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Trump administration has taken charge of the purse strings

Find deer and drinks in this cryptic chemistry crossword!

Find the banned herbicide hiding in this sudoku-inspired puzzle

Greek gods, German physicists and geeks are all in this quick chemistry crossword puzzle

Physicists may be using mathematical assumptions in many situations that forbid time from moving backwards – but that isn’t necessarily a reflection of quantum reality

By fusing different human organoids, researchers have created “mini-brains” containing most of the cell types found in fetal brains

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to the planet to minimal levels, but the extraordinary close approach will now offer astronomers the chance to examine it in detail

Well, this was a fun week. Didn't expect a bit of snow (that didn't impact my travel) but I'm sure might have hit a reader or two. Hope that you had a great week (always fun to meet a reader in real life, even at a trade show!) and that you have a wonderful weekend. See you on Monday. 

Via the Cedar Rapids Gazette: 

...Separate from that paused funding freeze, the NIH announced a change Friday in how and to what degree it will cover indirect costs associated with the research projects it funds — capping indirect coverage at 15 percent for new and existing grants, down from an average of 27 percent.

A new AI-based method can accurately recover digital data from DNA strands nearly 90 times faster than older techniques, raising the possibility of practical DNA storage for computing

Rodent and monkey facilities imperiled by Trump plan to cut overhead payments

The chief technology officer of Oxeco on spinning out, supporting entrepreneurs and the difficulties of identifying a market

When I was a chemistry student, a friend on the engineering course always struggled to reach the prescribed word count for his essays, so he and I would sit in his room, have a few beers, and generate word salad. We’d turn his simple and dull prose (if you could even call it that) into … Continue reading "Vegetative electron microscopy"

The reaction also generates acetic acid and its developers believe it can compete economically with current manufacturing processes

Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

Spacecraft with gather and analyze infrared light in new ways to explain why our universe is “boring”

Temporary order blocking the change extended until a decision is handed down