Scientists reveal the molecular choreography behind lanthanide separation in rare earth chemistry

What do magnets, smartphones and medical imaging devices have in common? They all depend on rare earth elements called ...
Live Science

Perplexing diamonds from South Africa mine contain 'almost impossible' chemistry

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...
C&EN

Artificial Intelligence as a Scientific Copilot in Analytical Chemistry: Transforming How We Write, Review, and Publish

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly present across all phases of analytical ...
BioSpace

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Solventum’s Purification and Filtration Business

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) (“Thermo Fisher”), the world leader in serving science, today announced the completion of its acquisition of the Purification ...
The Washington Post

Simple chemistry helps explain the origin of life, new study suggests

Scientists have figured out how proteins may have been created on early Earth. When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When ...
Science Daily

The surprising brain chemistry behind instant friendships

UC Berkeley scientists found oxytocin is key for quickly forming strong friendships, but less critical for mate bonds. In prairie voles, a lack of oxytocin receptors delayed bonding and reduced ...
Reuters

Core Scientific's largest shareholder to vote against sale to CoreWeave

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Two Seas Capital, the largest shareholder of Core Scientific (CORZ.O), opens new tab, issued an open letter on Thursday saying it would vote against the company's proposed sale to ...
The Economist

Fraudulent scientific papers are booming

SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS exist to do one thing: provide accurate, peer-reviewed reports of new research to an interested audience. But according to a paper published in PNAS on August 4th, that lofty goal ...
Reuters

Core Scientific's shareholders balk at terms of CoreWeave merger offer, FT reports

Aug 5 (Reuters) - CoreWeave's (CRWV.O), opens new tab proposed $9 billion acquisition of data centre landlord Core Scientific (CORZ.O), opens new tab is facing potential revolt, as some top ...
earth

AI is taking scientific discovery from decades to minutes

The hardest math in science has long been a bottleneck, delaying discoveries across physics, chemistry, and climate. But that’s starting to change, as AI slashes equation-solving times from years to ...
Nature

Scientific jargon can be ‘satisfying’ — but misleading

Across nine online experiments, the researchers presented nearly 6,700 participants with explanations of scientific phenomena that varied by quality (whether the explanation was circular, meaning that ...