Forget work-life balance: It's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
It wasn't the usual end to our staff meeting.
Economics & Business
May 18, 2020
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COVID-19: A wake-up call to rebalance the drug supply chain?
Over 80% of chemicals used to make pharmaceuticals sold in Europe originate from China or India, according to the European Fine Chemicals Group. When COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan and spread across the globe, experts worried ...
Other
Apr 29, 2020
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Computers join the fight against COVID-19
Scientists everywhere are banding together to fight the novel coronavirus, and they're already making progress. Computational chemists are focused on building computer models of the virus's parts, which could aid in developing ...
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Apr 22, 2020
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Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers
Cribellate spiders spin thousands of tiny nanofibers into sticky threads. To keep from getting caught in their own webs, these spiders use a nonstick comb on their back legs. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Nano ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 22, 2020
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Fourth new pterosaur discovery in matter of weeks
You wait ages for a pterosaur and then four come along at once.
Archaeology
Apr 2, 2020
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Is coronavirus the end of the handshake?
"Please refrain from hand shaking," read a sign at an event in London I recently attended. Despite increasing anxiety about coronavirus, for many of us, it was the first time we had encountered such a request. Underneath ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2020
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E-learning and Nintendo: coping with virus school shutdowns
When Mayumi Iijima heard that schools across Japan would close over the new coronavirus outbreak, leaving her to juggle her job and two small children, her first reaction was horror.
Education
Mar 9, 2020
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Weed-derived compounds in Serbian groundwater could contribute to endemic kidney disease
People living in Balkan farming villages along the Danube River have long suffered from a unique type of kidney disease known as Balkan endemic nephropathy. Recently, scientists linked the disorder to compounds from a local ...
Environment
Feb 19, 2020
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Predicting the year in chemistry
With 2020 just starting, scientists around the world are wondering what the year has in store for them. To help steer them straight, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, ...
Other
Jan 15, 2020
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Toward safer disposal of printed circuit boards
Printed circuit boards are vital components of modern electronics. However, once they have served their purpose, they are often burned or buried in landfills, polluting the air, soil and water. Most concerning are the brominated ...
Materials Science
Jan 15, 2020
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