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May 18, 2020 Cover
Volume 98, Issue 19
Careful planning and lots of distancing are critical for R&D labs that have stayed open and those looking to restart
Cover image:Careful planning and lots of distancing are critical for R&D labs that have stayed open and those looking to restart
Credit: Chris Philpot
Getting back to the lab during COVID-19
Careful planning and lots of distancing are critical for R&D labs that have stayed open and those looking to restart
Forget expiration dates. Spoilage sensors could tell us when food actually goes bad
These tools might one day help shoppers avoid throwing out millions of tons of food because of confusing expiration dates
Adenoviral vectors are the new COVID-19 vaccine front-runners. Can they overcome their checkered past?
CanSino Biologics, Johnson & Johnson, and the University of Oxford are all using genetically engineered common cold viruses to make COVID-19 vaccines. The technology is more than 30 years in the making, but it’s yet to yield an effective vaccine for humans
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Faculty open up about mental health under the COVID-19 pandemic
Academia’s mental health crisis, often focused on students’ experiences, affects professors too
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COVID-19 could take a toll on CO₂-reduction efforts
Companies serious about cutting carbon emissions face spending issues and other new market realities
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Periodic Graphics: The science of exercise
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explores the chemicals at work when we work out.
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Why NASA thinks nuclear reactors could supply power for human colonies in space
Simplicity is the key to designing reactors for missions to the moon and Mars
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Science Concentrates
- Understanding how urban smog particles grow quickly
- Designer proteins prompt animals to make protective antibodies
- Scientists engineer synthetic chloroplasts
- Chemical studies reveal what’s making The Scream lose some of its vibrant color and how to prevent further degradation
- A greener path toward vanillin from paper pulp
Ir catalyst attacks strong C–H bonds without directing group
New chemistry could modify more complex molecules than previous C–H activation reactions
