I just read they bombed Kyiv. This is the worst! Im so sorry. A message from my labmate was the first I saw about the full-scale Russian invasion. I called my parents in Dnipro. Several strategic objects in the city had been hit, but they are adamant about staying. We stocked up on water and arent going anywhere. Dont worry about us. They dont want to flee again.

Back in 2014, when I was studying in France, they got stuck in Donbas taking care of my grandma. On the phone with my mom in the evenings she would tell me about armed people, clearly not locals, marching on our street, military vehicles entering the town, someone organising fake referendums. Sometimes over the phone, I could hear the shelling. They managed to escape to Dnipro with my grandma. None of us have since been able to return to Donbas. Apart from the logistics, its just not safe there if you have an openly pro-Ukrainian position.

Still, we are luckier than many in Ukraine. Dnipro is a relatively safe city, thanks to its geographic position and the efforts of the Ukrainian army. And I am abroad with a job and a lab. Many Ukrainian scientists have had their research disrupted and put on hold indefinitely. Many have also joined the Ukrainian army or volunteer. And some, such as inorganic chemist Oleksandr Korsun, a lecturer at Kharkiv National University, have been killed in Russian shelling.

This war affects the lives of Ukrainians everywhere. Im not in the country, and Im still entirely consumed by what is happening there. These days I often need an extra effort to focus on my research. My supervisor Pete Skabara is supportive and he is also very involved, helping to set up the humanitarian aid point at the University of Glasgow and getting in touch with the Royal Society of Chemistry regarding ways to support chemists in Ukraine. And I assist by collecting information on Ukrainian scientists needs. I also work as a translator for the volunteer news organisation WithUkraine, and constantly look for ways to make the voices of Ukrainians, including chemists, heard internationally.

In my quest to interview Ukrainian chemists, I tried to reach out to Anton Senenko, a researcher at the NASU Institute of Physics in Kyiv. Since the end of February, hes been helping with the evacuations in the most hellish regions of Ukraines north. He saw Bucha and Irpin after Russian troops left. His Facebook feed is full of photos of burnt windowless buildings and civilian cars. I have not heard from him yet. I dont think hes doing much science these days.

Almost all the Ukrainian chemists I have spoken to say the same thing. They need academic support in various forms, and appreciate all of it, but the most critical thing Ukrainian chemists need right now is our countrys victory. Without it, no proper work can happen. The only chance for Ukrainian chemists to reach their full potential wherever they currently are is to know that their country is safe.

Things are deteriorating just over the course of my writing this piece. Every day that the Russian invasion continues costs Ukraine its infrastructure and, more importantly, our people. The situation in the chemical industry was already dreary before the invasion; many Ukrainian chemists had already left the profession for more lucrative jobs in different areas. Now there is a risk it could be entirely obliterated. I hope that soon we will be able to rebuild but also make it better than it was. It will not be easy and will require transformations on multiple levels, including profound institutional changes. Still, I am sure there are enough people keen to help with those, including the Ukrainians who got their education and professional experience outside of the country.

I am incredibly grateful for the assistance given so far, and I hope that this spirit of international support and collaboration continues until Russia withdraws all its troops from our land, and also in peacetime afterwards.

These days Im the most homesick I ever was in my over 10 years of living abroad. However, among the horrific pictures of the pain and destruction Russia brought to our land, I notice signs of hope. Under each photo of a destroyed infrastructure object or house, you will find several comments saying that we will rebuild as long as we are alive. Given the opportunity, I would happily return to Ukraine, to help with whatever I can. Im sure Im not the only one feeling this way.

But first, we need victory.

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Last week, My Chemical Romance surprised fans by quietly releasing Foundations of Decay, their first high-profile release since their 2014 Fake Your Death release.

During the eight years between the bands 2013 breakup and 2019 reconciliation, many fans were surprised to see My Chemical Romance officially back in action.

Despite the bands tightlipped behavior regarding releasing new music, Foundations of Decay, embodies the taboo qualities that made the genre of emo famous guaranteeing to connect with both longtime and new listeners.

Within the six-minute single, lead singer Gerard Ways gritty vocals and nostalgic blend of emo chords and percussion are highlighted, acting as a welcome return to the familiar sound that defined the early 2000s.

Longtime My Chemical Romance fan and DePaul sophomore Nicholas Magel expressed his excitement for the bands comeback.

MCR was a band that I grew up with and probably the first band I would have called myself a huge fan of. They will always have a place in my heart. There will always be a part of me cheering them on, Magel said.

Since the bands establishment in 2001, they have released over four studio albums and over 90 songs, covers and demos.

As for My Chemical Romances latest release, Magel praises the bands decision to keep their iconic sound and jagged themes of aging and the unstoppable passage of time.

I think it reminds me a lot of the older stuff they put out. Not to deconstruct the music or anything, but I feel like it goes well with the sound they had made, Magel said. It kind of made me feel like I was living in my childhood again, running around my house with earbuds in singing along.

DePaul junior Kaitlyn Milligan articulated a desire for the band to maintain the angst-ridden ambiance that so many fans have grown to love.

I hope that they keep their emo atmosphere as that is how they grew their fan base and thats why so many of us love MCR because they are so emo. Plus, by keeping their old brand it will feel more nostalgic which I like with music, Milligan said.

Although Foundation of Decay is the bands first launch in almost a decade, it has been anything but a disappointment. Reeling in over 6 million streams in under a week, the singles success proves My Chemical Romances fans remain just as loyal as they were in 2013.

While I think that Foundations of Decay is not their best song, it is not an awful song either, Milligan said. I felt that the beginning of the song sounded like any other generic alt rock song, but the later part of the song sounded like older MCR which I appreciated a lot as it took me back to listening to their older albums. I just really like how the last part was edgier and rawer.

DePaul freshman Kyle Duke explained what elements of the song stood out to him the most.

It has that classic My Chemical Romance sound, with loud, emotional guitar chords layered with Gerards almost whiny vocals, Duke said. It feels like emo pop-punk squished with parts of contemporary hard rock.

Before their split, My Chemical Romance managed to encapsulate a different modulation in each of their four albums, from the cemented emo, post hard-core sound of their first major release, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, to the gothic cathedral harmony of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.

The chorus is catchy as hell like always and the outro is brutal, said Duke.

While it is difficult to predict when My Chemical Romance will release more music, its more than evident that they will always have the fan base to rely on, no matter how many years pass.

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The annals of science journalism werent always as inclusive as they could have been. SoPopSciis working to correct the record withIn Hindsight, a series profiling some of the figures whose contributions we missed. Read their stories and explore the rest of our 150th anniversary coveragehere.

Crack open any high school science textbook, and itll likely contain a few basic concepts of human biology: amylase, the enzyme that chews up starch and spits out sugar; histones, the tiny protein spools around which DNA winds; cholesterols frightening knack for narrowing arteries; and the relationship between DNA, RNA, and protein that constitutes the central dogma of molecular biology. What you likely wont find is a reference to the American biochemist Marie Maynard Daly, who contributed fundamental research to all of these ideas throughout her prolific career.

