0000 Easy to make, and with desirable semiconductor properties, perovskites are attracting scientific attention that's resolving their outstanding issues, finds Andy Extance.[PDF, p25] https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/metallic-hydrogen-claim-faces-fiery-scrutiny/2500300.article Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:00:00 +0000 State of hydrogen predicted to be a room temperature superconductor reportedly seen - but the methods used are being questioned https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/solid-3d-nmr-evidence-reaches-the-surface/2500289.article Mon, 13 Jan 2017 17:00:00 +0000 200-fold signal boost means silica spectroscopy could communicate catalyst configurations https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/drug-binding-simulations-promise-to-get-personal/2500269.article Fri, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 Fast, reliable new molecular dynamic simulation methods set to speed up research are under investigation by GSK https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/record-polyhedron-boosts-molecular-self-assembly/2500205.article Fri, 06 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +0000 New supramolecular system shape found by chance inspires improved design principle https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/explainer-the-chemistry-of-farts/2500168.article#.WFqQcRw6_II.twitter Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:00:00 +0000 We usually see flatulence as funny or embarrassing - but its chemistry is intimately entwined with our health https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/van-der-waals-images-put-focus-on-scientific-foundations/2500136.article Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:00:00 +0000 STM pictures show ridges between xenon atoms, but are they linked to increased electron density? https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/intracellular-deliver/2500124.article#.WFARPPPODnU.twitter Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:00:00 +0000 Peptides, proteins and lipids that can enter cells and take useful payloads with them are moving towards maturity, finds Andy Extance. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chicken-feed-and-food-ingredients-tame-organolithium-chemistry/2500093.article Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Three second alkylation happens in air without cooling - or bursting into flames https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemists-struggles-spawn-bristol-lab-incubator-/2500011.article Wed, 22 Nov 2016 14:35:00 +0000 Unit DX prioritises properly-equipped lab space, with partnerships to support science entrepreneurs https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/retrosynthetic-biology-foreshadows-designer-carbon-dioxide-consuming-organisms/2500002.article Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:35:00 +0000 Rational design creates cycle that's faster than the natural carbon-fixing process used by plants https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/revived-chemistry-practical-triggers-wave-of-controlled-explosions/1017652.article Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:35:00 +0000 UK schools forced to get military to blow-up dried-out 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/hard-x-ray-ghost-images-come-to-life/1017585.article Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:40:00 +0000 Combining information from two beams could reduce imaging damage and broaden crystallographic options https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nations-agree-hydrofluorocarbon-climate-deal/1017578.article Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:15:00 +0000 Montreal Protocol amendment 'single most important step to limit warming' https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/troubled-theranos-abandons-clinical-testing-/1017550.article Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:15:00 +0000 Seeking to salvage some value, once-admired blood analysis firm lays off 40% of staff. http://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/board-optics-beyond-pluggables Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:30:00 +0000 The Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) is looking to change networking equipment permanently. Andy Extance finds out why. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/gamma-ray-method-takes-first-step-towards-enhanced-medical-imaging-precision/1017485.article Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:30:00 +0000 'Polarised nuclear imaging' using magnetic resonance manipulation of radioactive atoms could enable new diagnostic tools. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/fdas-first-duchenne-drug-approval-reveals-schism/1017440.article Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:05:00 +0000 Oligonucleotide drug reaches market amid pressure from patient families and strife over 'patient-focused drug development' at the regulator. http://optics.org/news/7/9/23 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:05:00 +0000 After a decade battling problems with high-power lasers and UV coatings, the wind monitoring mission should finally launch in November 2017. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemists-cultivate-macromolecular-wheatsheaf/1017429.article Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:05:00 +0000 Triply-threaded rotaxane could bind together long-chain organic molecules https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/swimming-microrobots-see-the-invisible/1017424.article Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0000 Chemically-fuelled and magnetically-guided spheres enable microscopy beyond the diffraction limit https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/click-on-click-off-linkages-join-biochemical-toolkit/1017408.article Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0000 Click chemistry reaction can be reversed 'without a trace' https://www.newscientist.com/article/2105025-your-distinctive-hairprint-can-identify-you-even-when-dna-fails/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0000 Analysing the proteins in hairs at a crime scene or an archaeological site could provide an alternative way to identify people when DNA sequencing doesn't work https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/novartis-reshuffle-puts-120-staff-at-risk/1017372.article Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Commitment to gene and cell therapy treatments emphasised as unit broken up amid pharmaceutical division refocus https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/grass-based-emissions-test-ready-to-empower-global-warming-watchdogs/1017371.article Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:30:00 +0000 Plants could be a powerful ally in accurately measuring power station emissions using carbon-14 http://www.nature.com/news/how-dna-could-store-all-the-world-s-data-1.20496 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Modern archiving technology cannot keep up with the growing tsunami of bits. But nature may hold an answer to that problem already. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/pfizer-gambles-on-14bn-medivation-deal-/1017321.article Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:00:00 +0000 Cancer specialist likely just one target in hunt for marketed drugs to offset patent expiries https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/membranes-promise-to-slash-energy-needed-to-separate-hydrocarbons/1017300.article Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:00:00 +0000 ExxonMobil-backed study allows reverse osmosis of hard-to-distinguish para-xylene and ortho-xylene https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/what-skills-will-you-need-in-2026/1017241.article Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance asks the experts how science jobs will change and where to focus your professional development http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/08/radioactive-iron-supernova-bacterial-compass Mon, 08 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000 Trace radioactive iron residues forged in a stellar furnace are hints to fundamental mysteries http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2016/aug/04/job-cuts-loom-at-uks-national-physical-laboratory Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:58:00 +0000 Up to 15% of staff jobs threatened as lab shifts research priorities http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=407 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Having transformed fibre-optic communications, silicon's optical properties look set to spread to applications like chemical sensing and intra-chip communications, finds Andy Extance http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/08/maoecrystal-total-synthesis-anti-cancer-activity Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:58:00 +0000 Thousands of experiments help find conditions to make (-)-maoecrystal V on a larger scale - only to show it's not the cancer fighter originally thought. http://exeterempirical.com/setting-the-metallic-hydrogen-record-straight/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:08:00 +0000 In 1935, two scientists working at Princeton University in the US made a prediction that chemists and physicists are still striving to make a reality. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/46646/title/Cullen-Buie-Parses-Pathogens-With-Passion/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:08:00 +0000 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT. Age: 34 http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/07/graphene-2d-material-commercialisation-manchester-university Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:11:00 +0000 Thomas Swan will supply Manchester institutes at bulk scale to speed application development http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/07/high-pressure-chemistry-metallic-hydrogen Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:11:00 +0000 Bizarre and exciting findings are emerging at high pressures even as researchers struggle to explain them, finds Andy Extance. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/07/key-metabolites-stem-cells-identified Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:11:00 +0000 Researchers may have found a cheaper way to get cells to differentiate into bone or cartilage on demand. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/07/turbocharged-antiviral-synthesis-makes-tamiflu-hour Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:11:00 +0000 Production process showcases how organocatalysis can combine reactions in a single pot. http://mosaicscience.com/story/why-are-we-still-waiting-male-pill-birth-control-contraceptive Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:31:00 +0000 Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing. One of them, Andy Extance, looks at the obstacles - practical, political, economic - and meets the people hoping to make male birth control a reality. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/07/scientists-finally-calculate-water-freezing-point-scratch Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:31:00 +0000 Machine learning shows how van der Waals forces help explain watery wonders like floating ice cubes http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/06/tissue-medical-adhesives-polymers Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:31:00 +0000 Andy Extance discovers how new medical adhesives are overcoming the difficulties bodily fluids cause conventional polymers http://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/digital-signal-processors-meet-moore%E2%80%99s-law Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:31:00 +0000 Silicon technology has powered rapid advances in coherent optical communication. Now silicon's progress is set to slow, but that's just one of many concerns the industry is preparing to overcome, finds Andy Extance. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/06/molecular-motors-chemical-fuel-proteins Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:16:00 +0000 Interlinked rings emulate how motor proteins work naturally in cells, while palladium catalysts corkscrew smaller molecules http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/06/calculation-error-bar-estimate-dft Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:16:00 +0000 New molecule-based method makes it easier to assess the precision of reactivity calculations http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/05/photoswitching-light-switch-molecules-biomedical Fri, 27 May 2016 13:16:00 +0000 The promise of molecules that photoswitch is increasingly rich, especially in biomedical applications, Andy Extance finds http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/05/macromolecule-antivirus-polymer-ebola-flu Wed, 25 May 2016 13:16:00 +0000 Polymers initially targeting cleaning wipes stop 11 different viruses entering cells http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/05/measuring-van-der-waals-forces-between-individual-atoms Tue, 17 May 2016 15:54:00 +0000 The force between isolated atoms is stronger than expected due to other interactions http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=394 Wed, 11 May 2016 16:05:00 +0000 The UK's £270 million quantum technologies programme is drawing attention from the photonics industry globally, finds Andy Extance http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/04/laser-pump-probe-spectroscopy Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:05:00 +0000 Andy Extance finds out how chemists are studying processes lasting trillionths of a second - and even less - using laser-based pump-probe experiments http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/04/carbon-bond-formation-cross-coupling-sp3-carboxylic-acid-nickel Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:05:00 +0000 'Insanely easy' approach to form previously tricky sp3-sp3 bonds already being used by pharma just three months after discovery http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/04/tannic-acid-friction-increase-astringency-fish-catching-glove Thu, 13 Apr 2016 14:05:00 +0000 Relevance of measuring tannic acid's friction-increasing astringency reaches beyond food http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=388 Thu, 13 Apr 2016 09:42:00 +0000 Andy Extance investigates the new sources that could broaden adoption of terahertz imaging http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/04/optical-tweezers-protein-folding-transition-state Sat, 09 Apr 2016 11:45:00 +0000 Pioneering 'transition path' analysis studies mad cow disease-causing prions http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/03/fluorescent-protein-colour-cells?q=node/5098 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:45:00 +0000 Fluorescent proteins can illuminate cells' inner workings, but making them takes effort - and luck, as Andy Extance discovers https://spie.org/membership/spie-professional-magazine/spie-professional-archives-and-special-content/2016_april_archive/conflict-mineral-rules-working Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:45:00 +0000 Efforts to curtail violence in Africa by tracing the origin of key metals used in optoelectronics are ongoing, despite interruption from a legal challenge. