Why the gene editors of tomorrow need to study ethics today
Photo: Jennifer Doudna and Jiwoo Lee. Courtesy of Michelle Groskopf, Wired Magazine Two years after biochemist Jennifer Doudna helped introduce...
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Advincula leads project on self-driving labs of the future
A human scientist only has so much bandwidth when it comes to performing experiments. To synthesize a polymer or organic...
Chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials
Credit: Oleg E. Shklyaev What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors,...
Underwater thermal vents may have given rise to the first molecular precursors of life
Paleobiology Underwater thermal vents may have given rise to the first molecular precursors of lifeTo test the hypothesis, researchers from...
Copper-catalysed asymmetric cross-coupling reactions tolerant of highly reactive radicals
Kürti, L. & Czakó, B. Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis: Background and Detailed Mechanisms (Elsevier, 2005).Blakemore, D....
Decoding How pH Controls the Chemistry of Clean Energy
The pH, or the acidity or alkalinity of an environment, has long been known to affect how efficiently catalysts drive...
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