The omission is neither a surprise nor an accident. Daly, a Black woman, was underappreciated for much of her professional life, which spanned from the 1940s to 1986. When she is remembered now, it is most often as the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistrya remarkable accomplishment in the late 40s, but just one of many scientific and social achievements of her lifetime. The most important thing to me was the fact that she opened the gates for people who would not really join this field, says retired chemistry professor Paris Svoronos, who is involved in the American Chemical Societys effort to honor Daly with a National Historic Chemical Landmark plaque at Columbia University.

Born in 1921 in Queens, a borough of New York City, Daly was driven from an early age to pursue excellence in spite of barriers. She took it upon herself to basically change the conditions, says Svoronos of her eventual path into chemistry. Her father had dropped out of a chemistry program at Cornell because he couldnt afford room and board.

Excelling in the sciences at local public schools, Daly was accepted at Queens College, a city-funded institution that students with good grades could attend for free. After receiving her bachelors in chemistry in 1942, she continued working there as a laboratory assistant and tutor to build up savings. Fellowships for a masters degree at New York University and doctoral studies at Columbia University followed. Her supervisor, Mary L. Caldwell, took Daly on at a time when there were few African American students in chemistry, notes chemist Jeannette Brown in her book African American Women Chemists. In 1947, with a dissertation on the impact of pancreatic amylase on corn starch, Daly earned her Ph.D.

Finding a job cant have been easy. For minority women scientists, it did not matter whether one is being hit with the club of sexism or racismthey both hurt, a 1976 American Association for the Advancement of Science report noted. Yet the same year Daly earned her doctorate, she was hired to teach physical science at Howard University. Soon after, she received a grant to fund research at The Rockefeller Institute. There, with the molecular biology pioneer A.E. Mirsky, she studied the components of the cell nucleus. These included the aforementioned histones; the As, Ts, Gs, and Cs that make up DNA; and ribosomes, the cellular factories that convert information encoded in RNA into proteins. When James Watson won his Nobel Prize with Francis Crick in 1962 for determining the structure of DNA, he referenced a ribosome study Daly co-authored in his accompanying lecture.

When she began teaching biochemistry at Columbia University and, later, became an assistant professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, she shifted her research focus to the heart, helping establish what is now common knowledge: consuming too much cholesterol is linked to narrowing blood vessels and high blood pressure. She continued teaching and researching at Einstein until she retired, as associate professor, in 1986.

Most of what we know about her life could have been found in her CV. Few interviews or profiles of her exist. By the time her extraordinary contributions finally began to receive recognition, it was too late to learn more; Daly died in 2003. While we can read her papers and recite a few basic facts, theres a whole wealth of her life missing, wrote journalist Megan Scudellari.

The legacy Daly left behind, however, has had an impact on younger generations of Black scientists. Her mentee at Einstein, the late Francine Essien, became a professor of biology at Rutgers and champion of racial diversity in STEM fields. Chemist Sibrina Collins, executive director of The Marburg STEM Center at Lawrence Technological University and author of African American Chemists, calls Daly an inspiration. In 1988, Daly herself started a scholarship fund, named after her parents, to support Black students in the physical sciences at her alma mater, Queens College.

During his own tenure at Queensborough Community College, chemist Svoronos never failed to share Dalys story. Most students at the college, which sits in the public school system where Daly began her education, are Black or people of color; many are immigrants. Daly, thanks in part to his efforts, will be honored with an American Chemical Society plaque at Columbia University in May 2023. This is the type of role model they should have in their life, he says. Shes a model for every single person who may start from nothing.

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Next-generation sequencing can be used to continually assess and monitor risks in patients with leukaemia, a new proof-of-principle study has shown.

The new application for the technique is part of a revolution in cancer treatment that has come about as a result of the precipitous drop in the cost of sequencing. This method could become even more widely used in tracking progression of cancers and other diseases in the future, paving the way for more targeted, personalised and non-invasive treatments.

The study used next-generation sequencing to assess the presence of mutations thought to commonly exist in leukaemia patients and to identify harmful microorganisms. The team collected 156 blood and bone marrow samples from 20 children going through induction chemotherapy for six weeks, during which the body is immunosuppressed and therefore prone to infection. The team also captured DNA of interest and sequenced it, shifting the focus to only clinically relevant DNA instead of carrying out whole genome sequencing.

Tracking leukaemia-related mutations allows clinicians to monitor how the disease is spreading in the patient. If we see a persistence of those mutations throughout treatment, we know theres still some leukaemia there, says study co-author Charles Gawad, a pediatric oncologist at Stanford University in California.

Some microorganisms multiply during induction therapy while the patient is immunosuppressed, while others either decrease or remain constant, Gawad says.Strikingly, the study found that viruses from the herpes and polyoma families were reactivated during induction therapy. Those are the kind of things we dont typically monitor, Gawad notes. We really dont know what role theyre playing in the clinical course of the patients.

Gawad says that you dont normally find these viruses in healthy individuals but immunosuppression may mean they are not kept in check and can flourish. The question is, which of those microbes are important and which may be causing fevers? he asks. Could they be altering chemotherapy effectiveness? Could they be making us change our treatment for some reason?

With current technology, however, the whole process to sequence the genes in question can still take three to four days, Gawad says. For an acute illness, thats not fast enough.

Keith Robison, a computational biologist at the synthetic biology firm Ginkgo Bioworks, notes that the study only considered DNA viruses, not RNA ones. But Robison says targeting rare cancer-related mutations and specific pathogens when treating cancer patients is the future. It has the opportunity to give very rich datasets.

Robison says that the study sample of 20 patients is modest and much bigger randomised control trials would be needed to demonstrate real clinical benefit. But he notes that a study of this kind would have been unheard of a decade ago. It would just have been astronomically expensive.

With current practices, many leukaemia patients end up with fevers and its not clear why, Gawad says. Still, he notes, clinicians typically tend to continue the treatment without knowing if they are putting the patients at higher risk.

Ultimately, Gawad adds, the goal is to give patients the minimal amount of treatment with the least toxicity thats possible to cure their disease.

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The Zacks Chemicals Diversified industry has recovered after reeling under the effects of the coronavirus fallout. A strong revival in demand in major end markets from the pandemic-led lows and an upturn in manufacturing and industrial activities globally have put the wind back in the sails of the industry.

Dow Inc. DOW, Albemarle Corporation ALB, Huntsman Corporation HUN and The Chemours Company CC are well placed to benefit from the rebound in demand. Strategic measures, including reduction of operating costs, are also helping these companies to navigate a still-challenging environment.

About the Industry

The Zacks Chemicals Diversified industry consists of manufacturers of basic chemicals, plastics, specialty chemicals and agricultural chemicals. Companies in this space serve a host of end markets such as automotive, building & construction, transportation, electronics, aerospace and agriculture. Basic chemicals are produced in large quantities, and include petrochemicals and intermediates (such as ethylene, propylene and benzene), polymers (including plastic resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride), and inorganic chemicals (such as chlorine, caustic soda and titanium dioxide). Specialty chemicals that include catalysts, specialty polymers and coating additives are used in specific fields based on their performance. Agricultural chemicals include herbicides, fungicides and insecticides that are used to protect crops from disease, pests and weeds.