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/03/origin-life-rna-molecular-brake-homeostatic-control Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:45:00 +0000 Removing RNA restriction can steady biochemical function, with relevance for life's emergence http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/03/electrostatic-field-catalyses-diels-alder-reaction Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:00:00 +0000 Applying electrical potential to Diels-Alder system confirms prediction of catalytic effect that defies received chemical wisdom http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/02/carbon-bond-forming-palladium-catalyst-amine-boat Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:40:00 +0000 Palladium catalyst exploits usually hard-to-access configuration to achieve C-H activation http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/02/carbon-bond-formation-flow-chemistry-diazo-compounds Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:50:00 +0000 Flow process harnesses unstable diazo compounds in room temperature reactions http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=374 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:30:00 +0000 Femtosecond lasers are a vital precursor to generating even shorter attosecond pulses. Andy Extance investigates what's involved, and whether these most fleeting flashes could be exploited commercially http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/01/ancient-damascus-wootz-steel-blades-archaeometallurgy Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:30:00 +0000 The skills behind the legendary sharpness of wootz steel were once forgotten, but Andy Extance talks to the researchers unsheathing its secrets http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-catalyst-can-reduce-mercury-emissions/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:30:00 +0000 A gold-based compound will help clean toxic metals released by China's vast polyvinyl chloride industry http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/01/fuel-air-carbon-dioxide-capture-methanol-renewable-energy Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:30:00 +0000 Nobel winner's team hopes 'air capture' of greenhouse gas can store renewable energy - but others see problems http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/01/gold-catalyst-polyvinyl-chloride-plastic-industry-china-emission Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:00:00 +0000 Johnson Matthey strikes gold as China's PVC industry looks for cleaner processes http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/12/pfizer-bogus-bosutinib-isomer-fraud-leukaemia-drug Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:00:00 +0000 'Bosutinib isomer' typifies threat posed by evolution of chemical supply chain https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830492-900-why-im-asking-surfers-to-help-monitor-the-oceans/ Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:00:00 +0000 It is tricky to collect coastal data, so oceanographer Bob Brewin wants to recruit a volunteer surfer armada to help http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/11/superhydrophobic-surface-droplet-bounce Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:00:00 +0000 Mystery of bouncing droplets that apparently defy the laws of physics unravelled http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/11/wisdom-crowds-predicting-ref-outcome Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:27:00 +0000 'Prediction market' trial in chemistry departments suggest less arduous way to prepare for research assessment. http://www.nature.com/news/climate-scientists-ponder-spraying-diamond-dust-in-the-sky-to-cool-planet-1.18634?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:04:00 +0000 Solid particles of diamond or alumina might be safer than sulphate droplets as a way to redirect the Sun's energy, calculations suggest. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/10/observing-dna-damage-light-free-radical Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:20:00 +0000 Combined x-ray and laser technique explores reaction with light lasting trillionths of a second http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/10/automated-chemical-search-engine-origin-life-spontaneous-peptide-formation Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:20:00 +0000 Spontaneous peptide formation conditions found using automated system http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=366 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:20:00 +0000 Super-resolution microscopy techniques have pushed the resolving power of light microscopes, but the methods can also cause photobleaching. Andy Extance discusses how scientific institutions and super-resolution companies are tackling this challenge http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/10/synthesis-radialene-star-shaped-hydrocarbon Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:25:00 +0000 Iron complex overcomes [5]radialene's enthusiasm for reacting with itself, filling decades-old gap in series http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/10/synthesis-radialene-star-shaped-hydrocarbon Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:25:00 +0000 Iron complex overcomes [5]radialene's enthusiasm for reacting with itself, filling decades-old gap in series http://www.scidev.net/global/engineering/news/inflatable-incubator-babies-market-prize-win.html Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:25:00 +0000 Low-cost MOM incubators could be ready for use in refugee camps and hospitals in developing nations by 2018. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/10/self-assembly-megasupramolecules-quell-jet-fuel-explosions Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:25:00 +0000 'Sticky-ended' molecules that self-assemble into long chains may have made 9/11 less deadly. http://www.nature.com/news/the-future-of-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin-and-beyond-1.18447 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:35:00 +0000 The digital currency has caused any number of headaches for law enforcement. Now entrepreneurs and academics are scrambling to build a better version. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/09/cosmetics-deals-fuel-skin-3d-bioprinting Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:35:00 +0000 Interest for testing from L'Oreal, BASF and Procter & Gamble could be a stepping stone towards bespoke organs http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/09/oligonucleotide-drugs?q=node/4460 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:35:00 +0000 Structural innovations are overcoming oligonucleotide drugs' historical flaws, discovers Andy Extance http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/09/firming-cofs-takes-michael-reaction-catalysis-forward Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:35:00 +0000 Chemists stabilise hexagonal layers that form nanochannels, which help speed up conversions http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/09/riboflavin-catalysed-alkene-isomerisation Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:35:00 +0000 Thanks to riboflavin, chemists see route to Z-isomers of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl intermediates http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/08/fire-fountain-data-illuminate-lunar-history Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:20:00 +0000 Volatile element details promise to ignite research into Moon's origin and evolution http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/08/porous-pills-could-be-largest-industrial-3d-printing-use Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:00:00 +0000 US grants first-of-a-kind approval for Aprecia's epilepsy tablets exploiting porous structure https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730331-200-fine-flavours-the-unsuspected-talents-of-your-taste-buds/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:00:00 +0000 Japanese flavour sensation kokumi shows that our favourite sense goes way beyond salt, sweet, bitter and sour. We've even found taste sensors in the lungs and testicles http://optics.org/news/6/7/37 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:00:00 +0000 Lawrence Livermore team's oblong-patterned photonic crystal fibers look set to help pulsed applications first http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/07/philae-poses-comet-chemistry-conundrum Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 Historic mass spectra find 67P carries precursors to key biomolecules, but instruments detect different ones http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/07/chemical-firms-seek-better-grasp-biomanufacturing Thu, 27 Jul 2015 14:35:00 +0000 The search is on for better alternatives to the 'broken' way companies harness compound-making organisms http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/07/mars-chemistry-curiosity-chemin Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:55:00 +0000 Sophisticated analytical chemistry is studying the history - and habitability - of our neighbouring planet, as Andy Extance discovers http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/07/pharma-queues-checkpoint-inhibitor-collaborations Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:10:00 +0000 Combinations of different firms' drugs seek to reap immuno-oncology's benefits http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/07/copper-catalysis-overcomes-double-bond-trouble Fri, 03 Jul 2015 12:50:00 +0000 Stubbornly stable unactivated internal alkenes become chiral tertiary amine precursors http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/43339/title/Shawn-Douglas--DNA-Programmer/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:50:00 +0000 Assistant professor, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco. Age: 34. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/06/longest-organic-syntheses-natural-product Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:50:00 +0000 Andy Extance looks at two drugs that cranked the synthetic challenge all the way up to Halaven. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/06/x-rays-capture-super-fast-nanoscale-film Tue, 09 Jun 2015 16:16:00 +0000 Chance finding underlines nanodiffraction technique's power and potential. http://qz.com/423192/finally-scientists-have-created-a-perfume-strong-enough-to-counter-stinky-indian-loos/ Tue, 09 Jun 2015 08:16:00 +0000 Perfume chemists have devised a tool aimed at stopping foul smells from undermining the struggle to improve sanitation in developing countries. http://www.scidev.net/global/technology/news/perfume-chemists-smell-public-loos-tech.html Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:16:00 +0000 A way of analysing toilet smells could boost sanitation by generating a masking perfume to encourage their use. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/05/noble-gas-joins-sigma-hole-interaction-crowd Fri, 29 May 2015 13:48:00 +0000 Surprising 'aerogen bonding' completes set of p-block groups exhibiting the phenomenon http://www.nature.com/news/military-technology-laser-weapons-get-real-1.17613 Wed, 27 May 2015 15:55:00 +0000 Long a staple of science fiction, laser weapons are edging closer to the battlefield - thanks to optical fibres. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/05/carbon-capture-storage Fri, 22 May 2015 15:55:00 +0000 Although research into the chemistry of capturing CO2 is thriving, Andy Extance finds more uncertainty over putting the findings into practice. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/05/malaria-drug-artemisinin-could-cash-green-chemistry Wed, 20 May 2015 15:55:00 +0000 Minimising acid and solvent toxicity brings surprising benefits in artemisinin production. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/05/13-8bn-danaher-bid-wins-pall-auction Mon, 18 May 2015 14:20:00 +0000 Mega-merger follows consolidation trend in lab equipment supply sector, but analysts suggest this is yet to impact pricing. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/05/espresso-maker-brews-tasty-shikimic-acid-tamiflu-extraction Wed, 13 May 2015 12:29:00 +0000 Household appliance isolates flu drug raw material from star anise while minimising pigment contamination. http://www.scidev.net/global/water/news/three-major-canal-schemes-criticised-over-science.html Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:00:00 +0000 As the water management projects get off the ground, SciDev.Net reviews how their planners are marshalling science. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/04/longer-lived-oxides-offer-silicon-synthesis-boost Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:00:00 +0000 Touted as 'soluble sand', stabilised small silicon oxides present new synthetic worlds http://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/search-engines-change Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:25:00 +0000 Demand from Internet companies is remodelling the network equipment market. Andy Extance talks to telecoms market research firm Ovum about the consequences http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/03/web-possibilities-chemistry-mooc Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:25:00 +0000 Andy Extance logs on to learn how massive open online courses could attract new students, improve education and help fill the global education gap http://qz.com/364291/computers-can-now-predict-violent-outbreaks-around-the-world/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:56:00 +0000 Winning the hearts and minds doesn't always work. http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/03/violence-more-likely-occur-pro-us-villages-afghanistan/107904/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:56:00 +0000 That is one of many insights found in a new data project run by researchers at Yale University. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/03/reaction-map-suggests-meteorite-chemistry-route-life Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:56:00 +0000 Scientists propose that key biomolecules appeared simultaneously from a hellish cyanide and sulfide mix http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fake-data-prompts-major-journals-to-retract-chemistry-papers/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:56:00 +0000 In Science and elsewhere, claims about using small forces to pull molecules apart seem fabricated. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/03/data-falsification-hits-polymer-mechanochemistry-papers Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:56:00 +0000 Misconduct by member of Christopher Bielawski's group has led to several retractions http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/03/olfactory-chemistry-artificial-noses?q=node/3847 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:12:00 +0000 Efforts to predict a molecule's scent and to build artificial noses are progressing despite a lack of knowledge and disagreements within the olfactory community, finds Andy Extance http://www.scidev.net/global/conflict/feature/modelling-mob-computers-predict-violence.html Thu, 12 Mar 2015 06:12:00 +0000 Researchers are increasingly using computer models to predict violence in developing nations. Andy Extance reports. http://www.scidev.net/global/technology/news/pee-powered-toilet-refugees-safety-light.html Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:12:00 +0000 Prototype uses fuel cells to make electricity from urine and is intended to light up the area around camp toilets. http://www.scidev.net/global/conservation/news/conservation-low-share-tourist-income.html Mon, 10 Mar 2015 17:57:00 +0000 Tourism in protected areas generates US$600 billion a year, but only US$10 billion goes towards conserving them. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/03/chemists-zinc-aromatic-metal-cubes Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:45:00 +0000 Metal-organic clusters share electrons between eight covalently linked metal atoms. http://www.scidev.net/global/ethics/news/ebola-struggle-failure-to-involve-local-people.html Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:15:00 +0000 Communities should have been involved in communications about treatment and decisions on trials, say experts. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ecstasy-precursor-shows-how-to-reduce-alcohol-cancer-risk-and-curb-drunkenness1/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 23:15:00 +0000 A molecule related to the illegal drug teams with an enzyme to mop up alcoholic effects in mice http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/02/x-ray-laser-snaps-first-bond-forming-transition-state Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:15:00 +0000 Study of femtosecond-timescale carbon monoxide oxidation highlights technique's potential in catalysis http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/02/hydroperoxyalkyl-radical-combustion-observation Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:15:00 +0000 First sight of hydroperoxyalkyl radical provides reaction kinetics data that will contribute to engine design http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/robot-scientist-discovers-potential-malaria-drug/ Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:25:00 +0000 The machine called Eve is packed with innovations for finding drugs faster http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/common-chemicals-linked-to-early-menopause/ Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:25:00 +0000 Endocrine disruptors increased likelihood of hormonal change in study of 1,400 women http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/02/endocrine-disruptors-plasticiser-linked-early-menopause Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:24:00 +0000 Biomarkers for human exposure to the plasticiser DEHP show the strongest connection in US women http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/01/new-era-european-science Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:24:00 +0000 The European Research Area has made scientists more mobile, but the picture isn't entirely rosy, finds Andy Extance http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/01/dna-gets-program?q=node/3672 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:24:00 +0000 Molecular computing systems could improve disease diagnosis - and even hack living cells, finds Andy Extance http://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/can-ocean-cables-go-green Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:24:00 +0000 Efforts to use submarine fibre-optic cables to gather important environmental data are off to a promising start, finds Andy Extance, but significant hurdles remain http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/01/comet-67p-rosetta-carbon-blanket-promises-solar-system-birth-insights/ Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:00:00 +0000 Rosetta probe suggests comet contains complex organic compounds similar to those found in nebula that spawned the sun and planets http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/manhattan-project-plutonium-lost-to-obscurity-recovered-by-scientists1/ Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:00:00 +0000 Radioactive signatures identify one of the first pieces of plutonium seen by human eyes http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/01/new-ion-continues-perovskite-solar-cell-record-flat-out-progress Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:00:00 +0000 Changing most of the hybrid material's organic component delivers efficiency record in small-scale devices http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sky-chemistry-leads-to-greener-way-to-make-plastic/ Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:00:00 +0000 Nylon production creates a greenhouse gas but combining ozone and UV light eliminates it http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/12/xhemistry-skies-promises-low-emission-nylon-raw-material-adipic-acid Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:05:00 +0000 Cyclohexane activated using ozone and UV to make adipic acid could slash industrial emissions of ozone-depleting greenhouse gas nitrous oxide http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/12/fermenting-ideas-cider-chemistry Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:05:00 +0000 21st century cider owes a lot to modern knowhow in managing fermentation and balancing flavour. Andy Extance immerses himself in the science of scrumpy. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/12/gsk-cuts-us-jobs-push-savings Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:05:00 +0000 Research Triangle Park site bears the brunt as drugmaker consolidates research in Philadelphia and Stevenage, UK http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/11/actavis-rescues-allergan-66-billion-deal Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:05:00 +0000 Deal ends takeover fight with Valeant - but Actavis must still be 'fairly ruthless' to justify the high price http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/11/good-vibrations-brighten-superconductor-outlook Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:15:00 +0000 By coupling to phonons in their selenium titanate substrate's lattice, electrons in iron selenide become superconductive below 65K http://gizmodo.com/why-miracle-drugs-exist-but-you-can-t-have-them-1657763364 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:07:00 +0000 It's supposedly getting easier for innovative drugs for rare diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy to reach the market. So why, asks Andy Extance, is hesitancy still proving devastating to desperate families? http://mosaicscience.com/extra/will-saatchi-bill-speed-access-life-saving-new-drugs Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:14:00 +0000 Drug approval processes are evolving to get treatments to patients more quickly. But for terminal diseases, some say they aren't changing fast enough http://mosaicscience.com/extra/families-paving-path-new-drugs Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:35:00 +0000 More than merely placid test subjects, empowered and motivated patients and families are paving - and paying - the way for new drugs. http://mosaicscience.com/extra/quick-guide-clinical-trials-rare-diseases Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:05:00 +0000 Treatments for rare diseases challenge a system more used to blockbuster drugs. http://mosaicscience.com/story/the-waiting-game-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:16:00 +0000 It's supposedly getting easier for innovative drugs for rare diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy to reach the market. So why, asks Andy Extance, is hesitancy still proving devastating to desperate families? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429940.300-i-want-to-build-solar-cells-thinner-than-a-human-hair.html Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:16:00 +0000 Materials called perovskites will transform the way we build and use solar cells - by making them bendy, says the researcher behind the idea. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/11/hydrogen-bond-pictures-under-close-scrutiny Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:58:00 +0000 For atomic force microscopy images claiming to show intermolecular interactions, appearances may be deceiving. http://www.scidev.net/global/data/news/space-agency-alliance-ebola.html Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:30:00 +0000 Free satellite imagery could aid mapping and efforts to plan treatment units and find helicopter landing sites. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/10/ccid-choice-formic-meldrum-flips-enantioselectivity Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:55:00 +0000 Changing proton source in asymmetric decarboxylation unexpectedly delivers opposite configuration http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/oct/24/uae-fires-up-space-agency-with-mars-mission Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:55:00 +0000 Country plans to send spacecraft to "red planet" by 2021 http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/10/agilent-exit-nmr Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:55:00 +0000 Closure of loss-making ex-Varian business gives users investment dilemma http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/10/fluorescent-dna-becomes-versatile-metal-fingerprint-detector Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:07:00 +0000 Colour changes of oligodeoxyfluorosides produce unique 'fingerprints' to distinguish up to 57 different metals http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/10/green-tea-polyphenol-cancer-drug-delivery Sun, 07 Oct 2014 18:00:00 +0000 Green tea polyphenol makes 'magic bullet' cancer drug delivery even more powerful. http://optics.org/news/5/9/53 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:30:00 +0000 Adding a perovskite layer to silicon cells promises a quicker route to market for UK-based Oxford PV and others. http://www.scidev.net/global/genomics/news/evolution-research-crucial-to-development-goals.html Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:30:00 +0000 Sharing lessons from evolutionary biology can help tackle global health and food security challenge, says review. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/09/tiny-tips-reveal-cells-chemical-secrets Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:00:00 +0000 Penetrating microprobe enables rapid mass spectrometry of single cells' contents http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/09/peptide-antibiotics Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:00:00 +0000 Industry and academia are turning to antimicrobial peptides to find new antibiotics, Andy Extance discovers http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/09/bayer-sever-polymer-arm-materialscience Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:25:00 +0000 German chemical giant's exit from the materials world will help fund its crop and healthcare ambitions http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/09/bayer-sever-polymer-arm-materialscience Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:25:00 +0000 German chemical giant's exit from the materials world will help fund its crop and healthcare ambitions http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/09/assembly-line-sculpts-carbon-chains Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0000 Precise addition of methyl group-bearing links is set to improve molecular shape control. http://optics.org/news/5/9/3 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0000 Strict safety regulations mean decommissioning is yet to adopt laser cutting - but now UK firms are building the case for its use. http://www.scidev.net/global/agriculture/news/solar-ammonia-process-may-spur-fertiliser-revolution.html Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:04:00 +0000 Low-energy ways to make ammonia could ease the way to small-scale fertiliser production in developing nations. http://optics.org/news/5/9/2 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:04:00 +0000 UK program is looking to make fiber laser welding permissible under the strict codes of the nuclear industry. