Новости за 28.06.2022

A turbine only a few dozen nanometres in size made from DNA rotates in salty water without having to be pushed which makes it a tiny autonomous machine. It could be for speeding up chemical reactions or transporting particles inside cells

New laws that ban abortion in US states include exceptions for when the life of the parent is as risk. However, evidence from Texas suggests that clinicians will wait until the person is "on death’s door" before performing the procedure for fear of legal repercussions

Tanker of gas fell during loading at the port of Aqaba, injuring hundreds

For the second time in his life, researcher Rommel Rojas Zamora has identified a new species of toad on the campus of the university where he is working

The G7 reportedly rejected a proposal from UK and Germany to lower biofuel production, but the two European nations could still go it alone

Bacteria aren’t able to develop resistance against nanomotor’s deadly action

As part of its Artemis programme to return humans to the moon, NASA’s CAPSTONE’s spacecraft to map the orbit of the planned Lunar Gateway space station has taken off from New Zealand

The 2023 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has 14 research/teaching positions and 1 teaching position. 

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The technologist is responsible for the daily supervision and operational requirements in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) laboratories. These facilities consist of a JEOL ECZ-400 MHz spectrometer and a Bruker AVANCE 300 MHz spectrometer, as well as a powder and a single crystal X-ray diffraction spectrometer.

Two-thirds of people with IBS who received a stool transplant from a donor with a healthier mix of gut microbes had fewer symptoms and better quality of life three years later

40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be captured each year at Tata Chemicals Europe facility

It's no longer important to use modelling to determine whether a heatwave was made more likely by climate change, say scientists, because all heatwaves today are climate change-related

Refeyn’s mass photometry is a new addition to the bioanalytical toolkit

Advance may one day help farmers better monitor the health and welfare of their flocks

Philippa Easterbrook says more data, expected soon, may illuminate which countries are experiencing a genuine outbreak—and its cause

Archaeological analysis suggests an arms race in ironworking and cavalry spurred bureaucracy and bigger populations

An increase of 1°C could mean thousands of additional deaths on very hot days, according to a new study

As Brexit dispute deepens, grant winners forced to reject money or move to Europe