What's Shaping the Future of the Chemicals Diversified Industry?

Strong End-Market Demand Buoy Prospects: Lockdowns and restrictions by governments around the world, in response to the pandemic, halted industrial activities through the first half of 2020 and gutted demand for chemicals in the key end-use markets, including automotive, construction and electronics. However, chemical demand started to pick up from the third quarter of 2020 on the return of global economic activities. The uptick in demand is being driven by a rebound in manufacturing and industrial activities globally. The automotive industry has rebounded, following the virus-led slump riding on pent-up demand and the shift toward private transportation. Despite the semiconductor crunch still hurting production, diversified chemical companies are seeing firm demand from the automotive market. The construction sector has also bounced back on the resumption of many projects, with strength particularly being witnessed in residential construction. A recovery in demand is also being witnessed across the aerospace and energy markets. An upturn in drilling activities on the back of a surge in oil prices has led to an uptick in demand in the energy space. As the major end-use markets gain further strength, demand for chemicals is expected to go up, thereby driving sales volumes and top lines of diversified chemical companies.

Strategic Actions to Drive Results: The companies in this space are taking a host of strategic measures, including cost-cutting and productivity improvement, operational efficiency improvement and actions to strengthen the balance sheet and boost cash flows. In particular, the industry participants are aggressively implementing actions to bring down costs, which include the reduction of discretionary spending and traveling expenses. The industry players are also raising selling prices to counter cost inflation. These moves are likely to help the industry in sustaining margins amid the prevailing challenges.

Higher Input Costs Pose Margin Headwinds: The industry players are exposed to cost pressure associated with raw materials resulting from short supply. These companies also face challenges arising from higher supply chain and logistics costs. The pandemic-driven disruptions in the supply chain have pushed up the prices of inputs. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and new government-mandated lockdowns in China have also put more pressure on the already strained global supply chain. The impacts of supply and logistic bottlenecks are expected to continue over the short term. Higher raw material and logistics costs are, thus, likely to drag the margins of diversified chemical companies.

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Zacks Industry Rank Indicates Upbeat Prospects

The Zacks Chemicals Diversified industry is part of the broader Zacks Basic Materials sector. It carries a Zacks Industry Rank #97, which places it at the top 38% of more than 250 Zacks industries.

The groups Zacks Industry Rank, which is basically the average of the Zacks Rank of all the member stocks, indicates a bright near term. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperforms the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.

Before we present a few stocks that you may want to consider for your portfolio, lets take a look at the industrys recent stock-market performance and valuation picture.

Industry Underperforms S&P 500

The Zacks Chemicals Diversified industry has underperformed the Zacks S&P 500 composite over the past year while outperforming the broader Zacks Basic Materials sector over the same period.

The industry has lost 8.1% over this period compared with the S&P 500s decline of 6.1% and the broader sectors decline of 11.3%.

Industry's Current Valuation

On the basis of the trailing 12-month enterprise value-to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, which is a commonly used multiple for valuing chemical stocks, the industry is currently trading at 6.63X, below the S&P 500s 12.38X and above the sectors 5.97X.

Over the past five years, the industry has traded as high as 13.28X, as low as 5.27X and at the median of 8.03, as the chart below shows.

4 Chemicals Diversified Stocks to Keep a Close Eye on

Albemarle: North Carolina-based Albemarle is a premier specialty chemicals company with leading positions in attractive end markets globally. It is benefiting from higher volumes in its lithium business on continued recovery in global economic activities. Healthy customer orders and plant productivity improvements are supporting volumes. Higher lithium prices due to tight market conditions are also supporting its performance. Its bromine business is also gaining from higher demand, a rebound in certain end markets, higher pricing and cost-saving actions. ALB is seeing strong demand for flame retardants. The company is also strategically executing its projects aimed at boosting its global lithium derivative capacity. It remains focused on investing in high-return projects to drive productivity. Albemarle is also benefiting from cost-saving and productivity initiatives.

Albemarle, currently sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), has expected earnings growth of 175% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ALBs current-year earnings has been revised 85.8% upward over the last 60 days. The company has also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, the average being 22.5%. You can see the complete list of todays Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Dow: Based in Michigan, Dow is a material science company, providing a world-class portfolio of advanced, sustainable and leading-edge products. It is benefiting from cost synergy savings and productivity initiatives along with its investment in high-return projects. The company focuses on maintaining cost and operational discipline. Its restructuring program is also expected to deliver margin benefits. DOW also remains committed to investing in attractive areas through highly accretive projects. It is also benefiting from higher demand for its materials across a number of markets, including personal care, electronics, construction, healthcare and packaging.

Dow currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). The consensus estimate for current-year earnings has been revised 18.8% upward over the last 60 days. DOW has also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, the average being 9.2%.

Huntsman: Texas-based Huntsman is a leading manufacturer of differentiated and commodity chemical products. Huntsman remains focused on growing its downstream specialty and formulation businesses. The company's Polyurethanes segment is well positioned for strong upside in the long term on the back of its focus on ramping up its high-value differentiated downstream portfolio. HUN should also gain from significant synergies of acquisitions. Its strong liquidity and balance sheet leverage gives it adequate flexibility to continue to develop and expand its core businesses through acquisitions and internal investments.

Huntsman, carrying a Zacks Rank #2, has an expected earnings growth rate of 22.6% for the current year. The consensus estimate for HUN's current-year earnings has been revised 8.5% upward over the last 60 days. The company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in each of the last four quarters at an average of 12.6%.

Chemours: Based in Delaware, Chemours is a leading provider of performance chemicals. Chemours is benefiting from a rebound in demand from the coronavirus-led downturn, strong execution and its cost-cutting actions. It is witnessing increasing adoption of the Opteon platform. Demand for Opteon remains strong in mobile and stationary applications. CCs cost-reduction program along with its productivity and operational improvement actions across its businesses are also expected to support margins.

Chemours, a Zacks Rank #2 stock, has expected earnings growth of 30.5% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings for the current year has been revised 15.2% upward over the last 60 days. CC beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters. In this time frame, it has delivered an average earnings surprise of roughly 28.7%.

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If it looks like theres already chemistry between J.P. Crawford and Adam Frazier, its because this isnt their first rodeo manning a middle infield together.

The scene was the 2015 Arizona Fall League, where Crawford, then just 20 years old in the Phillies organization, and Frazier, age 23 in the Pirates system, teamed up for the Glendale Desert Dogs. Both played shortstop, the position they were brought up playing and where Crawford has remained. Frazier, who also came up in left field, didnt shift primarily to second base until 2018, well after hed reached the Majors.

That powwow nearly seven years ago -- when they were still far from the big leagues -- was short-lived but long-lasting for the admiration it built between the two. So when Crawford learned that the Mariners had traded for Frazier in November, he was stoked to reunite with his former teammate.

I just thought it would be cool to play with him up the middle in the big leagues one day, and here we are, Crawford said. So it's kind of a small world. I was hyped. The guy is a competitor. Hes a gamer.

The feeling was mutual. Frazier was an above-average defender for the Pirates, worth nine outs above average during his time there, but as a team, Pittsburghs infield ranked 22nd, at -29. His new double-play partner is a Gold Glove winner, plays every day when healthy and has zero tolerance for sloppy defense.

His attention to detail -- he stays on top of it and makes sure you are paying attention to detail so youre getting better every day instead of just going through the motions, Frazier said of Crawford. Thats his thing.

Through the weekend, theyve turned nine double plays and have looked smooth doing it.

The feeds that J.P. is giving [Frazier] at the back of the bag, they're up in the right spot, so it's easy to turn a double play, manager Scott Servais said. And Adam has got plenty of arm strength to complete those plays, but it's all in the feed.

You start putting that feed in different parts of his body, and all of a sudden, now he's off balance and it doesn't work. That's why you practice over and over and over again, and the casual fan just says, Its a double-play ball, it should be turned. But there's a lot that goes into it. Our guys do a really good job at it.

The Mariners havent had a true second baseman to pair with Crawford since Dee Strange-Gordon left after 2019, and Frazier is only under contract for '22. But the Mariners front office loves Fraziers offensive approach, hes been an on-base machine batting leadoff and he can play left field. Add those up and he might be a strong candidate for an extension much like Crawford, who on Opening Day signed a five-year deal.

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When Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ralph Kleiner set out to tell the story of landmark discoveries in chemical biology, he kept one goal foremost in mind: make it compelling.

This month, he and his research group met that goal with a series of videos for high school students. Backed by the able narration of graduate student Emilia Argello, the videos use primary literature to highlight some of chemistrys historic achievements in nucleic acid science.

Ralph Kleiner (left) and his research team are creating a series of short videos for high school students. The videos, which feature graduate student Emilia Argello (right), use primary literature to highlight historic achievements in DNA and RNA science.

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C. Todd Reichart, Department of Chemistry

The videos are available through the Department of Chemistrys Vimeo channel and the Kleiner Lab website. The first two in the series are The Transforming Principle and Discovering the Structure of DNA.

Engaging and conversational as they are informative, these two videos also fulfill part of the terms of Kleiners 2019 CAREER Award. The National Science Foundation, which stewards the award, requires a strong commitment to outreach and education.

When I wrote the outreach portion of the CAREER proposal, my goal was to introduce students to the scientific method through exposure to the primary literature, said Kleiner. Reading original scientific manuscripts is not only an essential part of research, but it can bring the material to life by infusing it with the personality, history and circumstances of the scientists who made the discoveries.

The lab plans to produce up to 10 videos in the series.

Argello, whose research focuses on investigating the interactions of proteins with modified RNA, was tasked with selecting, organizing and translating the information for the first two videos.

Im very adamant about being conversational in my talks, even if its an official talk, said Argello. I have to feel that Im engaging with the audience. Some people say, Im never going to understand chemistry; its too arcane. But no we can unpack these concepts and have a conversation that inspires people.

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Researchers from Skoltech, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Howard University, the University of Chicago, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Solid State Physics have synthesized K2N6, an exotic compound containing N6 groups and packing explosive amounts of energy. While the team had to create synthesis pressures several times higher than it would take to make the material useful outside the lab as an explosive or rocket propellant, the experiment to be published today (April 21, 2022) in Nature Chemistry takes us one step closer to what would be technologically applicable.

Nitrogen is at the heart of most chemical explosives, from TNT to gunpowder. The reason for this is that a nitrogen atom has three unpaired electrons itching to form chemical bonds, and combining two such atoms in an N2 molecule in which the atoms share three electron pairs is by far the most energy-efficient way of scratching that itch. This means that compounds with a lot of nitrogen atoms engaged in other, less energetically advantageous bonds are always on the verge of an explosive reaction that produces N2 gas.

Microphotographs of laser-heated potassium azide samples at pressures of 500,000 atmospheres (left) and 300,000 atmospheres (right). The white to light-blue areas on the outside are K1N3. Toward the center, the material has transformed into K2N6 in the left photo and a mysterious and poorly understood compound with the formula K3(N2)4 on the right. Credit: Yu Wang et al./Nature Chemistry

Professor Artem R. Oganov of Skoltech, who was responsible for the calculations in the study reported in this story, comments: An idea has existed for a long time that pure nitrogen could be the ultimate chemical explosive if synthesized in a form containing no N2 molecules. And indeed, prior research has shown that at pressures of over 1 million atmospheres, nitrogen does form structures where any two adjacent atoms only share one electron pair, not three.

While such exotic nitrogen crystals certainly could explode, reverting to the familiar triple-bonded N2 gas, their synthesis requires pressures that are too high for any practical applications. This leads researchers to experiment with other nitrogen-rich compounds, such as the one obtained for the first time in the study published today, led by Carnegies Alexander F. Goncharov.

The compound we synthesized is called potassium azide and has the formula K2N6. Its a crystal created at a pressure of 450,000 atmospheres. Once formed, it can persist at about half that pressure, says Alexander Goncharov, a staff scientist at Carnegie Institution of Washington, where the experiment was run. In that crystal, the nitrogen atoms assemble into hexagons, where the bond between each two adjacent nitrogens is intermediate between a single and a double bond. The structure of our compound consists of these hexagons alternating with individual potassium atoms that stabilize the nitrogen rings, which are the really interesting part.

The scientists admit that the new material falls short of practical applications, because the synthesis pressure required is still too high 100,000 atmospheres would be more realistic but it certainly constitutes a step in the right direction and offers exciting fundamental chemistry insights.

This new high energy density material is another example of the peculiar chemistry of high pressures, Oganov says, adding that his recently published study (read more), which revamped the fundamental notion of electronegativity making it applicable under pressure, is a useful framework for making sense of the unusual nitrogen-rich materials, along with other exotic compounds spanning the entire periodic table of elements.

Reference: Stabilization of hexazine rings in potassium polynitride at high pressure by Yu Wang, Maxim Bykov, Ilya Chepkasov, Artem Samtsevich, Elena Bykova, Xiao Zhang, Shu-qing Jiang, Eran Greenberg, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Artem R. Oganov and Alexander F. Goncharov, 21 April 2022, Nature Chemistry.DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-00925-0

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Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a gamut of technologies for direct air capture

The need for negative emissions technologies to address our climate crisis has become increasingly clear. At the rate that our planet is emitting carbon dioxide adding about 50 gigatons every year we will have to remove carbon dioxide at the gigaton scale by 2050 in order to achieve net zero emissions.

Bryan McCloskey, Chemical Faculty Engineer, Energy Technologies Area, LBNL, and Associate Professor ofChemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley, is photographed on the UC Berkeley campus, Berkeley, California, 03/11/2022. McCloskey was awarded a Lab LDRD for a project under the Carbon Negative Initiative, which includes research and technologies to achieve negative emissions. This project hopes to find a new way to do direct air capture of carbon dioxide.

