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NewsCountries poised to roll out deep sea mining in new 'gold rush'
Tests underway on extracting resources from the ocean floor to meet the world’s growing hunger for metals
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BusinessSaudi Aramco to invest $7bn in Malaysian oil refinery
Agreement with Petronas will strengthen Malaysia’s petrochemical megaproject
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ResearchGraphene-coated contact lenses bring eye electronics a step closer
Lenses can protect eyes from radiation, water loss and even include an integral LED
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ResearchCloudy with a chance of catalysis
Simulation of hydrogen bond interactions gives valuable new insights into how acid rain forms
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ResearchMaterial mimics natural enamel's structure
Scientists overcome obstacles to produce first copy of one of nature’s strongest and toughest materials
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NewsTrump aims to boost number of women in Stem
US president signs two bills to increase proportion of women in science, technology, engineering and maths, and calls for ‘crackdown on offshoring’
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ResearchEvaporation drives dancing droplet breakdown
Changes in surface tension cause alcohol–water droplet on oil to burst into thousands of tiny droplets
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ResearchHuman-made minerals add to evidence for Anthropocene epoch
List of minerals that form either directly or indirectly as a result of humanity’s activities offers insights into our impact on Earth’s geology
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ResearchBiochar takes the pharmaceuticals out of urine
Method for cleansing waste urine could see it used as a fertiliser
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ResearchUltrafast lasers promise to make lead ‘look like’ gold
Theoretical study suggests atomic mimicry could reshape spectroscopy, information processing – and even chemical reactivity
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BusinessCristal deal will make Tronox world’s largest titanium dioxide producer
Tronox to sell alkali business to fund $1.67bn transaction
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ResearchNew type of metal–organic compound discovered in meteorites
Magnesium complex could offer new insights into formation of our solar system
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NewsBP research fund being put to good use in Gulf of Mexico
Nearly seven years after Deepwater Horizon, the independent research programme BP created is laying a good foundation for the future
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ResearchTheory put into practice as new class of superbase created
Carbon–phosphorus double bonds give extra basic molecule its super strength
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ResearchPutting the ‘ant’ in antibiotics
Antibacterial polyketides uncovered in the most unusual of places
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NewsInvestigation reveals missteps by student who unwittingly made explosive
University of Bristol will tighten up on safety for certain reactions after accidental synthesis of triacetone triperoxide
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NewsGroup to train scientists for political office in response to Trump presidency
Worried by the position science now holds in US politics thousands of scientists are signing up to become candidates
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ResearchStressed polymers give calf massages
Compression stockings could gain a massage function thanks to stress-memory polymers