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/09/environmental-priorities-stymie-hunt-stubborn-ozone-depleter Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:04:00 +0000 Scientists are struggling for resources to explain why carbon tetrachloride levels in the air are higher than expected http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/08/no-frills-coats-set-trend-designer-viruses-gene-therapy Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:04:00 +0000 An artificial protein that self-assembles around and protects DNA could be ideal for gene therapy http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/08/perovskite-solar-cell?q=node/3123 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:04:00 +0000 The efficiency of solar cells made using perovskite semiconductors has risen meteorically. Will their trajectory take them from research to industry, asks Andy Extance? http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/08/photon-pinball-identifies-chemicals-afar Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:46:00 +0000 Samples turned into random Raman lasers beam their secrets from over a kilometre away http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/08/low-emission-ammonia-production Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:00:00 +0000 Electrolytic approach eliminates CO2 emissions and cuts energy consumption by a third http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/next-mars-rover-will-make-oxygen-from-co2/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:20:00 +0000 The spacecraft, due in 2020, will have a reverse fuel cell to produce oxygen for fuel - or to breathe http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/08/nasa-mars-2020-rover-carbon-dioxide-oxygen Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:20:00 +0000 Mars 2020 will set Nasa's space exploration on a self-sufficiency course http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/07/turing-patterns-show-hand-finger-formation Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:00:00 +0000 After 62 years, scientists clinch the identification of molecules that confirm codebreaker's ideas in a different 'digital' area. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/07/bubble-wrap-could-send-lab-costs-packing Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:00:00 +0000 Besieged by serially acquisitive Valeant, the Botox maker will lay off 1500 staff to propel earnings growth http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2014/07/carbfix_co2_storage_project_mineralize_carbon_dioxide_into_carbonates_to.html Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:00:00 +0000 A new project stashes carbon dioxide in the form of minerals. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/07/bubble-wrap-could-send-lab-costs-packing Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:00:00 +0000 Potential bubbles up across wide range of uses as storage and test vessels, especially for poor countries http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329780.300-weve-locked-up-carbon-dioxide-by-turning-it-to-stone.html Wed, 23 Jul 2014 07:52:00 +0000 How can we get rid of excess CO2? Geologist Juerg Matter knows how to stash it in rock so it can't leak out again - the next step is to go big http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/07/linguistic-statistics-enable-chemical-synthetic-prophetics Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:26:00 +0000 A metric more commonly used by search engines to analyse language can now power organic chemistry retrosyntheses http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-molecular-sieve-offers-greener-way-to-filter-chemicals/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:32:00 +0000 Metal-organic frameworks cut energy needed to make high-demand propylene http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/07/alloy-primed-phase-change-cd-tv Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:32:00 +0000 Uniting optical and electronic properties could bring compact disc material into smart contact lenses http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/07/molecular-sieve-membranes-mof-zif-greener-separations Fri, 04 Jul 2014 10:47:00 +0000 Coating micron-scale fibres' inner surfaces with a MOF membrane could slash propylene production energy consumption http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/07/ema-wrangles-restrain-trial-data-progress Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:57:00 +0000 Attempts to balance industry and research interests on transparency draw suggestions of improper collusion http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/06/science-inspired-art Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:46:00 +0000 Five artists show Andy Extance why science and art need not be mutually exclusive http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/06/nickel-allergy-case-highlights-nanoparticle-unknowns Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:46:00 +0000 Chemist's metal hypersensitivity after weighing powder on open bench underlines safety needs http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/06/pharma-vies-unleash-immune-system-power-cancer Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:46:00 +0000 Immuno-oncological drugs look set to earn billions and significantly lengthen patients' lives http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/water-cluster-structure-proton-acid Fri, 30 May 2014 14:00:00 +0000 After a 40-year wait, new information on how water clusters around protons stands to benefit our understanding of acids. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/pharma-outsourcing Tue, 20 May 2014 13:23:00 +0000 Andy Extance surveys how pharma uses outsourcing in a variety of different ways http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/mechanism-study-seeks-clear-x-ray-crystalline-flask-cloud Mon, 19 May 2014 13:23:00 +0000 Could x-ray crystallography tracking of palladium-mediated aromatic bromination herald a flood of similar research? http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/pfizer-presses-hard-astrazeneca-az-deal Wed, 14 May 2014 13:47:00 +0000 Executives face down international controversy over tax schemes and previous post-merger record http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/bayer-wins-race-buy-merck-msd-consumer-care Fri, 09 May 2014 13:05:00 +0000 $14bn deal will make Aspirin inventor the number two over-the-counter healthcare company http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/who-raises-alarm-deadly-bacteria-antibiotic-resistance Tue, 06 May 2014 17:50:00 +0000 Agency urges rapid action to avoid 'post-antibiotic era' http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/mit-makes-mega-investment-new-nano-lab Fri, 02 May 2014 13:47:00 +0000 Multidisciplinary approach of $350 million MIT.nano will foster innovation and support investment in 'state-of-the-art' tools http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/04/25bn-plus-trade-sharpens-pharma-giants-focus Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:50:00 +0000 Novartis' asset swaps with GSK and Eli Lilly are the latest steps in an ongoing streamlining process http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/04/nanotubes-zip-solar-energy Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:50:00 +0000 Closely packing photoisomerisable groups together boosts energy storage density of versatile solar thermal fuels http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/04/missing-emails-safety-risk-actos-takeda-eli-lilly-fine Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:54:00 +0000 Judge finds absence of Takeda documentation in bladder cancer case 'disturbing' http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/04/sun-pharma-ranbaxy-rescue-acquisition-32-billion Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:54:00 +0000 Acquiring beleaguered firm will create India's biggest pharmaceutical company http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/03/mechanical-chiral-rotaxane-synthesis-make-symmetry-history Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:55:00 +0000 Synthesis and separation of mechanically chiral rotaxanes after more than 40 years is 'a major breakthrough' http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/02/molecular-motors-aim-pass-water-light-driven-motion-hydrophobicity Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:25:00 +0000 Compounds that shift shape of droplets resting on them are a key step towards light-driven water motion http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/02/cheap-polymers-twist-superhuman-muscles Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:00:00 +0000 Do try this at home, urge researchers who have given nylon and polyethylene thread a similar power-to-weight ratio to a jet engine http://www.pharmaphorum.com/articles/the-age-of-the-bacteriophage Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:08:00 +0000 Unifying antibodies, antibiotic activity and gene transfer, bacterial viruses have great potential for improving human health, Andy Extance found at the London meeting, 'Exploiting bacteriophages for bioscience, biotechnology and medicine'. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/02/plants-bear-palladium-catalyst-fruit-suzuki Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:08:00 +0000 Thale cress could turn mine waste into nanoparticles that deliver high Suzuki coupling yields http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/02/jj-trial-data-independent-hands Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:46:00 +0000 Yale University's YODA seeks to help pharma avoid the dark side by acting as gatekeeper for patient records http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/01/phosphorene-2d-electronics Wed, 23 Jan 2014 16:32:00 +0000 Phosphorus is the latest element to enter flatland, where it becomes a p-type semiconductor http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/01/actinide-f-block-chemistry Mon, 21 Jan 2014 16:32:00 +0000 The chemistry of uranium and the other actinides is reaching beyond nuclear uses, revealing surprising behaviour and capabilities, finds Andy Extance http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/01/climate-comments-push-open-access-publisher-to-terminate-journal.html Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:32:00 +0000 A German academic publisher that has journals of respected scientific societies among its titles has announced that it shut down its journal Pattern Recognition in Physics, citing what it calls nepotistic reviewing and malpractice http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24888-diet-can-explain-half-of-racial-blood-pressure-puzzle.html Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:07:00 +0000 African Americans have higher blood pressure than their white counterparts. Analysis of metabolites shows diet can explain part of this difference http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/01/rocket-reactor-forces-space-hydrogen-rethink Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:00:00 +0000 Pioneering low temperature studies suggest interstellar clouds could hold double the hydrogen previously thought http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/12/new-sodium-chlorides-assault-chemical-rules Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:00:00 +0000 Calculations accurately predict uncommon salt with structures never seen before http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/12/subjectivity-may-curb-false-findings-peer-review Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Behaviour model hints at how peer review can stop scientists adopting the wrong hypotheses http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/11/cheese-chemistry Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:35:00 +0000 Andy Extance gets his teeth into the craft and chemistry of his favourite taste-laced smell gel http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/11/base-metal-catalysts-strike-hydrogenation-gold Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:00:00 +0000 Iron and cobalt enable asymmetric hydrogenations of alkenes, imines, ketones and selective reduction of nitroarenes http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/11/europe-manufacturing-edge-carbon-leakage-chemicals Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:40:00 +0000 Permits to emit carbon dioxide are a minor concern for fossil-fuel reliant manufacturing, including chemicals, so far. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=179721&p=16 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:50:00 +0000 The challenges of attaining solid state lighting success are shaping companies' strategic and manufacturing directions say Yole Développement's Eric Virey and Yole Finance's Emmanuel Cohen-Laroque http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/10/ineos-reprieves-grangemouth-petrochemicals Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:39:00 +0000 Closure reversed after labour reforms and government backing for ethane terminal agreed http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=179721&p=14 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:22:00 +0000 Reducing costs and spurring LED fab innovation is the goal, says Paul Trio, Senior Manager of Standards Operations at SEMI North America http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=179721&p=12 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:22:00 +0000 Iain Black, Philips Lumileds Head of Worldwide Manufacturing Engineering and Innovation, explains how his company has prepared for the impact of lighting demand. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=179721&p=10 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:24:00 +0000 Ulrich Steegmüller, Chief Technology Officer of Osram Opto Semiconductors explains how his company, and the LED industry generally, is adapting to serve applications old and new. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=179721&p=6 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:24:00 +0000 Applied Materials, Ares, Cree, KLA Tencor and lighting expert Ted Konnerth discuss the important manufacturing, design and marketing steps for LED producers on the road to success in general illumination. