All articles by Matthew Gunther – Page 10
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News
Fast-track peer review trial ends following resignations
Payment trial for expedited reviews ends in wake of editorial board resignations
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NewsChemists seek end to chemical warfare on centenary of its first use
International community produces the Ypres Declaration to reaffirm disarmament objectives
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ResearchSilicon chip spots dangerous pathogens in human blood
Silicon wafer doped with silver nanoparticles can rapidly identify E. coli in blood
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Business
Dow sells off chlorine assets in $5bn deal
US chemical giant disposes of unwanted operations in tax-free deal
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Scientists raise concern over fast-track peer review scheme
Payment scheme for expedited review leads one editor of Scientific Reports to resign
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NewsUS Chemical Safety Board chairman resigns
Resignation follows accusation of mismangement and exposure of whistleblowers
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ResearchFractal first as molecules form Sierpinski triangles
Scientists have produced a repeating triangular pattern through molecular self-assembly
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ResearchNeutron–proton mass imbalance put on the quantum scales
Mass difference between nucleons calculated to the highest level of precision yet
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Chemical building blocks produce a wellspring of organic molecules
A new automated platform speeds up synthesis of small molecules
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PodcastSodium thiopental
Once thought to extract the truth and now used to enact the ultimate punishment, this week’s compound is sodium thiopental
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Research
Tough self-cleaning coating sticks it to stains
Superhydrophobic ‘paint’ can be sprayed or dip-coated onto cotton, glass and metal and survives sandpaper abrasion
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ResearchShedding light on fading reds in Van Gogh’s paintings
An exotic lead mineral may be the ‘missing link’ in explaining why the Dutch artist’s work has lost its colour
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NewsMeteoric rise of perovskite solar cells under scrutiny over efficiencies
Testing procedures and device instability mean performance may be inflated
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Nobel laureates warn on European science funding cuts
Cuts to fund investment scheme send message Europe ‘is not the place to do high level science’
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ResearchMore bonds probed using x-ray laser
A second group have measured a bond transition state with a femtosecond x-ray laser
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ResearchMicroscope pinpoints atoms in a lattice
High precision imaging technique may shed light on alloy structure and performance
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ResearchSilicene 'sandwich' transistor a delectable prospect
Researchers have made a transistor from one-atom-thick silicene for the first time
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ResearchElectron microscope turned into makeshift nano-thermometer
Scientists hope new technique could probe individual CPU transistors to check their performance