All articles by Rupali Dabas
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ResearchAfter-school club students in Chicago discover promising bioactive compound via goose droppings
Chicago antibiotic discovery lab engages middle school students from underrepresented communities in hands-on research
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ResearchLight-driven method simplifies synthesis of complex heterocycles
Photochemical method provides controlled access to thiazole and isothiazole derivatives
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NewsGadolinium, lutetium and zirconium all have new atomic weights
Iupac updates of elements’ standard atomic weights follows new evaluations of abundance
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ResearchAI robots work together to perform autonomous synthesis and analysis
System offers route for rapid testing, analysis and interpretation of a wide range of chemistries
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ResearchTomato sweetness boosted by gene editing to knock out two genes
Glucose and fructose levels were increased by 30%
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ResearchSynthetic strategies overcome Bredt’s rule, unlocking complex bridgehead alkenes
Two research groups propose new synthetic strategies for making ‘impossible’ molecules, defying a 100-year-old bonding rule
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ResearchHow ‘magic mud’ gives baseball pitchers a better grip
Unique mud formula coats and roughens baseballs, boosting control and grip for pitchers
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ResearchSkeletal editing technique removes nitrogen atoms from rotaxanes
Reaction breaks and repairs a rotaxane’s axle without allowing its ring to slide off
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NewsOpen letter from fraud sleuths raises concerns over research integrity at Scientific Reports
Springer Nature singled out over ‘seriously flawed’ peer review in journal
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NewsPerseverance rover’s discovery of organics on Mars could be illusory
Hopes that compounds were sign of prebiotic chemistry or even ancient life may be result of instrument limitations
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ResearchDirecting group facilitates catalytic breakdown of high-performance polymer
Polymer maintains strength during regular use but selectively breaks down when exposed to a nickel catalyst
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ResearchNew database unlocks predictive power of radical polarity
Resource could help reduce trial and error in synthesis
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NewsTwenty ways AI is advancing chemistry
List reveals how machine learning is already changing the central science
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ResearchCatalyst uses electricity to convert carbon dioxide into methane
Acting at the gas-liquid-solid interface to permit carbon dioxide and water to react, the catalyst achieves 80% efficiency
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ResearchAtom-swapping reaction turns furans into pyrroles
Skeletal-editing technique offers easy way to modify heterocyclic structures
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NewsPhysics Nobel prize goes to artificial neural networks and machine learning
Research inspired by how brains learn now powers cutting-edge technology in smartphones and scientific research
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NewsmicroRNA discovery wins Nobel prize in medicine
Research on tiny RNA molecules unlocked mysteries of gene regulation and cell differentiation
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ResearchNanotorus made from pure antimony paves way for other all-metal structures
Tubular structure contains 68 antimony atoms
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NewsUK launches £37m programme to uncover cultural heritage through chemistry
Funding will aid analysis of archaeological materials and preservation of artwork
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News‘Stealth corrections’ uncovered in scientific journals, raising transparency concerns
Scientific integrity sleuths discovered 131 cases of publishers making unacknowledged changes