Matthew Chapman

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Rob Davies |Matthew Chapman

A Conservative peer proposed delaying the UK’s proposed ban on heated tobacco, weeks after a leading cigarette company paid for him to visit its research facility in Switzerland. The tobacco and vapes bill would gradually raise the age at which consumers can buy cigarettes and other tobacco products, making the UK the first major economy to chart a course towards phasing out tobacco altogether.

Aug 21, 2024 | nature.com | Mingkai Zhang |Matthew Chapman |Bhagyesh R. Sarode |James Chen |Eranthie Weerapana |Bingcong Xiong

AbstractAlthough aromatic rings are common elements in pharmaceutically active compounds, the presence of these motifs brings several liabilities with respect to the developability of a drug1. Nonoptimal potency, metabolic stability, solubility and lipophilicity in pharmaceutical compounds can be improved by replacing aromatic rings with non-aromatic isosteric motifs2.

Sep 25, 2023 | msn.com | Matthew Chapman

A record-setting findArchaeologists have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest known wooden structure – and it dates back even further than experts thought possible. The new research, undertaken by a team from the University of Liverpool and the University of Aberystwyth, reports on a newly-excavated arrangement of logs at the archaeological site of Kalambo Falls in Zambia, which, at at least 476,000 years old, predates even the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens.