Biology – Page 68
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Opinion
Sense and sense ability
Philip Ball is surprised to discover just how sensitive we are about our feelings
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FeatureThe art of alternatives
Recent years have seen great advances in alternatives to animal tests, yet we still need a giant leap to full replacement, as Emma Davies reports
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NewsControversial GM maize cancer link paper retracted
Journal retracts paper for ‘inconclusive’ results while author vows to fight the decision
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FeatureNature's navigation system
What’s the clever chemistry behind the magnetic mechanisms that allow birds and other animals to navigate? Anthony King takes a look
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NewsMosquito repellents from skin secretions
The smell of people who don’t get bitten by mosquitoes so often might help those of us that do
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OpinionSynthetic biology is bursting with life
Synthetic biology is shifting into high gear. To truly thrive, it needs chemists, says Mark Peplow
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News
EPA pushes pesticide labels to protect bees
US agency’s new labels forbid use of some neonicotinoids where bees are present
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FeatureThe ascent of molecules
Life’s molecular origins may not be preserved in fossils but Laura Howes finds out that chemists are filling the gaps
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Business
Monsanto abandons GM crops in Europe
Company will focus on conventional plant breeding in EU and biotech elsewhere
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PodcastImidacloprid
Phillip Broadwith discusses one of the neonicotinoid insecticides believed to be causing problems for bees
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OpinionTarget acquired
Knowing a drug’s exact biochemistry has never been a prerequisite for approval, says Derek Lowe, and nor should it be
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OpinionChange: the only constant
Jim Al-Khalili discusses the risks involved in switching to a new area of research and invites chemists to take a quantum biology leap
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NewsUS supreme court rules genes can't be patented
Breast cancer test company at centre of case can still rely on patents on non-naturally occurring DNA
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NewsUS supreme court rules in favour of Monsanto
An Indiana farmer who was trying to replicate Monsanto-patented seeds infringed on the company’s intellectual property rights, the Supreme Court has determined
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FeatureSurvival in the freezer
How do animals survive in the extreme cold? James Mitchell Crow investigates the proteins that do the job
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FeatureLean green microbe machines
For its proponents, algae hold the promise of a clean source of fuel, food or drugs. Anthony King wades in