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/10/ineos-raises-axe-grangemouth-petrochemicals Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:53:00 +0000 Facility set to close without pension reforms and government help to fund ethane shipping terminal http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/10/tetrel-bonding-emerges-sigma-hole-group-14 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Non-covalent bonds between electron donors and silicon, tin or germanium are strong but overlooked http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/10/amid-huge-cuts-merck-vows-research-focus Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0000 8500 more jobs to be axed, but the drugmaker 'remains committed to innovation' http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/10/alloy-rewrites-phase-change-rules Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Zinc-gold-copper alloy experiences unprecedentedly low stress during transition, boosting time to failure http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/09/light-switch-antibiotics-undermine-resistance Sun, 15 Sep 2013 18:00:00 +0000 UV-triggered trans-cis isomerisation of a diazo group turns microbe-killer on, before reverse process that would avoid environmental build-up http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/09/recoupled-bond-dyads-fssf3-strange-bonding Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:33:00 +0000 Recoupled pair bond dyads help molecule break the rules http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/09/europe-youth-jobs-unemployment-spain-italy-greece Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Andy Extance finds out how economic woes in southern European countries are affecting young chemists http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/08/decay-x-rays-build-case-element-115-ununpentium Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:45:00 +0000 Added 'fingerprint' measurements could provide evidence needed for formal recognition http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/08/chemistry-careers-jobs-chemjobs Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +0000 The changing economy is driving evolution in chemistry employment. Andy Extance surveys the UK job environment http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/08/us-chemical-exposure-bears-income-imprint Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Rich and poor have different chemical signatures in their blood and urine http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/07/pfizer-reshuffle-future-split-decision Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:30:00 +0000 Could pharma giant's 'value' and 'innovative' segments get broken apart? http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=168029&p=16 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Passive component and driver suppliers are trying to edge their way into the fast-growing power stack territory dominated by established module producers, explain Yole Développement's Alexandre Avron and Wenbin Ding. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/07/flexible-polymer-pled-first-stretch-electronics Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:30:00 +0000 Wafer thin light-emitting film pushes flexible electronics to the limits http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=168029&p=14 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:30:00 +0000 Richard Ord, Marketing Director at Amantys in Cambridge, UK, explains how his company aims to bring digital IGBT module gate drivers with innovative control and sensing capabilities to the slowly evolving power electronics sector. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=168029&p=12 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:00:00 +0000 CT-Concept's IGBT driver expertise can deliver valuable reliability and high power paralleling capabilities - previously only accessible to a few manufacturers - including within power stacks. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/07/lilly-freezes-pay-patent-cliff-looms Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Drugmaker targets $400 million savings as two key patents near expiry http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=168029&p=6 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:00:00 +0000 How do cost, reliability and power density influence system makers' decision whether or not to adopt IGBT power stacks, Andy Extance and Power Dev' ask ABB, Danfoss, Infineon, and Semikron. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=168029&p=10 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:00:00 +0000 The SmartPower Stack Consortium is benefiting from start-up AgileSwitch's fresh view on how IGBT drivers can add value to pre-integrated power electronics. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/07/norbornyl-cation-nonclassical-structure-olah-herb-brown Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:00:00 +0000 After more than 60 years, crystals of the 2-norbornyl cation have finally put its 'nonclassical' structure, with a pentacoordinate carbon, beyond doubt. http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=162045&p=14 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:17:00 +0000 Having released the first commercial LED-based platform, Aquionics' President Olivier Lawal and Vice-President Ken Kershner, explain that demand for their systems is too great for existing UV-C LED manufacturing capacity to meet. http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=162045&p=12 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:17:00 +0000 Joe Grzyb, Chief Executive Officer of Morrisville, North Carolina's HexaTech Inc. explains how his company is seeking to commercialize UV-C LEDs based on its AlN wafer production technology http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=162045&p=10 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:12:00 +0000 Intelligent system design, increased device efficiency and production volumes will help Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. drive UV LEDs into new markets. http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=162045&p=16 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:08:00 +0000 Shrinking margins in visible LEDs are driving companies to an ultraviolet explosion, according to Yole Développement's Pars Mukish http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=162045&p=6 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:08:00 +0000 Heraeus Noblelight, IST METZ, Luminus Devices, Nichia and SemiLEDs reveal strong demand for UV-A LEDs and systems that use them to Andy Extance and iLED http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/05/catalyst-duo-powerful-stereocontrol-diastereomer Fri, 31 May 2013 07:11:00 +0000 Different catalyst combinations select between stereoisomeric products as reaction forms bond between two chiral reactants http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/05/templates-ring-uniform-carbon-nanotubes Tue, 28 May 2013 07:11:00 +0000 Carbon nanotube growth from 'nanorings' provides diameter control http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=157700&p=22 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000 System Plus Consulting can use physical samples to reveal critical information about device manufacturing methods, says Michel Allain, the company's general manager. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=157700&p=18 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000 As photovolatic inverters become the latest application for wide-bandgap diodes and transistors, Yole Développement's Philippe Roussel is cautious over the next advances. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=157700&p=16 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000 Adolf Schöner, director technology and sales, explains how the Stockholm, Sweden, based SiC epitaxial deposition specialist company he co-founded is helping push to higher voltages and powers. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=157700&p=14 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000 Fabless start-up VisIC Technologies experience GaN-on-SiC's leading role in many RF applications is helping it develop normally-off 600V-plus power MOSHEMTs. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=157700&p=12 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000 The company's recently-opened £3.5 million 4-inch SiC foundry in Glenrothes, UK, will produce devices for both new entrants and established players, explain Paul D'Arcy, Business Unit Manager for Semiconductors, and Ewan Ramsay, Principal Engineer http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=157700&p=10 Fri, 10 May 2013 08:00:00 +0000 Confocal and differential interferometry contrast optics promise users enhanced ability to spot killer defects and control processes, explains Yuji Asakawa, Lasertec's director of marketing. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=157700&p=6 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:15:06 +0000 EPC Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor, GeneSiC Semiconductor, Rohm Semiconductor, and Transphorm tell Andy Extance and Power Dev' how they're turning module and system makers towards wide bandgap devices. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/04/microreactors-tame-poisonois-osmium-tetroxide Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:46:06 +0000 Nanobrush-lined silicone channels spare chemists from deadly fumes, while achieving high dihydroxylation and oxidative cleavage conversions. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/04/electron-flashes-movies-watch-organics-transition-insulator-metal Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:06 +0000 'Beautiful' diffraction movie shows small molecule superconductor candidate transition from insulator to metal phases http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/04/green-energy-cheaper-hydrogen-separate-water-splitting Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:58:06 +0000 Two-stage electrolysis releases hydrogen on demand separately from oxygen, potentially enabling cheaper renewable energy production http://mag.digitalpc.co.uk/fvx/iop/physworld/optics13/?pn=10 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:59:06 +0000 Seren Photonics - a spin-out from the UK's University of Sheffield - promises technology that boosts the brightness of LEDs by a factor of two. Andy Extance reveals how. http://optics.org/news/4/4/5 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:01:06 +0000 UK firm lands government support for dramatic capacity expansion, with roadmap targeting lighting-quality devices. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/03/aptuit-former-researcher-guilty-clinical-data-tampering Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:12:06 +0000 Altered liquid chromatography results at Scottish site lead to first successful good lab practice prosecution http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=150850&p=16 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:54:06 +0000 Technological developments from the sector could be even more valuable than the revenues it earns, suggest Yole Developpement's Pars Mukish and Milan Rosina.. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=150850&p=14 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:38:06 +0000 Ewing, New Jersey's Universal Display Corporation (UDC) has even more to offer OLED lighting than PHOLED materials, explain Mike Hack, senior vice president and general manager, OLED lighting and custom displays and Janice Mahon, vice-president of technology commercialization. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=150850&p=12 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:45:06 +0000 The Korean deposition and encapsulation equipment producer's ongoing development is bringing a move to Gen 5 glass that will cut lighting costs, explains Peter Kim, senior manager in its technology and business department. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=150850&p=10 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:12:06 +0000 As Lumiotec targets future 100 lm/W efficacy, the company is today delivering high-quality mass produced OLED panels, explains executive general manager Yoshihiko Morita http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=150850&p=10 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:12:06 +0000 As Lumiotec targets future 100 lm/W efficacy, the company is today delivering high-quality mass produced OLED panels, explains executive general manager Yoshihiko Morita http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=150850&p=6 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:10:06 +0000 Astron-Fiamm, Ledon, Novaled, Osram and Philips Lumiblade tell Andy Extance their plans for commercializing OLEDs in the lighting market. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/03/southampton-university-cleared-thallium-arsenic-poisoning-student-recovering Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:17:06 +0000 Seemingly deliberate thallium and arsenic exposure leaves Southampton PhD chemist fighting nerve damage http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/03/reaction-kinetics-plasmonic-gold-silica-nanoparticles Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:30:06 +0000 Silica-coated gold nanoparticles enable versatile optical sensing method to track reaction kinetics http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=147423&p=12 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:52:06 +0000 Visera Technologies' director of R&D, LED business, T. H. Lin explains how his company's wafer level packaging economically delivers more uniform color and improved thermal properties. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=147423&p=14 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:52:06 +0000 Packaging utilizing molded power modules with Danfoss Silicon Power's ShowerPower cooling allows carmakers to shrink their power trains, according to Siegbert Haumann, the company's senior director, automotive and industrial power modules. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/03/uk-patent-bolar-clinical-trials-pharma Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:52:06 +0000 Government to change law that organisations say makes the country less appealing as a location for clinical trials. