All articles by Andy Extance – Page 16
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FeaturePepping up antibiotics
Industry and academia are turning to antimicrobial peptides to find new antibiotics, Andy Extance discovers
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BusinessBayer to sever polymer arm
German chemical giant’s exit from the materials world will help fund its crop and healthcare ambitions
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Research‘Assembly line’ sculpts carbon chains
Precise addition of methyl group-bearing links is set to improve molecular shape control
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NewsEnvironmental priorities stymie hunt for stubborn ozone depleter
Scientists are struggling for resources to explain why carbon tetrachloride levels in the air are higher than expected
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ResearchNo-frills coats set a trend for designer viruses
An artificial protein that self-assembles around and protects DNA could be ideal for gene therapy, nanomachines and synthetic biology
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FeatureThe power of perovskites
Andy Extance finds out how the efficiency of perovskite solar cells has risen so quickly
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ResearchPhoton pinball identifies chemicals from afar
Samples turned into random Raman lasers beam their secrets from over a kilometre away
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ResearchLow-emission ammonia offers food and climate solution
Electrolytic approach eliminates CO2 emissions and cuts energy consumption by a third
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NewsNext Mars rover will make oxygen from CO2
Mars 2020 will set Nasa’s space exploration on a self-sufficiency course
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ResearchTuring patterns show their hand in finger formation
After 62 years, scientists clinch the identification of molecules that confirm codebreaker’s ideas in a different ‘digital’ area
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BusinessTakeover battle pushes Allergan to cut R&D jobs
Besieged by serially acquisitive Valeant, the Botox maker will lay off 1500 staff to propel earnings growth
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ResearchBubble wrap could send lab costs packing
Potential bubbles up across wide range of uses as storage and test vessels, especially for poor countries
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ResearchLinguistic statistics enable synthetic prophetics
A metric more commonly used by search engines to analyse language can now power organic chemistry retrosyntheses
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ResearchAlloy primed for phase change from CD to TV
Uniting optical and electronic properties could bring compact disc material into smart contact lenses
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ResearchMolecular sieve membranes look to greener separations
Coating micron-scale fibres’ inner surfaces with a MOF membrane could slash propylene production energy consumption
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BusinessEMA wrangles restrain trial data progress
Attempts to balance industry and research interests on transparency draw suggestions of improper collusion
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FeatureBeyond wonder
Five artists show Andy Extance why science and art need not be mutually exclusive
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NewsNickel allergy case highlights nanoparticle unknowns
Chemist’s metal hypersensitivity after weighing powder on open bench underlines safety needs
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BusinessPharma vies to unleash immune system power on cancer
Immuno-oncological drugs look set to earn billions and significantly lengthen patients’ lives
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ResearchCluster structure promises acid advance
After a 40-year wait, new information on how water clusters around protons stands to benefit our understanding of acids.