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Dexamethasone briefing - its chemistry and history

Jason Cole – Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:13:00 GMT

On 16^th June news outlets around the world reported the fantastic results seen in trials using dexamethasone in critically ill COVID-19 patients. This quick briefing explores the chemistry and history of this compound, and what could be coming next.

Aromatics analyser: your questions answered

Ioana Sovago – Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:28:00 GMT

The Aromatics Analyser is a new feature available in Mercury as part of the CSD-Materials and CSD-Enterprise suites. It was launched with our last release 2020.1 in April. Our users have been asking questions during our virtual events, as the What’s Up customer webinar, and we decided to share with you some of the most common questions.

IYPT through Crystals: voices, elements and structures

Ilaria Gimondi – Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:13:00 GMT

Reflections on the IYPT in Crystals project - including the competition winners, educational resources you can use at home, and what's next for the fantastic entries collected from across the community.

May 2020 CSD Data Update

Clare Tovee – Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the May 2020 data update of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is now available! This data update brings you 10,188 new structures (10,697 new entries) and increases the total size of the CSD to over 1,048,000 structures (1,067,000 entries).

Blog June 2020

Dexamethasone briefing - its chemistry and history

Aromatics analyser: your questions answered

IYPT through Crystals: voices, elements and structures

May 2020 CSD Data Update

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