aptamer sensors patched up

My astrobiology co-author Kevin Plaxco has been pioneering the development of biosensors based on aptamers (the artificially generated DNA ...

carbon ring hooked up

I don't write about real chemistry very often these days, but it's always great to hear about the creative (supra)molecular architectures an...

My news story about new #allotropes of #carbon now out in #ChemistryWorld : https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/carbons-anti-aromatic-allotrope-is-ringing-the-changes/4018331.article (blog entry to follow tomorrow as I already had an entry out today) #science #chemistry research is a collaboration between #Oxford Uni and IBM #Zurich
Carbon’s anti-aromatic allotrope is ringing the changes

The first synthesis of an anti-aromatic ring of pure carbon using atom manipulation

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Royal Society of Chemistry partners with ResearchGate to promote open access
All of the RSC’s open access journals will benefit from an increased presence on the popular academic social networking site ResearchGate, under an agreement announced on 20 April. The new collaboration follows the RSC’s commitment last year to transition to a wholly open access (OA) publishing model within five years.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/royal-society-of-chemistry-partners-with-researchgate-to-promote-open-access/4017320.article #OpenAccess #chemistryworld 3RoyalSociety
Royal Society of Chemistry partners with ResearchGate to promote open access

Society hopes to reach a wide range of researchers, beyond the 1.5 million chemists worldwide who use the academic social networking site

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from #chemistryworld :
"Referred to as 'impressive work', an algorithm took on DFT to see how it would handle in excess of 31 million putative crystal structures"
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/machine-learning-massively-speeds-up-scouring-of-periodic-table-for-stable-structures/4016672.article
Machine learning massively speeds up scouring of periodic table for stable structures

Algorithm investigated 31 million crystal structures with calculations taking seconds instead of hours

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#ChemMastadon Introduction!

Hi I’m Rakia (pronounced rock-yah) and I’m a fourth-year #chemistry PhD candidate in the Patterson Lab at UC Irvine.

I work on understanding how proteins influence the #crystallization pathways of #Metal-OrganicFrameworks using transmission electron microscopy #TEM and in-situ spectroscopy techniques.

I’m a #WorkingMom and passionate about #DEIB, #mentorship, and #outreach.

Looking forward to connecting with the larger #chemistryworld on Mastadon! 👩🏻‍🔬🧪

Another ink drawing, this one is the alkanes and simple related alcohols, esters, etc. I tried to get a little artsy with the sigma and pi-bonded electron distributions and with lone pairs. 16x20 inches on a polymer composited paperboard. Original available and if anyone asks about prints I'll post a link.
#chemistry #chemistryworld #artcurator #sciart #molécule

Time for that #introduction:

I'm Neil, I'm the features #editor on #ChemistryWorld and I commission, edit and publish the long articles, normally about one a week.

Here's this week's, on the #hormones behind what makes you #hangry
https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-brain-chemicals-that-control-what-we-enjoy/4016483.article

Maybe I'll move the #tractors account over later...

The brain chemicals that control what we enjoy

Researchers are trying to understand how orexins influence our appetites, and whether we can use them to treat addiction and obesity, explains Andy Extance

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