Origins of the Black Death identified

The Black Death, the biggest pandemic of our history, was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and lasted in Europe between the years 1346 and 1353. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive. Now, scientists have obtained and studied ancient Y. pestis genomes that trace the pandemic’s origins […]

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Palladium Ye Shall Have Always With You

This is a good look at the most recent “metal coupling without metals” controversy in the synthetic organic chemistry literature, and at the vexing history of that whole field. The organic chemists in the crowd can tell everyone how valuable metal-catalyzed coupling reactions have become over the years, and palladium is the king of the […]

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