The resignation of Peter Marks, long-time director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) centre responsible for assessing vaccines and other biological products, has exacerbated growing concerns within the US biotechnology…
Category: 6. Chemistry
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‘A battle of the scientific experts’: PFAS research at centre of Texas farms lawsuit contested | News
As a criminal investigation continues into what sickened farmers in a Texas county and killed their fish and livestock, the fertiliser and biosolids management company that has been blamed has commissioned its own lab analysis that it claims…
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Letters: April 2025 | Opinion
Serbian concerns about lithium mining
I was profoundly disappointed by the article ‘Opposition to lithium mines hampers green technology supply chain’ and especially by its dismissal of the environmental concerns of those opposed to lithium…
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Long-chain alkanes preserved in Martian mudstone | Research
Three long-chain alkanes detected by Nasa’s Curiosity rover could be chemical biosignatures that point to a history of past life on Mars, according to an international team of researchers. However, the team notes that the compounds may also…
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Collective coupling strength must be larger than previously thought to guarantee delocalised polaritons | Research
By analysing the relationship between polaritons and disorder, researchers have redefined what conditions are necessary for the successful delocalisation of polaritonic wavefunctions.
Although light plays an essential role in chemical reactions,…
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New insights into improving acidic aluminum fuel cell for powering electrical vehicles
Characterization of the electrocatalyst
Figure 5 showed powder pXRD diffraction pattern confirmed compatible loaded Fe2O3 and NiONPs on graphite matrix.
Fig. 5 pXRD pattern: (a) NiO, (b) NiO-Fe2O3, (c) NiONC. The nearly same diffraction patterns…
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Dopamine fast determination in pharmaceutical products using disposable printed electrodes modified with bimetal oxides carbon nanotubes nanocomposite
Speranza, L., di Porzio, U., Viggiano, D., de Donato, A. & Volpicelli, F. Dopamine: the neuromodulator of long-term synaptic plasticity, reward and movement control. Cells 10, 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10040735 (2021).
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Simultaneous determination of lesinurad and co-administered drugs used in management of gout comorbidities to uncover potential pharmacokinetic interaction in rat plasma
Materials and reagents
LES powder (purity > 99.85%) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH (Ontario, Canada). AMD (purity > 99.80%), and DIC (purity > 99.90%) powders were provided by Pharco Pharmaceuticals, Co. (Alexandria,…
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Chemistry courses to be shut down at the University of Bradford | News
The University of Bradford is closing its chemistry courses and, from September 2025, will no longer be accepting new students. Chemistry World understand that the laboratory scientist degree apprenticeship with a chemical science focus will also…
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Decoding 23andMe’s downfall | Opinion
DNA testing firm 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. Chief executive Anne Wojcicki has stepped down, after several failed bids to buy the company herself. The Chapter 11 process will allow the loss-making company to…
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