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AI can tell Scottish and American whiskies apart
Machine-learning method identifies prominent aromas
Chemists use AI to uncover pigments used on Berlin Wall murals
Researchers hope work will help to preserve this art
European Commission bans bisphenol A in food packaging
There will be an 18-month phase out period to allow industry time to adapt
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High levels of PFAS found in smartwatch wristbands
Extractable compounds provide opportunity for significant skin exposure
Electrochemical process that bypasses limestone could slash cement’s huge carbon footprint
Gigaton-scale carbon reductions offered by process that makes use of carbon-free calcium silicates from abundant minerals and recycled concrete
Research infrastructure programme delivering for UK higher education
Interim report finds scheme has supported establishment of top-tier research facilities
GPT-based AI tool predicts inorganic crystal structures
CrystaLLM uses GPT to arrange atoms, turning text-based data into numerical tokens
The value of research is measured in many ways
Academia is a broad church
Sydney Young and his evaporative fractionator
Developments in distillation find us in good spirits
AI aids discovery of solar cell materials with near-record efficiency
Machine learning uncovers hidden relationships in materials design
Pause work on ‘mirror life’, recommends panel of international experts
Synthetic bacteria with chirality opposite to that of life on Earth might cause lethal infections
PFAS manufacturers sued for deceptive marketing in US
Texas attorney general accuses 3M and DuPont of knowingly concealing health risks
There are no life lessons to be learned in AI’s Chinese Room
There’s a lot more lab work to do before we understand the ‘language of life’
A mouthful of mouthfeel
Andy Extance learns how the chemicals in food and drink create sensual culinary experiences
Debunked dogma: disordered proteins disregard ligands’ chirality
Understanding unfolded proteins could boost drug discovery and decipher origins of life mysteries
The champagne cases
When bottles of bubbly conceal criminal activities