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‘Liquid biopsy’ blood test accurately spots cancer by detecting DNA methylation

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Power of AI harnessed to identify 50 different cancers before symptoms have even begun to emerge  

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Can existing drugs slow Covid-19?

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The fastest route to treatments may be to repurpose existing drugs – if they work

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The Middle East’s synchrotron is open Sesame

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How difficult is it to build a world-class research facility in the Middle East? Kit Chapman investigates

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Another US researcher charged with lying about Chinese ties

2020-03-31T09:25:00+01:00

Physicist faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding West Virginia University while secretly working for Chinese talent programme

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2020-03-26T09:28:00+00:00

In a diverse industry like chemicals, we need to make sure we’re open to learning from unexpected angles.

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UK researchers receive £20m to start coronavirus treatment research

2020-03-26T14:30:00+00:00

Two vaccine trials among six projects that win funding

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Cracking down on corrosion with Hexigone Inhibitors

2020-03-25T15:16:00+00:00

Intelli-ion technology provides non-toxic, chromium-free protection from corrosion

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US military sites that may be contaminated by PFAS grow by 60%

2020-03-24T14:29:00+00:00

The Pentagon has released new analysis that says there are 651 military sites with groundwater that may be polluted with fluorinated chemicals

Research

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Catalytic resonance theory poised to tackle industry’s selectivity issues

2020-04-02T08:50:00+01:00

Breaking the Sabatier limit central to unconventional approach for optimising reactions

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Hydrogen bonds are single atom nickel’s secret for carbon dioxide reduction

2020-04-02T07:33:00+01:00

Computational calculations show that hydrogen atoms and charge capacity are behind nickel’s high activity and selectivity in electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction

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Mechanochemistry drops the ball in MOF synthesis

2020-04-01T13:36:00+01:00

Acoustic mixing proven as a simple, quick and readily scalable process for making MOFs with varying levels of complexity

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Mystery of where early Earth’s life-fuelling phosphates came from may have been solved

2020-04-01T09:30:00+01:00

Meteorites have been source of building blocks for primordial life

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DNA instructions pack proteins into unique crystal structures

2020-04-01T08:43:00+01:00

Process could aid discovery of materials that exploit specific protein functions, such as drug molecules or biocatalysts

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Uncovering how the spliceosome makes the cut

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Clare Sansom looks at the complex world of the spliceosome, a molecular machine in all our cells

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Sustainable lab buildings

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After a decade of grassroots growth, the laboratory sustainability movement is bursting into the mainstream finds James Mitchell Crow

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3D printing the future

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Kit Chapman takes a tour of a US Department of Energy lab, where 3D printing is performed on a massive scale

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Adjuvants: vaccines’ hidden helpers

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Anthony King examines a crucial part of vaccines that can significantly boost their performance, but which often go unrecognised

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