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The late, great Linus Pauling, twice Nobel laureate (chemistry and peace) and advocate of mega doses of vitamin C for beating disease and extending life (he died at the ripe old age of 93) was one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.
He worked out how nature’s catalysts, proteins known as enzymes, speed [...]

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Solid science has to underpin any environmental initiatives, both governmental and corporate, that claim to address energy, emissions, and climate change issues, RSC boss Richard Pike says, and we must teach teenagers how to spot the climate clangers now.

Three current supposedly “green” initiatives highlight the problem, Pike says.
First, Brits are being encouraged to drive five [...]

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James Gleason and co-workers from McGill University in Canada have recently reported in Tetrahedron on a novel approach for the synthesis of CP molecules. They used a cycloheptatrienone for a [6+4] reaction to form the bridged bicyclic component of the molecule.Tetrahedron…

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