All articles by Bea Perks – Page 11
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Just an accident?
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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Beware the 'lucrative' research grant
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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Superbug buster
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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Skyepharma - down but not out
Rumours of an enforced exodus among senior management at SkyePharma.
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Publishing on the edge
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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Nanotube bolognaise, anyone?
Reinforcing polymers with carbon nanotubes; it's all on the surface.
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Cool reception for carbon cuts
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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Rice straw: come hell or high water
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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French researchers hang up their placards
Scientists make peace with the government, but turn on each other.
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Ecological relevance for chemical double act
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.
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Lighting up vertebrate development
Novel labelling technique illuminates synchronous gene expression.
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Germ warfare for ecologists
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.