All articles by Laura Howes – Page 5
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Protein coat prepares catalyst for cascades
Protected metal complexes can team up with enzymes for multistep reactions
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Imperial launches second phenome centre
New centre aims to improve diagnoses and inform doctors of the best treatments
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No methane on Mars, says Curiosity
Rover takes first sniffs of the Martian atmosphere and doesn’t find methane, a signal of possible life
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Council to defend UK universities launched
The great and good launch campaign to call for increased university autonomy
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ResearchSelf-tying trefoil knot
UK scientists have stumbled across a molecule that ties itself up in knots, echoing the folding of proteins
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NewsAcrylamide levels in food still too high, EU says
Report finds that changes to cooking practices to tackle the presence of the carcinogen are slow to materialise
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Shining new light on the Ullmann reaction
Photoinduced C–N coupling provides more information on mechanistic pathways in widely used reaction
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Printing out new catalysts
Inkjet printing has been used for high-throughput generation of metal oxide catalysts
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No more tears tape
Quick release medical tape could reduce pain and damage in neonatal care
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Algal biofuel's viability questioned
Large scale production of algal biofuels is currently unsustainable, says new report
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Funding worries in UK higher education
Think tank calculates that UK tuition fees reform might not save any money at all
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Government adds £200 million to research partnership fund
Cash boost to fund designed to improve university-industry collaboration
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New superconductors are both ordinary yet odd
Layered structures of two superconductors points to a different way of creating them
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FeatureThe science of skincare
Skin care is a huge global industry, but how many of the claims made in the adverts are really true? Laura Howes investigates
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Superhydrophobic knife slices up water
Phenomenon could be harnessed to separate small samples in a reproducible manner
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Tuning photonic crystals by blending brush polymers
Spectrum of photonic crystals made by combining different brush block copolymers
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NewsLiberal Democrats pledge support for UK science
Party pass science policy paper unanimously at its conference in Brighton
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TNT for top guns
It sounds strange but carrying TNT could protect fighter planes from heat seeking missiles