All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 257
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NewsResearch to make pathogens more dangerous halted
US agencies temporarily suspend funding certain ‘gain-of-function’ research until new government policy is in place
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NewsFree legal help for embattled US scientists
Pro bono effort to defend government and university scientists from ‘harassment campaigns’ has been launched
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CareersNuclear energy's next generation
Sarah Houlton meets the graduates training for careers in the nuclear industry
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BusinessEPA takes steps to prevent herbicide resistance in weeds
US Agency approves spray for resistant engineered crops, but with restrictions and time limit
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ResearchNew light microscope creates 3D movies inside living cells
Researchers have built a microscope that can examine the inner workings of living cells in 3D
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Research
Iridium forms compound in +9 oxidation state
Iridium oxide cation made by pulsed-laser vaporisation in the gas phase
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NewsUS agency fast-tracks Ebola vaccine development
Health and Human Services invests almost $6 million to ready an Ebola vaccine candidate for clinical trials, meanwhile GSK says its vaccine is progressing at an ‘unprecedented rate’
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Business
Agilent to exit NMR
Closure of loss-making ex-Varian business gives users investment dilemma
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Business
Amgen seeks injunction to protect patents
Sanofi and Regeneron sued over cholesterol-regulating antibodies
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ResearchCyanide test for cassava
Colour changing system indicates if developing world staple is ok to eat
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PodcastMagnesium chloride
It may have no common name, but as Brian Clegg explains, magnesium chloride has many common uses
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Next milestone in US HCFC phase out
Ozone-depleting refrigerants will be phased out by 2020 under new rules
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OpinionTwo for the price of one
This year’s Nobel prizes show that chemistry truly is the central science
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FeatureThe resolution revolution
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy earned three of its creators a Nobel prize this year. Emma Stoye focuses in on their story
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FeatureMicrobial miners
Jon Evans discovers the microbes hard at work on our behalf, extracting valuable metals from low-grade ore
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News
Nuclear chief heads back to academia
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chairman resigns, saying she has achieved her mission of ‘righting the ship’
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BusinessIneos bets big on shale
UK profit-sharing plan and transatlantic ethane shipping contracts show company’s commitment to a fracking future
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ResearchFolding rules used to build unnatural proteins
Understanding protein folding and stability leads to new proteins with hopes of creating structures that can perform novel chemistry
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FeatureHarvesting heat
Philip Ball looks at the thermoelectric materials that harness waste heat and turn it into useful energy
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ResearchSelf-cleaning surfaces from scrap silicone
Simple mechanical process converts waste silicone into a superhydrophobic material