Chemistry wordoku #066
Find the hidden Nobel laureate by solving this wordoku
Open letter from fraud sleuths raises concerns over research integrity at Scientific Reports
Springer Nature singled out over ‘seriously flawed’ peer review in [...]
(–)-Scabrolide B (and friends)
An experimental confirmation with some extra surprises
Cinchona plant alkaloid catalyst subtracts hydrogen to invert alcohols’ chirality
Blue light desymmetrisation of diols holds promise for drug synthesis
January 2024 puzzles
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Chemical decapitation renders PFAS harmless
An unexpected mechanism destroys persistent perfluorinated chemicals, though the method [...]
Poggendorf’s mirror
Reflecting on the motion of compass needles
May cause side effects
The dose makes the poison, but understanding unwanted drug interactions [...]
Masataka Ogawa and the search for nipponium
Could a Japanese scientist, whose claim to have discovered an [...]
How to deal with failure
Five ways to build resilience and embrace experimentation