The U.S. Department of Energy has recognized the urgency of carbon dioxide removal with itsCarbon Negative Shot, part of its Energy Earthshots Initiative, aiming to accelerate clean energy breakthroughs. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is recognizing it with its ownCarbon Negative Initiative. Using seed money through a program known as LDRD, or the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, Berkeley Lab is funding an array of emerging technologies to remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Funded projects include achemistry approach to direct air captureand conductingtechno-economic analysisto make these projects more impactful and practicable. Berkeley Lab scientist Bryan McCloskey, who is also a professor in UC Berkeleys College of Chemistry, decided to use an electrochemistry approach to capture carbon dioxide. His technology, he says, could be less energy-intensive than systems currently in use.

Q. What is electrochemistry, and how can it be used to capture carbon dioxide?

A very simplified way of putting it is that electrochemistry involves reactions that produce or consume electrons. The most common electrochemical devices include batteries, fuel cells, and sensors. In fact, my main research focus is on batteries.

When it comes to using electrochemical methods to extract CO2out of air, this is a developing field, compared to the more established methods of sequestering carbon dioxide, such as reforestation, weathering, and BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage). The electrochemistry community is playing catch-up. But I think that there are great opportunities there.

There are people who have been looking at how you can take CO2out of air by engineering molecules that can reversibly react with CO2, meaning that they can absorb CO2at a certain applied voltage and then form CO2at a different voltage. Using electrochemical approaches for CO2capture can allow the entire process to run on renewable electricity, rather than thermal approaches that rely on burning fuel to regenerate CO2adsorbent molecules.

Our project leverages the spontaneous reaction between CO2and hydroxide ions to capture CO2, then uses electrochemical methods to regenerate hydroxide ions from the bicarbonate solution that forms.

Q. Could you explain how that would work?

First you would bubble air through an absorber in our case, a solution of sodium hydroxide. The CO2will react to form sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate. Then we feed that bicarbonate solution into our electrochemical cell for regeneration of the sodium hydroxide.

In an electrochemical cell you need two different reactions to occur at each of the cells electrodes. At one electrode, we oxidize bicarbonate to form a pressurized stream of CO2, which can then either be sequestered or used as a feedstock for other conversion processes. At the other electrode, we evolve hydrogen gas, which consumes protons to regenerate the alkaline solution. The hydrogen production is certainly a bonus of our alkaline regeneration scheme, because it is a high-value product that can be used as a carbon-neutral fuel.

Our electrochemical cell will operate as a closed loop with the absorber, although a water feed is also needed to replenish water that participates in the electrode reactions. So, were essentially taking CO2from the air and concentrating it into a pure CO2stream and a hydrogen stream.

Q. What is the advantage of this kind of system?

We believe it can improve energy efficiency and cost of CO2capture from air over other competing processes. Commercial methods of direct air capture use thermal methods to regenerate the absorbent. It requires very high heat, around 800 degrees Celsius. That is one of the reasons that current systems cost as much as $600 per ton of CO2captured (although some companies have published claims that their technology costs under $200 per ton).

Using a rough, back-of-the-envelope calculation, weve estimated that if all goes well, our system can cost in the range of $100 per ton of CO2captured. Of course, thats assuming we find ideal, cost-effective cell materials.

Q. So what are the challenges in getting this to work, and how confident are you that it will work?

There are three innovations were after. The first is the design of the electrochemical cell. The stability of the cell has to be great. In any electrochemical system, slow decay of the operational performance occurs, and so you want to try to design a system that is robust, that leads to high energy efficiency, and that allows you to get to as low cost as you possibly can.

Second is the membrane. The membrane is what isolates the two electrodes of the cell from each other. Otherwise, you would get mixing of the hydrogen and CO2, and theyre much more valuable as pure streams. The prototypical membrane in such situations is called Nafion its used in fuel cells and many other applications. Nafion has great performance, but its very expensive, so its not practical to use at a large scale. We need to design a more cost-effective membrane.

Third, we need an appropriate catalyst for the bicarbonate to CO2reaction. A great catalyst means you have a really high reaction rate if you apply a small voltage to the electrode surface.

Im very confident that we will be able to make our proposed alkaline regeneration scheme work. The issue will always be, how does it work compared to other technologies that are being developed? Its just a matter of, do we get to that $100 per ton CO2, or is it somewhere closer to $1,000 per ton, which would not make it competitive? So, those are the questions that we need to keep in the back of our minds.

Doing this project at Berkeley Lab gives us many advantages. We have experts in all these different areas, such as membrane technology, molecular simulation and modeling, and electrocatalysis.LiSA(the Liquid Sunlight Alliance) has a lot of knowledge that theyve accumulated over time. TheAdvanced Light Source is a capability that allows us to understand molecular interactions in detail thats a huge advantage that we have here at Berkeley Lab compared to anywhere else. So, I think that were uniquely positioned because of our broad expertise in a variety of different areas to make a device like this.

By Julie Chao, Article courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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(Atlantic) -- The Atlantic girls are off to one of their best starts in program history behind a stout defense and an experienced lineup.

The Trojans are 5-2 with wins over Perry, Kuemper Catholic, Missouri Valley, Grand View Christian and Logan-Magnolia, while their two losses are to Glenwood and Lewis Central.

"We're off to a great start," Coach Dan Vargason said. "We knew if we had a lot of players coming back. We are playing tremendous soccer and playing more as a team."

The Trojans won 10 matches last year. They graduated seven seniors from that squad but also returned many contributors.

"We only graduated a couple of starters," Vargason said. "It's always hard to replace starters, but sports are about the next man in. Our girls have done it. They stepped into new positions and learned quickly. It's been great to watch them grow."

Junior Jada Jensen shined as a sophomore last season with a school-record 27 goals and is well on her way to a similar season this year. Jensen already has 13 goals in seven matches.

"We knew that Jada would come in and score goals," Vargason said. "And that's what she has done."

Jensen is the straw that stirs the drink for the Atlantic offense, but she's not their only scoring threat. Aubrey Guyer has added four goals, and Lindley Eblen has scored three times, while Mattie Dvorak, Irelyn Gundy, Dayna Dreager, Kiera Nichols and Patyn Harter have also found the net.

Vargason says the contributions they've received outside of Jensen have been what makes the offense tick.

"Last year, Jada scored like 75 or 80 percent of our goals," he said. "We try to feed the ball to the middle, but we are doing a better job of knocking it to the corners. Now that teams understand how Jada plays, other girls have to step up.."

All five of Atlantic's wins have been shutouts.

Vargason credits Quinn Grubbs, Eva Steffensen and Dreager in the backline, while Edria Brummer hasn't let much get by her with a 74.1% efficiency and 40 saves.

"Having three comfortable defenders and a goalie that can deal with shots from distance and one-on-ones has helped," he said. "Being able to adjust to the opponent has been a big difference this year."

The Trojans return to action against St. Albert on Tuesday, followed by a clash with Harlan on Friday. As the season progresses, Coach Vargason wants to see his team's chemistry continue to grow.

"Continue to learn how each other plays and not rely on just one individual," he said. "We want to play as one group, not three units. The biggest thing is mental toughness. The soccer side and athleticism are there. At this point, it's just connecting the dots and staying tough mentally."

Check out the full interview with Coach Vargason below.