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/02/chemical-transport-goldilocks-cell-size Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:08:06 +0000 Too big and macromolecules like proteins and DNA have to travel too far, too small and they're too crowded http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/02/time-slicing-captures-molecular-birth-pictures Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:08:06 +0000 Reaction-timescale x-ray images of I2 formation push instrumental and interpretation boundaries http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/02/insulator-pile-solar-potential-photovoltaics Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:08:06 +0000 LaVO3/SrTiO3 system promises to bring better electron-hole separation and native electrodes to photovoltaics http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=144896&p=14 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:08:06 +0000 International Rectifier's Alberto Guerra and Llewellyn Vaughan-Edmunds tell Power Dev' how new IGBT chip architectures are meeting high power applications' needs. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=144896&p=12 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:08:06 +0000 Tatsuo Oomori, deputy general manager of Mitsubishi Electric's power device works explains the company's continuing strategy of delivering higher performance, especially higher efficiency, and smaller size devices. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=144896&p=10 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:08:06 +0000 Drivers and bias supplies supplied by Power Integrations and its subsidiaries promise long lifetimes, says Doug Bailey, the company's vice president, marketing, while its Qspeed diode business expands, thanks to products that deliver SiC-like performance, despite the folding of its actual SiC investment. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=144896&p=6 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:08:06 +0000 ABB, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, BYD, Dynex Semiconductor and ON Semiconductor reveal a fertile sector to Andy Extance and Power Dev'. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/02/protein-pore-sequencing-unfoldase-enzyme Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:08:06 +0000 Californian team hope changes in current as unfoldase drags proteins through a pore could identify individual amino acids http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=144896&p=16 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:08:06 +0000 Yole Developpement's Alexandre Avron and Brice Le Gouic explain how the industry has been hit by a slowdown even as it's pushing towards lower voltages, float zone and larger diameter Czochralski wafers, a foundry model and packaging innovation. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/01/india-herceptin-trastuzumab-licence-roche Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:08:06 +0000 Government looks set to force licensing of three patented cancer drugs http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/01/dark-matter-detection-crystals-wimps-calcium-tungstate Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:08:06 +0000 Scaling calcium tungstate detector up to 500kg will improve chances of finding Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/01/phenome-centre-gsk-glaxosmithkline-move-imperial Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:08:06 +0000 'Olympic legacy' centre to shift to dedicated Imperial College Hammersmith Hospital facility http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=137642&p=18 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:08:06 +0000 Manufacturers are exploring many alternatives of package substrate, format and phosphor as they try and balance the price/performance equation for solid state lighting, according to Yole Developpement's Eric Virey and Pars Mukish. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/12/nanofabrication Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:08:06 +0000 Fabrication methods combining printing and lithography have proven fertile. Andy Extance now asks how successful will they be outside the lab? http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=137642&p=14 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:14:06 +0000 The color advantage that quantum dots bring to LED-backlit LCD displays is even more important than LED efficiency improvements, according to Seth Coe-Sullivan, QD Vision's chief technology officer. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=137642&p=12 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:14:06 +0000 Dow Electronic Materials is now tailoring photoresist and polishing products for GaN, and ramping phosphor production, according to Nate Brese, global marketing director for growth technologies within the company. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=137642&p=10 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:38:06 +0000 David Rasmussen, senior applications engineer at Palomar Technologies in Carlsbad, California, underlines the reliability and cost benefits that the company's die bonders provide, and how Palomar Technologies Assembly Services supports the demanding requirements of the today's LED industry. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=137642&p=6 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:16:06 +0000 CeramTec, Cree, Everlight Electronics, Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Limited and VisEra tell Andy Extance and iLED how LED package substrates influence performance and cost. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/11/drug-discovery-chemists-chemical-think-intuition-novartis Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:23:06 +0000 Medicinal chemists apparently decided which fragments should be in their screening collection using surprisingly few parameters http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=132154&p=14 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:23:06 +0000 Parylene's insulating and water barrier properties means SCS can help meet the needs of modern power electronics modules, says Alan Hardy, the company's automotive, electronics and military market manager. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=132154&p=10 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:00:06 +0000 Thomas Krebs, head of development for sintering materials at Heraeus Materials Technology in Hanau, Germany, explains what the company's silver-based mAgic die-attach products bring to power electronics. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=132154&p=16 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:00:06 +0000 Power module designs and industry manufacturing dynamics are set to change as millions of electric and hybrid electric vehicles roll out in coming years, says Yole Developpement's Alexandre Avron. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=132154&p=6 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:00:06 +0000 Demands of applications like electric vehicles, renewable energy and rail transport have triggered a burst of innovation in IGBT modules and their packaging Fuji Electric, Hitachi, Infineon, Mitsubishi Electric and Semikron tell Andy Extance http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/10/rotaxane-muscle-machines-bulk Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:00:06 +0000 Iron co-ordination wrestles daisy-chain rotaxane molecular machines into a muscle-mimicking polymer http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/10/rna-world-cooperation-selfish-ribozymes-network Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:00:06 +0000 Ribozymes that cooperate outdo autocatalytic rivals, supporting the idea that life evolved from an 'RNA world' http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/10/xenon-puzzle-answer-atmosphere-perovskite Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:00:06 +0000 Solubility in silicate minerals emerging from a magma ocean billions of years ago could explain why Earth's atmosphere has an unexpected noble gas ratio. http://optics.org/news/3/9/35 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:00:06 +0000 Astrophysics and fusion research added to main deterrent certification function as twelve-beam Orion laser nears commissioning. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/09/silk-silicon-transient-implant Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:00:06 +0000 Transfer printing silicon and magnesium onto silk makes water-soluble 64-pixel camera and anti-bacterial heater, heralding 'transient' medical devices http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=125398&p=14 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:34:06 +0000 KLA-Tencor's wafer inspection tools and process management software promise to lower LED manufacturing costs by improving manufacturing yield and productivity, and device quality. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=125398&p=12 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Though one of more than 20 fellow Chinese companies looking to become MOCVD equipment suppliers, AMEC feels its semiconductor experience makes it well positioned to deliver automation, uniformity and productivity http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=125398&p=10 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Delivering tools that focus on improving both productivity and yield is contributing to progress towards solid state lighting fixture price targets, says senior vice-president of marketing Jim Jenson. http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=125398&p=6 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Manufacturing equipment makers CORIAL, Evatec, EVG, Maxis and Plasma-Therm tell Andy Extance how they are increasingly answering LED industry needs for reproducibility, uniformity, uptime and ultimately cost. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/09/southampton-university-poisoning-thallium-arsenic Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Police and safety body investigate as University of Southampton PhD student exposed to thallium and arsenic falls ill http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=125398&p=16 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:34:06 +0000 The pool of tools in fabs in China whose survival is questionable means that overall sales of LEDs will reach their pinnacle almost a decade after sales of manufacturing equipment used to produce them, explains Yole Developpement's Eric Virey. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/09/air-conditioning-buildings-sweating Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Keeping buildings cool with hydrogels, while cutting carbon emissions is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/08/inert-nanoshells-succumb-iron-will Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Doping hollow silica nanoshells with iron could make them biodegradable and therefore safer for medical applications like real-time tumour imaging http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/08/cells-step-toward-plugless-charging Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Piezoelectric power packs that could self-charge as you walk on them skip usual first electricity generation stage http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/08/carbon-clusters-score-lucky-seven Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Teaming up with titanium is predicted to deliver stable seven-coordinate carbon dication, larger than any seen in the lab http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/08/spider-threads-bring-great-self-healing-power Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Mimicking silk protein's stimuli responsiveness not only brings millimetre-scale cracks together, it also successfully recreates its legendary toughness http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/08/gel-polymer-seizes-shadow Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:34:06 +0000 A tiny dip in the intensity of light used to trigger polymerisation can provide more effective light guides http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/Interviews/PowerDev_July2012_EBG%20Resistors.pdf Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:34:06 +0000 The processes EBG Resistors uses to make its metal oxide devices ensure it can meet demanding specifications with short lead times, explains general manager Alois Klein http://www.i-micronews.com/news/Mature-power-electronic-capacitor-market-chases-opportuniti,9338.html Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Even as a well-established technology, film capacitors are playing a growing part in the power electronics market, explain Yole Developpement's Alexandre Avron and Wenbin Ding, while supercapacitors' role in a hybrid vehicle in the Le Mans 24 hour race underline their potential. http://www.i-micronews.com/analysis/Integrated-cooling-solutions-hot-up,9337.html Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:34:06 +0000 High power applications and those needing size and weight reductions are driving innovation in power module cooling systems, Aavid Thermalloy, Arkansas Power Electronics International, Danfoss, and Semikron tell Power Dev'. http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/pdf/AC_iLED_June_2012.pdf Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Halving fixture prices over the next year will help drive expansion that Yole Developpement's Pars Mukish says could see LED products reach 75 per cent of annual bulb sales by 2020 http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/Interviews/CI_iLED_Jun_2012.pdf Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:34:06 +0000 Though not manufacturing LED chips, the Chinese company is exploiting many opportunities offered by its giant parent in its solid-state lighting business, says chief operating officer David Reid. http://www.i-micronews.com/news/LED-industry-pursues-divergent-lighting-paths,9130.html Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:34:06 +0000 While Cree, Osram Opto Semiconductors, Philips Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor, and Toyoda Gosei all agree on the importance of the general illumination market, their approaches to driving adoption differ, Andy Extance finds. