News – Page 272
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BusinessBristol-Myers Squibb planning huge reorganisation in the US
Job losses likely as Hopewell, New Jersey site will close by 2020
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NewsAnti-doping scientists expose cheating Russian athletes
State-sponsored doping that benefited more than a 1000 athletes at Sochi and London Olympic games revealed by analytical investigation
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ResearchChemists pore over zeolites and watch holes open up
Scientists observe the development of mesoporous structures in real-time
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ResearchBiocompatible hydrogel focuses on lenses
A bioinspired smart material that swells and contracts could be used to make optical lenses
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BusinessSyngenta subsidiary faces fine over pesticide exposure
US environment agency wants firm to pay $5 million after workers hospitalised after coming into contact with chlorpyrifos
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BusinessPharmaceutical industry roundup of 2016
Controversial approvals and price clashes characterised 2016 in pharma
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NewsTrump’s cabinet picks worry science community
Selections prompt fears of roll-back on environmental research and mass reorganisations of science agencies
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BusinessDeath sentence for head of Tianjin explosion firm
48 Ruihai Logistics staff and government officials also sentenced
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ResearchAtmospheric limestone dust injection could halt global warming
Geoengineering using limestone aerosols would also help to stop ozone layer depletion
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BusinessWashington state sues Monsanto over PCBs
Attorney general wants to recoup damages and cleanup costs related to polychlorinated biphenyls
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BusinessTrump names Dow Chief to head US manufacturing council
US president-elect appoints Andrew Liveris, despite lacking appropriate authority
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ResearchImages of van der Waals forces prompt controversy
STM pictures show ridges between xenon atoms, but are they linked to increased electron density?
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ResearchCutting edge chemistry in 2016
We take a look back at some highlights from last year’s chemical science research
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ResearchTraffic light label indicates food freshness
Ammonia gas diffusion basis for inexpensive colour-changing food freshness label
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BusinessEndo drops opioid painkiller rights and cuts US sales force
375 staff to go as Endo says its established pain drugs ‘no longer require field promotion’
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NewsBig budget boost for US medical research
Cancer, precision medicine and health research receive funding boost in bill derided by some as a giveaway for pharma
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ResearchChemoluminescent nanoparticles detect multiple deadly viruses in one go
A detection system can test for multiple viruses in one sample
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BusinessBoehringer Ingelheim sheds more jobs in the US
Over 240 staff to go as company refocuses on immuno-oncology
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ResearchSilly Putty gets smart with graphene augmentation
Material is so sensitive to deformation it can pick up the footfalls of a tiny spider
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NewsWellcome Trust pledges £118 million for research centres
Charity will fund 14 new and existing research centres over the next five years