News – Page 250
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BusinessBASF to buy Solvay’s polyamide business
€1.6bn deal covers 2400 employees at sites in Europe, Asia and the Americas
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BusinessTeva to sell off women’s health businesses for $1.4bn
Deals continue Teva’s bid to get rid of non-core businesses and raise cash to service its debts
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BusinessIndustry intervenes in chemical regulation lawsuits
Trade groups back up US EPA against environmental campaigners’ complaints of relaxation in new rules
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ResearchChiral catalyst switches selectivity in seconds
Helical copper compound’s enantioselectivity can be inverted while reaction is running
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NewsPublic record requests concern chemists
The increasing use of US freedom of information requests to obtain research grants could threaten intellectual property and innovation
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BusinessAllergan sidesteps patent review with tribal deal
Native Americans agree to use sovereign immunity to protect intellectual property from double challenge
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NewsRussia urged to reduce uranium stockpile
International nuclear experts warn that nuclear threats posed by Russia’s 680 tons of highly enriched uranium must be minimised
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ResearchSuper-electrophilic ions enable selective modification of bioactive molecules
New technique will help medicinal chemists explore chemical space
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ResearchPatchy particles with predictable patterns
Controllable, predictable method produces patchy particles on a large scale
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BusinessAlexion axes 20% of its global workforce
600 jobs lost amid restructure as firm moves to Boston life sciences hub
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ResearchSmallest antiaromatic molecule synthesised
Singlet cyclopentadienyl zwitterion is the first genuine example of a small antiaromatic molecule
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NewsLiquid cats triumph at Ig Nobels
Papers on cats, vampire bats, digeridoos and cheese disgust all won at science’s most irreverent ceremony
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BusinessAkzoNobel paint plant is ‘world’s most sustainable’
Biomass and solar-powered UK factory will recycle water and solvents, and is more flexible to reduce waste
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BusinessChemours reaches truce in pollution investigation
Company will provide authorities with data on perfluorinated compound emissions into drinking water
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ResearchHagfish slime turned into ultra-stiff fibre
Scientists switch protein structure and add covalent crosslinks
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ResearchDNA robot sorts out molecular mess
Machine moves around, picks up and drops off individual molecules
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ResearchRare mineral coating cushions cuckoo eggs during incubation
Cuckoos that nest in groups use a polymorph of calcium carbonate to protect their eggs
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BusinessHurricanes’ chemical consequences
Gulf coast petrochemical plants move to restart operations, while concerns persist about the fallout from hurricane Irma