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/05/raising-glass-champagne Fri, 1 Jun 2012 17:50:06 +0000 Andy Extance uncorks the secrets of sparkling wines' unique taste and aroma http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/May/drug-exports-regulation-watchdogs-collaboration.asp Wed, 23 May 2012 17:50:06 +0000 US and European regulatory agencies are leading worldwide collaborations to ensure drugs from outside their borders are safe http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/April/xna-hna-primordial-life-dna-evolution-chemistry.asp Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:14:06 +0000 Successful transcription of DNA to xeno-nucleic acids (XNA) and back again shows that life's chemistry could have very different http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/April/microfluidic-fuel-cell-without-nafion.asp Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:20:06 +0000 Laminar flow eliminates expensive membranes, allowing higher power density and otherwise incompatible fuels and oxidants to be used http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/48925 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:20:06 +0000 Poorly understood concepts mean climate-modifying tools remain far beyond reach, said Richard Turco of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/February/origin-of-life-thermal-springs-ionic-environment.asp Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:10:06 +0000 Cells' ionic composition suggests life may have originated in thermal springs rather than deep sea vents http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/January/carbon-carbon-quadruple-bond.asp Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:10:06 +0000 High bonding order possible in main group and may be responsible for the ability to isolate molecular species. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/January/malaria-flow-reactors-artemisinin-Seeberger.asp Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:10:06 +0000 Continuous flow photochemistry enables critical singlet oxygen hydroperoxidation, raising hopes of cheap artemisinin production http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/pdf/PowerDev_Nov2011_IR.pdf Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:35:06 +0000 In the automotive industry and beyond, the way in which companies communicate and fulfi l their power electronics needs determines their success in going electric, explain BYD, Danfoss Silicon Power, DENSO and General Motors. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/October/24101103.asp Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:45:06 +0000 Isotope ratios and fatty acids residues in ancient pottery indicate that Europeans carried on fishing after farming began http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/October/17101102.asp Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:00:06 +0000 Protein binding is not ruled by increases in entropy when ligands displace water, contrary to long-held 'hydrophobic effect' theory http://www.i-micronews.com/news/LED-equipment-hits-critical-mass-after-Chinese-explosion,7650.html Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:25:06 +0000 Massive investment is attracting vendors to offer dedicated LED packaging tools, while setting up the industry for aggressive competition, with both promising to make manufacturing processes more efficient. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/47395 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:05:06 +0000 With the US EPA scheduled to review recreational water-quality standards, and climate change set to worsen quality, researchers are looking at the influence lake water has on swimmers' health http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2011/October/EnginesOfInnovation.asp Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:03:06 +0000 Our desire for economical but environmentally friendly transport has driven progress in fuel and oil additives. But as Andy Extance discovers, further development is needed http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/47256 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:50:06 +0000 Controlling black-carbon emissions, which Stanford Univerity's Mark Jacobson has identified as the second leading cause of global warming after CO2, remains a low priority http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/08/uk-slashes-science-and-engineeri.html?rss=1 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:50:06 +0000 The United Kingdom's Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) has revealed that it may fund 1000 fewer new Ph.D.s in the upcoming academic year than in 2010-11. http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/Interviews/PowerDev_July2011_Rayhteon.pdf Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:36:06 +0000 James McGonigal, the executive responsible for power and control technologies at Raytheon Systems Ltd in Glenrothes, Scotland, explains the company's outlook on developing SiC-based power modules for transportation applications. http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/pdf/PowerDev_July2011_AC.pdf Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:36:06 +0000 While significant market penetration will have to wait until 2013, wall plug and electric vehicle applications could see GaN device sales multiply rapidly thereafter says Yole Développement's Philippe Roussel. http://www.i-micronews.com/news/Wide-bandgap-devices-prepare-long-power-switching-push,7243.html Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:36:06 +0000 SiC switch developers Cree, Shindengen, Rohm and Infineon and GaN HEMT vendor International Rectifier tell Andy Extance that targeting the right applications and getting costs down is key to getting market acceptance. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/July/13071103.asp Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:36:06 +0000 Universities claim schemes to widen participation are not tackling the problem of underachievement in schools http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/July/04071102.asp Mon, 4 Jul 2011 15:10:06 +0000 Three research foundations say they are answering scientist demand for an open access rival to Cell, Nature and Science http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/06/for-solar-supplementinverters-compete-over-cost Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:11:06 +0000 PV inverter manufacturers still want to lower their costs, whether through industry-wide strategies or more individual efforts, but Chinese government action could soon open up divisions. http://www.i-micronews.com/news/LED-manufacturing-expansion-creates-sapphire-furnace-indust,7101.html Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:11:06 +0000 Chinese substrate suppliers are investing heavily in turnkey crystal-growth equipment, even though just a few months ago suppliers of such equipment were nearly unheard-of. http://www.i-micronews.com/news/Thermal-substrates-LED-chips-cool-but-overlooked-friend,7100.html Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:11:06 +0000 Despite playing an often-overlooked role in solid-state lighting, metal core boards from companies like DuPont and Bergquist and ceramic substrates like those provided by Tong Hsing are aiding the quest for brighter LEDs by helping dissipate the heat they generate, the companies tell Andy Extance. http://www.i-micronews.com/news/Thermal-substrates-LED-chips-cool-but-overlooked-friend,7100.html Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:11:06 +0000 Paul Panaccione, Director of Packaging Technology, and Arvind Baliga, Vice-President Engineering, at Luminus Devices, talk about how their company integrates the industry's biggest LED chips into suitable formats for their customers' applications. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/April/07041103.asp Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:50:06 +0000 Natural colour images that appear under white light could lead to moving 3D pictures and 'revolutionary' personalised medicine tools. http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v10/n4/full/nrd3414.html Mon, 4 Apr 2011 07:14:06 +0000 Egg-based flu vaccines have long ruled the US marketplace, but alternatives are finally catching up. Mammalian cell-based production systems - many of which cultivate the flu virus in kidney cell lines rather than in eggs - are as safe and effective as established systems, show the first published pivotal trial data from two leading candidates: Baxter's Preflucel and Novartis's Optaflu. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/March/17031104.asp Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:50:06 +0000 Improving how spent a hydrogen storage material is regenerated makes it a more practical prospect for powering fuel cells. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/March/08031104.asp Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:25:06 +0000 Drug maker backs its belief in the country by totally reimbursing top graduates' fees http://www.i-micronews.com/analysis/Demand-pressurises-super-junction-MOSFET-producers,6527.html Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:25:06 +0000 Super junction MOSFET manufacturers are evolving their strategies after rapid growth in interest in 2010 and with further applications set to take off, Andy Extance finds. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2011/February/RehabilitatingCapturedCO2.asp Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:10:06 +0000 Rather than burying it underground, companies are developing processes that use carbon dioxide emissions as chemical starting materials. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/February/02021103.asp Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:50:06 +0000 Challenging industry climate looks set to claim majority of 2400 pharma jobs at renowned facility in Sandwich in Kent http://optics.org/indepth/2/1/2 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:03:06 +0000 Sweden's Glo and Germany's Azzurro have technologies that promise to significantly reduce the cost of LED lighting, discovers Andy Extance. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/January/24011101.asp Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:57:06 +0000 Synthetic molecule pairs up to provide a novel way to mimic selective binding seen in biological systems http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/44823 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:29:06 +0000 Researchers investigate urban measures that can cut risks http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/44817 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:50:06 +0000 Larry Edwards' isotope technique provides detailed insight into past http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/01/uk-scientists-budget-threatens.html?rss=1 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:51:06 +0000 Heads of the United Kingdom's research councils today warned politicians that delaying capital investments due to funding cuts will harm the country's scientific standing. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/44773 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:18:06 +0000 Electrical interactions line up dust in "open Venetian blind" form http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/January/12011102.asp Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:18:06 +0000 Academics are concerned that £61m research grant cuts through to 2015 at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), changes in how students are funded and more centralised control will threaten careers. http://optics.org/indepth/1/7/3 Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:40:06 +0000 As the competition hots up, new Osram Opto Semiconductors CEO Aldo Kamper says that the LED revolution is only just beginning. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/December/12121001.asp Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:44:06 +0000 Precession of quantum mechanical angular momentum in atomic oxygen can be directed and pictured, potentially allowing more detailed reaction studies. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/44522 Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:11:06 +0000 NCDC's David Easterling is trying to identify links to climate change for individual extreme temperature events http://optics.org/news/1/7/3 Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:25:06 +0000 Leaked cable from 2009 shows Hillary Clinton believed that Sofradir's customer Zhejiang Dali Technology was selling imaging systems to Iran. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/44275 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:22:06 +0000 Intensive engagement at a project's outset helps to ensure that the conclusions are listened to, says University of Maryland's Matthias Ruth http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/November/03111001.asp Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:12:06 +0000 Evidence of a more covalent nature and more possible partners than previously thought leads to a long-needed reclassification. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/October/21101002.asp Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:35:06 +0000 Scientists snap sapphire columns taking two steps forward, and one step back. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/44012 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:20:06 +0000 Seawater species could avoid problem of freshwater supply http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v9/n10/full/nrd3288.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:11:06 +0000 On 17 August this year, Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) announced that it was halting the development of its potential Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment semagacestat, a ?-secretase inhibitor. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/October/10101001.asp Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:32:06 +0000 Programmed DNA walker autonomously controls a sequence of three reactions with record yield. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/October/08101001.asp Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:04:06 +0000 Could Alzheimer's-related material help produce a space elevator? http://optics.org/indepth/1/4/8 Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:04:06 +0000 A combination of lower cell costs, feed-in tariffs and innovative module designs is set to drive a huge expansion of building-integrated photovoltaics. http://optics.org/indepth/1/4/6 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:13:06 +0000 As LEDs increasingly find use in general lighting, Andy Extance tracks a dramatic increase in deployments of the tools used to manufacture the chips. