A review of 'Modern developments in catalysis, edited by Graham Hutchings et al.
When singer/songwriter Paul Simon wrote ‘Fifty ways to leave your lover’, he would have had no idea that the European Chemical Industries Council (Cefic) would re-work it for its 2017 annual Chemical Congress in Vienna into ‘Fifty ways to leave the EU’.
Australian researchers have used liquid metals to create two-dimensional materials no thicker than a few atoms. The breakthrough could revolutionise chemical synthesis, and eventually be applied to enhance data storage and make faster electronics.
EU negotiators finalising reforms to the Emissions Trading System (ETS) have agreed an amendment to protect the carbon market after Brexit. Policymakers are concerned that the carbon market could be flooded with surplus emission allowances if the UK leaves the EU without a Brexit deal in 2019.
Laboratory mice given the gut bacteria of wild mice can survive flu virus infection and fight colorectal cancer much better.
Around 10m medical devices are implanted each year into patients, while one-third of patients suffer some complication as a result. Now, researchers in Switzerland have developed a way to protect implants by dressing them in a surgical membrane.
Diagnosing cancer is a puzzle. It demands close scrutiny of pieces uncovered by different tests. Unfortunately, the number of puzzle pieces is currently restricted by a lack of biopsy tissue for testing.
Molecular physicists have discovered that chemical reactions could be controlled by using electrons rather than lasers, providing a much cheaper alternative.