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CFL.ca will be previewing the 2022 season, taking an in-depth look at each of the nine teams as they get set to hit the field.

The Ticats made their decision at QB this winter, giving Dane Evans a two-year contract in December (Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca)

When asked to give a definition of what will shape the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2022 CFL season one word came to mind immediately.

Chemistry.

Now Im no science major. Dont ask me to extrapolate on states of matter, solutions or periodicity. Im just a words man, but that means I know chemistry is defined as the investigation of items properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new substances.

That perfectly summarizes what the Ticats specifically their offence will be defined by this season. It will be about the way players such as new solo, clear-cut-No.-1-QB Dane Evans will interact, combine and evolve with the likes of receivers, running backs and even offensive lineman in order to create a cohesive and much more productive group than in 2021.

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The reason I single out the offence is that I know the defence will hold up its end of the bargain. With Simoni Lawrence back and somehow still in his tackle hunting prime, new blood along the defensive line in Micah Johnson and an ever improving secondary guided by Canadian difference maker Tunde Adeleke, I have no doubts about the defence.

The stats speak for themselves on defensive coordinator Mark Washingtons ability to take any and all personnel he is granted and turn them into a well conceived and diverse unit. Of course, having head coach Orlondo Steinauers eye for defensive execution doesnt hurt one bit. The defence is a group where chemistry might produce different outcomes periodically but most are positive for the Black and Gold.

To get on the same page with receivers is a skill. It takes time, patience and often vulnerability to meet each other half way on preferences and tendencies. Of course Dane Evans is no stranger to the crew hell be working with this year in Bralon Addison, Steven Dunbar Jr. and Tim White. The challenge comes in finding a consistency of excellence that Hamilton can lean on over the long haul of the season.

While Jeremiah Masoli is a few hours away in Ottawa going through the same process with a variety of fresh faces outside of Jaelon Acklin, who made the trip East with the only CFL quarterback hes ever known Evans has the head start but that doesnt mean there isnt work to do.

Chemistry with his receiving corps, including Steven Dunbar Jr., will be crucial for Dane Evans to have success leading the Ticats' offence this year (Photo: The Canadian Press)

The path to success was anything but linear for the 2021 passing attack. It started with Masoli winning a training camp battle with Evans, before bowing out to injury. Masoli eventually returned, only to be swapped out for Evans in the Eastern Final, where Evans completed 100 per cent of his passes to earn the Ticats a home Grey Cup berth. An injury to Evans had him out of the Grey Cup game before halftime, with Masoli getting the team to the brink of a drought-ending championship in a heartbreaking OT loss.

To summarize: Controlled chaos.

In his 2022 season preview conference call with the media, Steinauer emphasized how happy he was to no longer be answering The Quarterback Question weekly. What Steinauer and Ticats fans everywhere are hoping of course is the questions dont shift to how, when, or where the Ticats receivers are going to get going consistently with their franchise quarterback.

Consistency is a funny word when dissecting offensive football because the concept rings closer to perfection in many fans minds than the true meaning of finding a way to produce on a game-in, game-out basis. If you expect a consistent offence to be perfect youll never be satisfied.

What the Ticats should aim for in place of perfection or unreasonable consistency is an improvement from 2021 based on building an identity around their new starting quarterback.

The types of throws Dane likes, the collection of routes he throws best to certain receivers and the first down run schemes that he is most efficient at pulling the trigger on should and I believe will all be clearly visible by the time Hamilton hits the field for regular-season action on June 11 in Saskatchewan.

From there the playbook pages can grow like branches off the Xs and Os tree to become more exotic and diverse. First, it all starts with finding chemistry, building an identity and leaning into the skill set of the man wearing No. 9.

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Clarkson Chemistry Ph.D. student Oluwatosin Popoola has received an American Chemical Society (ACS) graduate student award from the Division of Agricultural Chemistry (AGRO) for his research on smart antimicrobial food packaging for the 2022 Fall ACS National Meeting.

The award recognizes students who work on projects that promote an understanding of the role of chemistry in agriculture. The selection is based on the students resume and extended abstract that describes the candidates research and impact on agriculture, food supply, and the environment.The award will cover up to $1000 of conference travel and attendance expenses.

This award is a recognition of our research and Oluwatosins contribution to the development of smart packaging for addressing key challenges in agriculture and food supply, said Professor Silvana Andreescu, Oluwatosin advisor and Egon Matijevic Chair in the Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science at Clarkson.

Oluwatosins presentation will discuss the development of 3D-printed nanocomposites with antimicrobial and sensing functions for food packaging. Post-processing food wastage is still one of the major pressing challenges to food supply all over the world as a result of food spoilage by the actions of microorganisms such as bacteria. Achieving sustainability within the food system requires solutions to both extend the food shelf life and create biodegradable packaging to reduce the environmental food print.

Andreescu and her research team are developing smart antimicrobial packaging from sustainable sources to maintain and monitor the quality and shelf-life of food, thereby reducing food loss and food waste.

Several other students from Andreescus group, including Reem Khan, Aqsa Khan, Aaditya Deshpande, Abd Ur Rehman and Mohamed Hassan will also attend and present their research at the ACS Fall 22 Conference.

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Chemistry is tricky, especially in football. The old clich is you need 11 players to work together, meaning the players that are on the field at a given time.

The reality is you need so MANY more players than that to make it work. Starters, backups, third-stringers. Creating that chemistry is an art, frankly, and in college football it encompasses everything from recruiting to offseason workouts to the actual games.

Alabamas Nick Saban has a process because it works, but that also makes it sound like a paint-by-numbers canvas that anyone can use. Sabans skill is painting outside the lines in a way in which it doesnt even look like thats what hes doing.

Part of the reason the Longhorns hired Steve Sarkisian was that he worked for Saban, and lately, Sabans former apprentices look more and more like theyre ready to teach their own masterclasses.

Jimbo Fisher already has a national championship with Florida State, and with Texas A&M hes created a 2022 recruiting class that could utterly change that program.

Georgia, led by Sabans former defensive coordinator Kirby Smart, just won his first national title.

For every Smart, of course, theres a Jeremy Pruitt. Not every one of Michelangelos apprentices went on to bigger and better.

So at a time of year when you rely on the scoreboard as guidance, you look for signs that the chemistry a team like Texas sorely needs is simmering.

Sarkisian offered a glimpse Saturday night when he was asked what had improved from last offseason to this offseason.

Lots of talk about the quarterbacks, of course.

But then Sarkisian revealed an off-hand comment from one of his players during a practice earlier this spring.

That player told Sarkisian that no one on the team wanted to let the others down.

That was one of the coolest things Ive heard a player say to me since Ive been here, Sarkisian said.

He called that comment a huge stride from January. It might also be a huge stride from last season, when this team seemed to collectively fall apart, at least on the field, as it finished 5-7.

Its a little thing, of course, but its encouraging. Sarkisian admitted the other area his team improved on is football IQ.

The Longhorns put a heavy emphasis on situational football during workouts, though he made sure to point out that everything is situational football, but some situations are more special than others. In fact, Sarkisian ran through nearly all of those special situations on Saturday.

