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EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides outdoors
Move follows report by food safety agency on health risks to bees
This electronic pill could help diagnose gastrointestinal disorders
Using a swallowable gas sensor, researchers get data straight from the gastric source
Helium ion microscopy reveals mysteries of spiky bacterial filaments
Iron-oxidizing bacteria make organic scaffold that accumulates iron minerals
Using microfabrication to explore CO<sub>2</sub> reduction
By analyzing microscopic catalyst structures, chemists shed light on mechanism for reaction that puts the unwanted gas to good use
Shale-based complex relying on U.S. shale gas takes shape in China
Facility would be China’s first fed exclusively by ethane
Scattered light weighs single biomolecules
Microscopy technique monitors protein aggregation and molecular binding in real time, without fluorescent tags
Strong, stable polymer can be recycled again and again
Heat or chemical treatment converts plastic back to its pure monomer repeatedly
U.S. EPA chief proposes that agency regulations rely only on publicly available data
Debate swirls around whether proposal will improve or hinder agency’s work
DNA i-motifs found in human cells
Similar to G-quadruplexes, these folded DNA structures could be selective drug targets
Ultrasound triggers porous nanoparticles to attack tumors in mice
Metal-organic framework forms particle-embedded porphyrin-zinc complexes that generate reactive oxygen species
China reshuffles science governance
Moves may generate conflict between basic and applied research programs
Microfluidic device draws kidney dialysis buffer from blood
The new method offers a way to make portable renal dialysis a possibility
Science is full of personal stories. York’s David Smith thinks scientists should share them
Supramolecular chemist supports LGBTQ+ scientists by talking about his personal journey
Confusion, lack of safety concern led to three deaths at Packaging Corporation of America mill
Crack in tank allowed flammable vapor to reach welders above
GenX-related fluoroether taints water in wells near West Virginia Chemours plant
Granulated activated carbon filters remove HFPO-DA, U.S. EPA says
Third Rock-founded Cedilla launches with $56.2 million to tackle protein stability
The biotech firm will first go after tough oncology drug targets
Turning down the temperature on ethylene production
Proof-of-concept electrochemical cell suggests a more selective, less energy-intensive route to ethylene from ethane
