Pioneering biofuel producers hope that US government largesse will ease their way into a tough market.
Highlights
C&EN: Surface swabbing helps researchers get a handle on COVID-19 cases
20 January 2021Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 on high-contact surfaces could enable community surveillance to preempt outbreaks.
C&EN: Light-powered hydrogen sensor plays it cool
14 December 2020Sensitive chip uses palladium-decorated titanium dioxide to detect traces of flammable gas at room temperature.
C&EN: Can the UK’s ambitious Operation Moonshot screening program for COVID-19 achieve liftoff?
06 December 2020Researchers question accuracy of rapid antigen tests and criticize government’s lack of transparency in multibillion-pound program.
C&EN: Cheaper cryo-EM on the horizon
20 November 2020Thermo Fisher hopes $1 million microscope could broaden access to microscopy method used to determine protein structures.
C&EN: Oxidant may offer a boost to greener rockets
18 November 2020An alternative to polluting ammonium perchlorate shows promise as a propellant ingredient.
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