Synthetic polymerase is a small step along the way to mirrored life forms.
Highlights
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.
C&EN: How one university built a COVID-19 screening system
02 November 2020Campus testing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign holds important lessons about the strengths and limitations of routine testing regimen.
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