All articles by Jamie Durrani – Page 2
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NewsMolecular machines won a Nobel prize nine years ago, but we still can’t decide what one is
World authority on chemistry nomenclature aims to clean up molecular machine terminology
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BusinessEpigenetic editors enter clinical trials
New wave of precision medicines amplify or silence genes, without altering genetic code
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ResearchLong-chain alkanes preserved in Martian mudstone
Molecules could have derived from biological fatty acids, although abiotic origins are also possible
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ResearchMetal layers just a few angstroms thick display unusual electronic properties
2D metals created for first time by pressing samples between two sapphire anvils
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ResearchFive-membered bismuth ring opens up ‘a new era for aromatic compounds’
Bismuth analogue of cyclopentadiene finally isolated
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News1.2GHz NMR magnet arrives at University of Warwick
New instrument is 20% more powerful than the UK’s current largest NMR spectrometer
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NewsAtomic Energy Authority chief executive to head up UKRI
Ian Chapman to take reins at UK’s main research funder after Ottoline Leyser steps down later this year
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NewsProtests and alarm as European research sector braces for cuts
Swiss science organisations are the latest to speak up after a wave of cuts is proposed across Europe
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NewsUK visa policy ‘an act of national self-harm’, says Lords’ science committee
Inflexible and expensive visa system puts country at competitive disadvantage in global race for talent
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NewsUK ‘on a good track’ one year after rejoining Horizon Europe
Early figures suggest UK researchers are benefitting from the resumption of European research collaboration
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NewsHorizon Europe reopens to Swiss researchers after three-year hiatus
Transitional arrangement allows Swiss scientists to participate in EU research programmes once again
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BusinessUS state charges Lockhart director over river chemical release
Bankrupt firm’s leader accused of endangering the public and altering public records
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NewsComputational chemist and Nobel prize-winner Martin Karplus dies at 94
Karplus’s techniques combined classical and quantum mechanical approaches to model complex chemical systems
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NewsPlastic treaty negotiators fail to reach agreement
Disputes over treaty’s scope remain as original deadline passes
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NewsSuperconductivity researcher at centre of misconduct scandal departs University of Rochester
Several of Ranga Dias’s papers have been retracted amid data manipulation allegations
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NewsAfter years of negotiations, a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution is within sight
The UN’s plastics treaty negotiations have faced many hurdles, but delegates are getting closer to a final agreement
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BusinessSanofi spins out its consumer healthcare business
US-based investment firm takes controlling stake in Opella, while France’s government moves to ensure the company remains in the country
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NewsOnline archive of Humphry Davy’s notebooks opens to the public
Historic collection is the result of a five-year long citizen science project
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FeatureHow AI protein structure prediction and design won the Nobel prize
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry. Jamie Durrani investigates the origins of a biochemistry revolution
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NewsProtein design and structure prediction wins chemistry Nobel prize
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were rewarded for creating computational tools to design proteins and predict their structures that have ‘revolutionised biological chemistry’