News – Page 226
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NewsTextbooks need an update after mole's definition changed
Although little will change in practice, Iupac’s new definition of a mole has gained support from (almost) all sides
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ResearchFrom cement to batteries with help from a wombat
Vanessa Peterson is in the fast lane when it comes to relating atomic-scale structures to a material’s function
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NewsCall for extra €100 million of science funding in Ireland
National funding body says it will need to nearly double its budget
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ResearchRemote control droplets merge on command to perform reactions
Responsive surfactants offer new ways to control chemical processes
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ResearchCall for chemists to stop ignoring quantum tunnelling
Deeper insights into reactions and how to build artificial enzymes could await those who come to terms with quantum phenomenon
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BusinessDementia slips down pharma agenda
Pfizer, Shire, Acorda and Axovant rethink their neuroscience strategies
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ResearchNatural and unnatural peptides team up to target Ebola
New method to hunt down protease-stabilised peptide inhibitors of large proteins
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NewsNobelist Steven Chu is AAAS’s new president-elect
Obama’s former energy department director has been appointed to help lead the world’s largest general scientific society
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ResearchLondon soil pollution worst on former Blitz bomb sites
Study links heavy metal enrichment to destruction of housing in 1940s
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NewsExplainer: non-alcoholic beer and wine
For Dry January and beyond, drinkers are thirsty for beers and wines that don’t get you drunk
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ResearchNicotine degrading enzyme could help smokers quit
Enzyme removes nicotine from blood before it can stimulate brain’s reward system
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ResearchPrecision approach may have spotted coldest liquid water droplets ever made
Supercooled droplets come in at chilly -43ºC with highly accurate temperature measurements
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ResearchFirst aromatic molecule identified in interstellar space
Radio astronomy analysis picks benzonitrile signal out of the noise
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ResearchFirst doubly holey MOF holds catalysis promise
Macroporous particles made out of microporous material could catalyse reactions between bulky molecules
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NewsRSC survey reveals trends in pay for UK chemists
Expanding industries in computing and cosmetics have led to higher salaries, while the gender pay gap has increased
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ResearchEnzyme-free reaction cycles hint at primitive precursor to metabolism
Reactions between small carboxylates and a hydrogen peroxide catalyst resemble the modern citric acid cycle
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NewsNew UK science minister appointed in cabinet reshuffle
Sam Gyimah moves from Ministry of Justice to replace Jo Johnson
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ResearchIntroducing regium bonds
New bond describes interactions between group 11 nanoparticles and Lewis bases
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NewsIndian science congress moved after fears of student disturbances
Eleventh hour venue change leaves just two months to reorganise country’s largest conference
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NewsElsevier declines to cut off German universities that cancelled journal subs
Efforts to reach a deal between the publishing giant and 200 institutions protesting prices continue after January deadline passes