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The 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live
Oct 9, 2024 · 3.03pm Collection of papers celebrating the chemistry Nobel prize. The Royal Society of Chemistry has put together a collection of open access papers celebrating …
The complex chemistry of making paper
Apr 4, 2023 · Performance-enhancing chemicals address the process chemistry side of manufacturing, ensuring that each stage runs smoothly. Defoamers and dispersants tackle …
Explainer: The science of alkyl nitrites aka poppers
Sep 16, 2021 · From the 1960s onwards, poppers became established as a recreational drug, with various alkyl nitrites produced, including isopropyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite and butyl nitrite, to …
Explainer: The chemistry of farts | News | Chemistry World
Dec 21, 2016 · Consequently, De Lacy Costello and his colleagues have moved beyond the most common gases to studying volatile compounds released from faeces in very low …
AlphaFold developer says AI is just getting started in science
Nov 22, 2024 · ‘I really do hope that in time we will see AlphaFold as one of the first AI systems that deeply mattered [for] biology but just one of many, many that did,’ Jumper said during a …
Explainer: Why is mixing cleaning chemicals such a bad idea?
Apr 23, 2020 · Accidental poisonings in the US have risen dramatically during the Covid-19 lockdown. They are up 20% in the first three months of 2020 compared with last year, …
The scale of the problem of replacing ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS
Oct 10, 2024 · Some packaging contains PFAS to repel grease, for example fast food wrappers and pizza boxes. One study published last year found PFAS chemicals in single-use paper, …
Physical chemistry textbook now free to download as a ‘gift’ to the ...
May 23, 2024 · The retired Oxford professor said he had opted to give the e-book away – as part of a special collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – as a ‘gift and a thanks …
Expressions of concern added to more than 60 articles in …
May 20, 2024 · Over 60 articles published by the chemistry journal Chemosphere have had an expression of concern added to them.. Reasons given vary from article to article but include …