But football IQ can be taught, coached and refined. Chemistry? Thats far trickier.

Coaches can do everything they can during the recruiting process (and the re-recruiting process in the case of transfers) to find like-minded players that share their vision and values.

But, at the end of the day, there is a certain degree of just throwing 90-something disparate people into one room and watching what happens when people stop being polite and start being real.

Were not past the polite phase of the offseason.

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Thats coming.

But, to Sarkisians point, if you build sustainable chemistry now, it can help you weather those moments when things start getting real. You know, perhaps, in early September against Alabama?

When you have a real team and youre counting on one another and you can count on each other, thats a positive sign, Sarkisian said.

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The Brooklyn Nets' season collapsing in the first round after the Boston Celtics swept them was incredibly shocking considering the narrative prior to the season that assumed the Nets would be the favorites to win the 2022 NBA Championship. They have fallen well short of that prediction and are the only team to be swept this post-season.

The positive momentum from the start of the season disappeared when it was revealed that Kyrie Irving would be unable to play home games due to his stance on vaccination from COVID. Kyrie became media headline #1 and not for basketball reasons after that.

Now that their season has ended in abject failure, Irving finally opened up on the media circus around him and his team through the months the New York State didn't allow him to play home games.

Irving's situation was a plain distraction for the team and there is very little that can be said against that. The vaccine drama is what ultimately sent James Harden away for a player in Ben Simmons who still hasn't played for Brooklyn. Considering all of Kyrie's teammates were having to answer questions about him, it could not have been easy for the locker room.

Irving is a free agent this season and is expected to re-sign. However, he will still have a lot of media attention for everything he has done in the last few seasons. At this point, being a teammate of Kyrie Irving automatically means there is a massive spotlight on you as well.

The distractions should be lesser next season as the expectations will be lower. Hopefully, the Nets manage to at least show enough competitive spirit to win a game in the playoffs next season. This year is already a disaster, as the Nets championship window becomes slimmer and slimmer with each year gone.

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SBSs upcoming drama Woori the Virgin unveiled three new posters to amp up the anticipation for the exciting story!

Woori the Virgin (previously also known as Starting Today, We)isa Korean remake of the American rom-com Jane the Virgin, which is based on a Venezuelan telenovela. The dramais about a woman named Oh Woo Ri (Im Soo Hyang) who is strictly maintaining her chastity before marriage but ends up pregnant after an accident occurs during a medical exam.

The first poster gives a glimpse of Oh Woo Ri wearing a white wedding dress with a square neckline. She seems to have joined a group of marathon runners, and shes even wearing yellow sneakers as if shes a part of the race. Oh Woo Ri draws attention with her elegant and innocent beauty, and she races with a bright expression that hints shes enjoying the freedom.

The second poster features Oh Woo Ri andRaphael (Sung Hoon), the CEO of a cosmetics company. They gaze tenderly at each other in a warm and cozy atmosphere, and the text on the poster reads, The twist of fate has begun, raising expectations for their dynamic romance.

On the other hand, Oh Woo Ri and her boyfriend Lee Kang Jae (Shin Dong Wook) exude fresh and loving vibes as they pose together in front of the blue waves. Their expressions are glowing with joy as they stretch theirarms towards the sky. There are two images that represent pregnancy tests, and there is a check mark next to the one that reads pregnant.

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Magnetic Resonance

Location: Highfield CampusSalary: 31,406 to 38,587 per annumFixed Term for 12 monthsClosing Date: Wednesday 18 May 2022Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: 1782922EB

You will join a team, in our School of Chemistry, led by Professor Marcel Utz, within the Magnetic Resonance and research section, in collaboration with Professor Richard Whitby (Organic Chemistry), Professor Malcolm Levitt, and Professor Ilya Kuprov. The position is funded through a recent research grant to a team lead by Prof. Utz by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

The University of Southampton ranks in the top one per cent of world universities*, and as one of the UKs top 15 research-intensive universities. Magnetic Resonance is a research focus area at Southampton, with currently 8 academic staff members, and a vibrant community of postdoctoral researchers and numerous postgraduate and undergraduate students. A range of world-class NMR systems are available, including a 700 MHz cryoprobe system, various state-of-the art solid- and liquid state NMR spectrometers, EPR, and para-hydrogen hyperpolarisation equipment. The University of Southampton is also home to the the Zepler Institute, which provides access to world-class micro- and nanofabrication facilities.

Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices are finding wider and wider applications in areas as diverse as the culture of cells and tissues, chemical reaction engineering, or medical diagnostics. Our aim is to bring the power of magnetic resonance spectroscopy to bear on complex microfluidic lab-on-a chip devices. In this position, you will lead a vigorous research program aimed at developing organic reaction techniques that support hyperpolarised nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in microfluidic systems.

The position is a stepping stone towards an independent career for a junior researcher with a strong background in organic chemistry or a related field, with solid understanding of chemical reaction kinetics, and ideally some experience flow chemistry. Professional experience in lab-on-a-chip systems is desirable, but not a prerequisite. If you are a passionate and creative scientist with an emerging track record of original contributions in these areas, this position is for you. You should have a PhD* or equivalent professional qualifications and experience in Chemistry or a closely related field

Equality, diversity and Inclusion is central to the ethos in Chemistry. We particularly encourage women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic, LGBT and disabled applicants to apply for this position. In recognition of our continued commitment to improving equality for women in science we were awarded an Athena SWAN Silver award in 2014 a and a second Silver award in 2017. Chemistry gives full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and due consideration will be given to applicants who have taken a career break. The University has a generous maternity policy* and onsite childcare facilities. For further information please visit https://www.southampton.ac.uk/chemistry/about/Equality/index.page

The University of Southampton is in the top 1% of world universities and in the top 10 of the UKs research-intensive universities. The University of Southampton is committed to sustainability and being a globally responsible university and has recently been awarded the Platinum EcoAward. Our vision is to embed the principles of sustainability into all aspects of our individual and collective work, integrating sustainable development into our business planning, policy-making, and professional activities. This commits all of our staff and students to take responsibility for managing their activities to minimise harm to the environment, whether this through switching off non-essential electrical equipment or using the recycling facilities.

*Applications for Research Fellow positions will be considered from candidates who are working towards or nearing completion of a relevant PhD qualification. The title of Research Fellow will be applied upon successful completion of the PhD. Prior to the qualification being awarded the title of Senior Research Assistant will be given.

**subject to qualifying criteria

Application procedure

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Holly Shergold (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 2750, or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk. Please quote reference 1782922EB on all correspondence.

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After winning its first pair of matches in over two years, the Summit High School boys rugby team went into another weekend of games eager to keep its streak alive.

The Summit Tigers traveled to Fort Collins on Saturday, April 9, to play two matches at Preston Middle School against Brighton-Fort Collins, a combined high school team, and North High School.

Brighton-Fort Collins was the second team Summit beat last weekend. They won that game 29-12.

Last week, Brighton-Fort Collins scored the majority of its points with help from three major players, so going into this matchup, Summit put a plan in place to make sure Brighton-Fort Collins most talented players were kept at bay.