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/September/22091001.asp Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:13:06 +0000 CFC replacements may have helped repair the hole in the ozone layer, but could contribute significantly to climate change http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/02/green-roof-urban-heat-island Mon, 6 Sep 2010 08:50:06 +0000 Researchers at Columbia University have demonstrated that a layer of plants and earth can cut the rate of heat absorption through the roof of a building in summer by 84% http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v4/n9/full/nphoton.2010.199.html Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:18:06 +0000 3D photonic-crystal solar cell; Embedded scatterers; Best of all solar worlds; CdTe films get thinner http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/43647 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:30:06 +0000 Vegetation-decked flat roofs promise cooler cities and energy savings for building owners http://optics.org/indepth/1/4/1 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:30:06 +0000 Costly manufacturing has held back the roll-out of OLED TVs and constrained supply for handset displays, discovers Andy Extance. http://optics.org/indepth/1/3/5 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:10:06 +0000 With over 100 pocket-sized projectors now available, Andy Extance sizes up a growing market opportunity for optical component suppliers. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/43564 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:47:06 +0000 Efficiency advantages likely to be balanced by increased light consumption at constant energy prices http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19343-making-light-work-of-led-droop.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:17:06 +0000 LEDs suffer from an embarrassing drop in performance when the power goes up. Tweaking their "quantum wells" could perk them up. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/August/18081001.asp Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:50:06 +0000 Research into developing green chemical processes to gain EUR200 million in funds over the next 4 years in France. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/August/12081001.asp Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:17:06 +0000 Chemistry weaknesses in 'reactome bioarray' work do not undermine its effectiveness, its inventors say. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/43349 Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:57:06 +0000 Abatement techniques can help make industrial processes "greener" by managing gas emissions. http://optics.org/indepth/1/1/14 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:19:06 +0000 Dismissed by its detractors as an old, expensive and complex technology, is concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) finally coming in from the cold? http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/July/28071002.asp Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:17:06 +0000 Scientists see atoms reacting on the femtosecond timescale in unprecedented detail using femtosecond laser spectroscopy http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/July/22071002.asp Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:20:06 +0000 Fullerenes have been identified in space, raising the hopes of discoverer Harry Kroto that they hold the answer to a persistent astronomical problem http://optics.org/cleantech/indepth/1/1/6 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:41:06 +0000 "A" class general LED bulbs launched by top lighting firms this year are the start of a push to replace familiar incandescent lights in our homes. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/Jun/22061001.asp Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:27:06 +0000 Nanofibre electronic films based on multi-part organic molecules could boost organic solar cells. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/42668 Fri, 21 May 2010 14:38:06 +0000 Researchers investigate effect of debris on glacial lake formation and how retreat into narrow valleys can slow melting. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/May/20051001.asp Thu, 20 May 2010 16:31:06 +0000 Speciality metals like lithium, neodymium and indium could become restricted unless recycling rates improve, say reports. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/May/06051001.asp Thu, 6 May 2010 16:18:06 +0000 Wrapping a carbon nanotube in a lipid bilayer containing 'biological machines' integrates active proteins into a transistor for the first time. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/42521 Tue, 4 May 2010 10:40:06 +0000 Backed by Bill Gates, Carbon Engineering thinks big on scrubbers http://bit.ly/1xYvqrw Mon, 3 May 2010 10:40:06 +0000 With manufacturers keen to start selling us mobile phones that can project TV pictures onto any nearby surface, a race is on to develop tiny diode lasers that can emit green light. Andy Extance reveals the challenges involved in bridging the green gap. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/April/12041001.asp Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:15:06 +0000 Energy loss caused by previously ignored lithium ion exchange between storage particles inside a battery. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/March/04031001.asp Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:15:06 +0000 New approach to embedding silver in silicon-based memristors set to help researchers imitate animal brains. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/March/01031001.asp Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:29:06 +0000 Putting modified bacterial genes into E. coli enables uniform glycoprotein production. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41774 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:12:06 +0000 Dust particles hold on by van der Waals forces http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/February/15021001.asp Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:51:06 +0000 Using repulsive van der Waals forces could enable US scientists to halve the size of lithium-ion batteries http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41674 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:49:06 +0000 Strain bridges an indirect bandgap http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/January/29011002.asp Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:35:06 +0000 Direct-write piezoelectric 'nanogenerators' based on organic nanofibres could power miniature devices with their impressive energy conversion efficiency http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41506 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:35:06 +0000 Futuristic alternative to the dreaded dentist's drill. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/January/24011001.asp Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:15:06 +0000 Concentric double n-structure doesn't exist in organic compounds. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41473 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:15:06 +0000 Electronic paper technology that can change colour without backlights http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/January/15011002.asp Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:03:06 +0000 A basic quantum computer has successfully calculated hydrogen's molecular energy http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/January/08011001.asp Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:03:06 +0000 TVs backlit by LEDs have caused the first price rise for trimethylgallium in industry players' memories. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/Dec/17120901.asp Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:46:06 +0000 UK Science and Technology Facilities Council reprioritises, slashing studentships and facility funding as budgets are cut http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/December/11120901.asp Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:46:06 +0000 US politicians raise pressure on scientists to ensure research legitimacy after email leak suggesting unethical practices at University of East Anglia http://download.iop.org/pw/PWFusionDec09_web.pdf Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:46:06 +0000 The completion of a EUR60m upgrade means the Joint European Torus can better mimic the technology needed for ITER, as Andy Extance reports. (P5 in PDF - be patient for the download!) http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/41125 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:46:06 +0000 Reports that local inhabitants and travellers to the Mount Everest base camp are in danger from a lake of glacier meltwater overflowing have been exaggerated, a series of surveys suggests. A team of Japanese and Nepalese researchers say that the damming moraine at the downstream end of Imja Glacial Lake in fact appears more stable than it has for some years. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40873 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:46:06 +0000 Nascent surface too hot for hydrogen http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40681 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:46:06 +0000 Planet formation could have affected Sun's composition http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40436 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:46:06 +0000 Demonstration is an early step towards a 'quantum switchboard' http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40332 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:46:06 +0000 Multiple carrier generation could boost efficiency http://thesciencereporter.blogspot.com/2009/09/news-prs-have-morals-says-study-funded.html Wed, 2 Sep 2009 05:10:06 +0000 Public relations professionals have higher morals than surgeons, businessmen and accountants, claims a study (and its press release) http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40175 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:10:06 +0000 New dental technique can assess mineral content in teeth http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/July/31070901.asp Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:10:06 +0000 South African pharmaceutical ingredient supplier accused of a £1.2 billion investment fraud http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/39990 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:10:06 +0000 Pattern templates let plasmons travel further http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/July/17070901.asp Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:10:06 +0000 Scientists have directly observed how domain states form in nanometre-scale ferroelectric crystals for the first time http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/July/09070901.asp Thu, 9 Jul 2009 05:10:06 +0000 High resolution snapshots reveal how bacteria become resistant to quinolone antibiotics http://optics.org/cws/article/research/38254 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:46:06 +0000 Japanese and French researchers are using evanescent waves to enhance the light output of LEDs. http://optics.org/cws/article/industry/37824 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:46:06 +0000 The handset integrates Texas Instruments' emerging DLP technology. http://www.compoundsemiconductor.net/article/85078-criepi-spearheads-japans-sic-assault.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:46:06 +0000 From its unique position linking Japan's power companies, the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry is on a mission to exploit SiC devices' efficiency. Andy Extance reports. http://optics.org/cws/article/industry/35465 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:06 +0000 Using GaAs instead of germanium substrates, NREL scientists can exploit the ideal combination of materials to produce a compound semiconductor cell. http://images.iop.org/dl/compsemi/magazine/CSJun08p21.pdf Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:46:06 +0000 Looking out of the window on the train from Madrid to Seville, you might catch sight of a phalanx of solar panels in a key test plant for compound semiconductor-based energy production. With sites like this becoming increasingly common, the concentrating photovoltaic industry gathered in Madrid to report their systems' latest results at the CPV Today summit, and Andy Extance joined them. http://www.specialchem4adhesives.com/home/editorial.aspx?id=2171 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:46:06 +0000 In 1968 Spencer Silver, while experimenting with some new monomers he'd obtained as part of 3M's "Polymers for Adhesives" research program, concocted a formulation that went against the received wisdom of textbooks and more experienced colleagues. http://compoundsemiconductor.net/csc/news-details.php?id=31473 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:46:06 +0000 The Japanese automobile giant is seeking the help of the wider compound semiconductor community to cut the cost of SiC and make low-emission vehicles more commercially viable. http://compoundsemiconductor.net/csc/news-details.php?id=30371 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:46:06 +0000 A non-profit pilot project is using LEDs and CIGS solar cells to provide light in remote communities, and hoping to extend the concept to other electronic devices. http://compoundsemiconductor.net/csc/news-details.php?id=30626 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:46:06 +0000 Academics move closer to the pivotal 50 percent efficiency level, improving the performance of the inverted metamorphic multi-junction approach. http://compoundsemiconductor.net/csc/news-details.php?id=30285 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:46:06 +0000 Multi-million dollar prizes for LED replacements of the 60 W bulb and a 150 lm/W fixture could be awarded if the US senate passes a bill currently under debate.