A new theory suggests temperature controls how metamorphic proteins shapeshift, with colder temperatures promoting transformation. Researchers analyzed multiple protein pairs and found strong evidence supporting this idea. If true, this discovery…
Category: 6. Chemistry
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Cold Temperatures Unlock the Hidden Powers of Shapeshifting Proteins
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The two faces of liquid water
Water is unique. It is one of the only substances that can exist in nature as a solid, liquid and gas at the same time under ambient conditions (think of solid ice over a pond, which is liquid underneath while storm clouds float overhead). It is…
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American Chemical Society diversity programme comes under attack | News
The advocacy group Do No Harm is suing the American Chemical Society (ACS), arguing that its Scholars Program discriminates against applicants who are of white and Asian heritage. The ACS initiative, which began more than 30 years ago, awards…
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Centre of the Earth could hold large reservoir of iron–helium compounds | Research
Iron can form compounds with helium at pressures as low as 5GPa – about 50,000 atmospheres – researchers in Japan report. This result could provide novel insight into the chemistry of the most abundant noble gas in the universe and suggests…
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COFs head for the big time | Feature
In Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann’s 1993 essay in Scientific American he pondered the future of organic chemistry, noting that the field’s tools at that time predominantly only worked in zero dimensions. ‘One subculture of organic chemists…
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March 2025 puzzles | Puzzle
There are four prize puzzles on this page: cryptic crossword; quick crossword; wordoku; and coronene. For each puzzle, a winner will be selected from all the correct entries received and awarded a £25 UK book voucher.
You can enter any or all…
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Developing the inherent functionality of highly pure porous organic polymers
A group of researchers from Tohoku University developed a method for synthesizing a special type of polymer that has applications for reducing greenhouse gas emissions — a major concern amidst a period of rapid climate change.
Porous organic…
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Quick chemistry crossword #076
You’ll need a bit more than ‘Chemistry 101’ to solve this quick chemistry crossword puzzle!
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Chemistry wordoku #084 | Puzzle
Solve this ‘wordoku’ in the same way as a sudoku with letters instead of numbers (each of the nine letters in each row, column and nine-square cell). Once solved, one of the overall diagonals can be rearranged into the name of a chemical…
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Cryptic chemistry crossword #076
This cryptic chemistry crossword is calling to be solved, will you heed the challenge?
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