All articles by Matthew Gunther – Page 5
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BusinessUS tax rules force fertiliser merger to fall flat
CF Industries’ $8bn merger plan to relocate from US to Europe scuppered by regulatory changes
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ResearchExplosive water display caught on film
SLAC produces first slow motion video of droplets exploding in path of x-ray laser
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PodcastTetraethyl lead
For decades, automobile fuel had a dangerous additive: Tetraethyl lead. Matt Gunther explains why a toxic compound was added to our fuel
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ResearchProtein crystals stretch knowledge of exotic materials
Self-assembling protein tiles show rare property of thickening by the same amount as they are stretched by
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NewsUK open to microbead ban if EU fails to act
Government may act unilaterally amid growing evidence of environmental problems
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ResearchChemists tinker with chemical encryption to create molecule-size Enigma machine
Fluorescent sensor can be used to conceal hidden messages
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ResearchGreenland ice sheet recoups subliming water vapour
Newly discovered part of the water cycle acts to conserve sheet mass
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News
UK graduates carry more student debt than US counterparts
English students’ debts may be set to increase further, charity states
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NewsUK science reaps rewards within EU
Lords report concludes UK science benefits from EU membership
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ResearchCassini finds needle in a haystack investigating interstellar dust around Saturn
Alien dust provides evidence for solar system passing through giant interstellar cloud
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NewsHigh pressure science attempts to unravel metallic hydrogen maze
Scientists believe they are inching closer to finding elusive state of hydrogen
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ResearchAncient scrolls roll back first use of metallic inks by centuries
X-ray fluorescence reveals lead-based inks in papyrus from town destroyed in Mount Vesuvius eruption
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NewsResearchers call on EU to save Italian research
Online petition demands EU pull brakes on research funding cuts in Italy
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ResearchPlastic-eating bacteria show way to recycle plastic bottles sustainably
Two bacterial enzymes can break up PET polymer into its building blocks
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ResearchChemists get the ball rolling on titanium oxide fullerenes
Titanium oxide nanocluster has been captured under electron microscope
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UK government to invest £167 million in doctoral training
PhD funding announced alongside £37 million boost for quantum technology research
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BusinessQuotient ups carbon-14 quota with recycling plant
Plant may provide a solution to the supply shortage of the radiolabel barium [C-14] carbonate
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Business
Illumina to sue Oxford Nanopore over patent infringement
UK firm’s use of pore proteins in DNA sequencing alleged to contravene two Illumina patents
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Research
Astronomers detect atmosphere on the diamond planet
Research reveals the atmospheric composition of a super-Earth for the first time
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NewsEnvironmental scientist calls for extensive climate mitigation studies
Carbon dioxide removal operations will need to start by 2020 if emissions targets are not met