All articles by Bea Perks – Page 11

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    Publishing on the edge

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    With moments to spare before the official launch, the Royal Society has published the first paper in its new journal dedicated to research at the physical-life science interface.

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    Skyepharma - down but not out

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Rumours of an enforced exodus among senior management at SkyePharma.

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    The smell of death

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Volatile metabolites provide vital clues in murder investigation.

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    Rising interest in cholesterol reduction

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Billion dollar sales set for a shake up.

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    Superbug buster

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The publication of results using a novel bio-decontamination technique has pumped up the share price of the British company that developed the technology and could advance the fight against hospital acquired infection.

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    Biotech report fails to impress industry

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    EU biotechnology strategy reports limited progress.

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    Beware the 'lucrative' research grant

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Academic researchers world-wide need to get up to speed with ongoing changes to patent legislation or face potentially grave financial consequences.

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    Just an accident?

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    A second inquest into the death of a British serviceman involved in nerve agent trials at Porton Down fifty years ago began on 5 May 2004.

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    Opening the access debate

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The final evidence session of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into scientific publishing has exposed wide gaps in the understanding of issues surrounding open access publishing.

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    Termite troubles

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Rapid termiticide development fails to stem insect swarm.

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    French researchers hang up their placards

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Scientists make peace with the government, but turn on each other.

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    Rice straw: come hell or high water

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Attempts to turn rice straw, the inedible remains of the rice crop, into a wood substitute are beginning to shed light on a host of properties that might exceed even those of humble wood.

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    Cool reception for carbon cuts

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Energy company executives are raising renewed concerns over the UK's ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions one year after publication of the government's Energy White Paper.

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    Nanotube bolognaise, anyone?

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Reinforcing polymers with carbon nanotubes; it's all on the surface.

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    Ironing out rising CO2

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Could adding iron to the ocean cut carbon dioxide levels?

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    One gene, many proteins

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Structural consequences of genetic editing.

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    Germ warfare for ecologists

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Employing a viral infection to decontaminate anthrax-laden soil might sound alarming but could offer an environmentally friendly solution to just such a bioterror threat.

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    Lighting up vertebrate development

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Novel labelling technique illuminates synchronous gene expression.

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    Ecological relevance for chemical double act

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    European researchers developing 'smart' construction materials capable of reducing air pollution are awaiting the first results of their latest studies using environmentally 'relevant' pollutant combinations.