Chemistry news

• Faster, cheaper, better: A new way to synthesize DNA

  18-06-2018 22:38
  Researchers have pioneered a new way to synthesize DNA sequences through a creative use of enzymes that promises to be faster, cheaper, and more accurate. DNA synthesis is a fundamental tool in the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology, in which organisms can be engineered to do things like decompose plastic and manufacture biofuels and medicines. This discovery could dramatically accelerate the pace of scientific discovery.
  
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• Organic crystals twist, bend, and heal

  18-06-2018 20:18
  Crystals are brittle and inelastic? A novel class of smart, bendable crystalline organic materials has challenged this view. Now, scientists have engineered a molecular soft cocrystalline structure that bends and twists reversibly and without disintegration when stimulated by high temperature, mechanical force, or under UV light. This multifunctional quality makes it a robust candidate for advanced molecular electronics and other new materials.
  
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• Chemists achieve major milestone of synthesis: Remote chiral induction

  18-06-2018 17:30
  Chemists have addressed one of the most formidable challenges in synthetic chemistry by inventing a method for enabling the making of chiral molecules that were previously difficult or impossible to synthesize.
  
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• Cementless fly ash binder makes concrete 'green'

  18-06-2018 17:30
  Engineers have developed a composite binder made primarily of fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, that can replace Portland cement in concrete.
  
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