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3D light structures brought to life by photochemistry
Star Wars franchise inspires new light manipulating technology
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Lithium could hold key to sustainable ammonia synthesis
Cycling strategy leads to massive efficiency boost
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Energy storage prices forecast to tumble
First broad ‘evidence-based’ comparison shows similar capital cost evolution among technologies including lithium-ion and flow batteries
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Simplified structure eases antibiotic synthesis
New analogues of the potent antibiotic teixobactin could be instrumental in the fight against multi-drug resistant pathogens
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3D printed flower blooms when the sun comes out
Scientists create photoresponsive device using shape memory composites
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Automated exploration of chemical space finds two new reactions
Synthetic chemists hit on undiscovered reactions by processing data from a high throughput screen of tens of thousands of potential products
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Lilly wins chemotherapy patent appeal
Firm also settles with generic manufacturers of erectile dysfunction drug Cialis
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‘New era’ of designer proteins for medicines and materials
Platform computed thousands of stable designs for short proteins, up from two previous designs
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The big bang theory inspires discovery of new compound BaZnGa!
Fictional physicist Sheldon Cooper’s catchphrase has been brought to life in the lab
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Mallinckrodt settles US opioid lawsuit
Firm will pay $35m over allegations it failed to report suspicious orders of controlled substances
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£138 million pledged to UK research–industry collaborations
Investment is expected to speed up commercialisation of research
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Arkema invests in speciality chemicals
Company will expand Asian plants producing bio-based polyamide, thiochemicals and photocured resins
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Responsive nanoparticles target sight-stealing fungus
Eye drop tricks fungal eye infection into self-destruction
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Nanosized ice crystals might be the most cubic possible
Ultrafast freezing at supersonic speed produces ice with 80% cubic crystal structure
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Living bacteria write pictures and movies to DNA
Crispr–Cas9 tool used to store information in the genome of living E. coli
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New twist for electrodes boosts hydrogen production
Conductive chiral polymer increases process’ efficiency by selecting the ‘right’ electrons
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Synthetic ‘enzyme’ matches natural counterparts for catalytic power
Nanoparticle, nucleic acid and peptide trio mimics peroxidase enzymes
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Material lessons from Grenfell
Call for better testing and regulation on combustible building materials following last month’s deadly London fire
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FDA approves first sickle cell drug in almost two decades
Glutamine-based drug is the first approved for children over 5