Новости за 23.12.2022

The 2023 session in Golden, Colorado, will mark 20 years since the program’s founding

Subbing an acetate for a carbonate means a cleaner, simpler reaction

Several therapies to correct severe genetic disorders have been approved by medical regulators in 2022, and others have produced impressive clinical trial results

An intriguing thought experiment explains how one might encode the whole of literature in a single fraction, a/b, and how that ratio might be made physical as a notch in a metal rod, whereby the length on the left of the notch is a and that on the right is b. How might that be … Continue reading "Just another notch"

It’s no wonder this little fellow looks so grumpy perched next to the mistletoe growing on our rowan tree…most other Blackcaps will be enjoying a much balmier winter on the Iberian Peninsula or even in Africa. We have had Blackcaps in our garden in winter for several years now. Never see them in the garden … Continue reading "A Blackcap in Winter"

A rise in the jamming of satellite navigation within Russia follows attacks by drones on Russian airbases and may be designed to deter further strikes

I plan to spend as much time as I can with family. I hope you have a good weekend - see you on Monday (maybe). 

Via the ACS newsroom: 

In a joint statement from ACS Chair of the Board of Directors Paul W. Jagodzinski and ACS CEO Thomas Connelly Jr., the American Chemical Society (ACS) reaffirms its support of its independent news outlet, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN):

A method of drug delivery that uses one of the body’s own systems to sneak mRNA molecules past the blood-brain barrier could help treat conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer

Showy queen conchs, valued for their meat, are overharvested in many places

Spear-tip techniques may have made their way from Japan more than 16,000 years ago

Covid-19 cases are mounting in China after the government announced it would no longer pursue a zero-covid policy

Agency violated the law when it expanded uses of the pesticide in 2019, court rules