Summits plan worked tremendously as Brighton-Fort Collins was not able to score in the first half while Summit attacked on offense to produce 19 points.

At halftime, the Tigers had a lot to feel good about, but that does not mean the team was error free. Despite the teams first half success, Summit, at times, tried to do too much and rushed its offensive rhythm, which resulted in about five turnovers that could have produced additional scores heading into halftime.

They are scoring easy, they are running them over, they are having a big day but then they just got a little too anxious, head coach Lance French said. Youve got to know tempo, when to slow it down, when to control it and when you are going too quick. They learned a big lesson there.

Summit was more attentive and patient in the second half, which led to 20 more points for the team in its 39-7 rout of Brighton-Fort Collins.

The second half was highlighted by Caleb Artherholt, who scored his first try in his first match ever played. Artherholts try marked the first by a Summit forward all season, which helped him win the title of Man of the Match, an award bestowed upon members of the team by French.

An hour later, the team faced North High School for the first time this season. Much like Summits match against Brighton-Fort Collins, the team played tough defense against North High School.

The Tigers had two tries in the first half from Jared Marcer, who displayed his ability to run into open space with ease.

Sam Daly also played well in the first half against North High School. He executed on kicks, registering a total of 29 kicking points between the two matches.

In the second half, the Tigers were very successful in running their new John Wayne play, despite the majority of the team not knowing who John Wayne was.

The offense executed on the new play as Summit drove the ball straight through the heart of the North High School defense to several scores.

The Tigers also had three more forwards score by the end of the game in Jake Boyle, John Weldon and Ryan Perkins.

Weldon and Boyle rushed through the North High School defense using strong, stiff arms to reach the Tigers goal line.

The Tigers shutout North High School, 45-0, to combine for a total of 84 points for the weekend. Summits pair of wins moves the team to 4-1 on the season as it prepares to face Brighton at Regis University on Saturday, April 16, at 4 p.m.

The chemistry is unbelievable, French said. These guys are taking care of each other and supportive of each other. The team chemistry couldnt be any better. Our culture is developing. Its in place, and its key.

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Even the smallest organism can have a major influence on the evolution of life on Earth. Microscopic algae that inhabit the sunlit waters of the ocean surface are not only responsible for about half of the photosynthesis on the planet but are also valuable as a nutrient-rich food source sustaining the entire marine ecosystem. In their recently published study, Prof. Itay Halevy and Dr. Shlomit Sharoni from the Weizmann Institute of Sciences Earth and Planetary Sciences Department reveal the processes that made these miniscule organisms such a good source of nutrition for others higher up the food chain and how this in turn advanced evolutionary change over the past half a billion years.

Microscopic algae, also called phytoplankton, produce large amounts of life-sustaining compounds through photosynthesis. Other tiny creatures then graze on this bountiful smorgasbord, and larger organisms, such as fish and crustaceans, feed on the tiny grazers. Consequently, the essential nutrients ingested by the microalgae cascade across the food web to nourish all known marine life forms. But what determines the amount of nutrients the microalgae ingest and pass on to higher life forms? The answer to this question has remained elusive.

Halevy and his former doctoral student Sharoni have focused in recent years on the different geophysical and geochemical aspects that affect just how nutritious microalgae are. The scientists have shown in the past, for example, that the average nutrient content depends on the type of algae producing it: some algal species are nutrient-rich; others are nutrient-poor, having smaller amounts of the major nutrients important for biological systems, such as phosphate. It is no surprise, then, that wherever environmental conditions favor nutrient-rich algal species, the food chain as a whole will be nutrient-rich, and vice versa. The very cold and nutrient-rich waters near Antarctica sustain a population of fast-growing phytoplankton that harvest a lot of nutrients, more than in warmer parts of the ocean, and this results in a nutrient-rich marine ecosystem, says Sharoni.

In the present study the researchers were interested in assessing how these environmental conditions the temperature and nutrient concentrations of the ocean surface varied over Earths history, and more specifically, over the last 540 million years. This time interval is known as the Phanerozoic Eon, or the eon of visible life, which is characterized by a particular geological footprint: fossils trapped in sedimentary rocks. The petrified remains of long-gone organisms, fossils offer researchers a great way to track evolutionary events and then compare these events to geochemical measurements and models, thus producing a holistic image of the processes that shaped our planet.

To accomplish this the researchers developed a computational model that couples several biogeochemical cycles the constant exchange and turnover of chemical substances between Earths living and nonliving spheres. The scientists particularly focused on the interplay between the cycles of the four elements that define the chemistry of life: carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus. Their proposed model uses estimates of geological processes, from volcanic activity to precipitation patterns, to infer the fluxes of these elements into and out of the ocean. Together, these fluxes determine the evolving concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and thus Earths climate and the concentration of phosphate in seawater. With climate and phosphate availability computed in their model, the researchers were able to derive the overall nutrient content of microalgae over time.

By comparing their models predictions with relevant fossil records, Halevy and Sharoni were able to explain several key evolutionary patterns of the Phanerozoic Eon. While past estimates often regarded the nutrient content of microalgae to have been constant through the ages, this model suggests that the nutrient content of microalgae has, in fact, almost doubled over the past 540 million years. This prediction agrees with the succession of different microalgal groups in the ocean over this time interval, from early nutrient-poor species to present assemblages of faster-growing, nutrient-loving algae. It would seem that the quality of marine microalgae as a food source increased over time, says Halevy. This may be part of the reason for the progressive evolution of larger, more complex and more motile organisms that, needing greater amounts of readily available nutrients, fed on the algae.

Using this approach, the researchers were also able to point toward major evolutionary and tectonic events as the main drivers for the increase in algal nutrient content. Until about 350 million years ago, photosynthesis occurred almost exclusively in the ocean. Only around that time did plants begin to colonize the continents, setting up a massive-scale photosynthetic factory. Since terrestrial plants have long been recognized as making land more susceptible to chemical weathering, meaning the extraction of nutrients from rocks, the colonization of the continents significantly increased the flow of nutrients to the ocean. In addition, the breakup of the prehistoric supercontinent Pangaea, about 200 million years ago, further boosted this flux. Taken together, these events increased the availability of phosphate, which is naturally found in some rocks and minerals, in the ocean. Marine microalgae evolved to exploit these extra nutrients, explains Sharoni. As microalgae had more available nutrients to metabolize, they gradually became a more nutritious food source, sustaining and contributing to the accelerated development of marine fauna.

By accounting for both major geological and evolutionary events, we were able to reconstruct the geological history of nutrient availability in the ocean and the response of marine life to this history, concludes Halevy.

In addition to compiling a more accurate history of life on Earth, this approach could be used to better understand the response of life in the ocean to present and future human activity. The nutrient content of microalgae, still the basis of the entire marine ecosystem, is affected by the global increase in temperature, driven by greenhouse gas emissions. Humans are also affecting the marine availability of the essential nutrients phosphate and nitrate by spilling sewage and agricultural and industrial waste into the ocean. The effects of human activity on both temperature and nutrient availability may in turn have a direct effect on the activity and prosperity of different algal species, and consequently on all species further up the food chain.

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