Highlights
C&EN: DMSO poses decomposition danger
17 September 2020Acids produced by heating dimethyl sulfoxide can trigger a runaway reaction.
C&EN: COVID-19 antigen assay set to triple US testing capacity
03 September 2020Abbott aims to produce 50 million of the 15-minute, $5 tests per month.
Nature: Can the history of pollution shape a better future?
01 September 2020The poisonous legacy of industry holds lessons, two books show.
C&EN: Saliva tests show promise for COVID-19 surveillance at universities and workplaces
23 August 2020Protocols developed at University of Illinois and Yale School of Public Health join growing list of spit-and-test diagnostics.
C&EN: Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reaches Resolution Milestone
18 August 2020Detailed protein structures are fuelingdrug-discovery efforts.
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Category Archives: My Work
The digital underground
The virtual world behind London’s Crossrail, for Spectrum magazine.
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Looking for cheaper routes to malaria medicines
All the latest research on artemisinin, for Chemical & Engineering News.
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How fracking is upending the chemical industry
Nature article explores how chemists are adapting to the glut of shale gas.
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Crusading editor aims to shake things up in science
A profile of the BMJ’s editor, Fiona Godlee, for STAT magazine.
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Malaria drug meets market resistance
Exclusive news article for Nature about artemisinin.
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The hole story
Nature article about Swiss-cheese-like materials called metal–organic frameworks.
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The robo-chemist
A Nature article about the effort to build a machine that can synthesize any organic compound.
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Lights, Camera, Acrimony!
A torrid tale of physics and showmanship, for Nautilus magazine.
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Cellulosic ethanol fights for life
Exclusive news story for Nature magazine.
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Malaria drug made in yeast causes market ferment
Synthetic biology delivers combination therapies into an uncertain market.
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