News – Page 283
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ResearchTumour cells' last breaths dampen down immune system
Dying cancer cells release potassium ions that alter the behaviour of T-cells
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BusinessJ&J to buy Abbott Medical Optics
Deal adds laser surgery and cataract lens replacements to J&J’s eyecare business
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BusinessDanaher boosts diagnostics with Cepheid buyout
$4bn deal strengthens Danaher’s life sciences portfolio
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NewsForensic plan for the UK is ‘vague, incomplete’
MPs tell the government to go back to the drawing board on forensic strategy
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ResearchAntimony latest element to join 2D materials family
Antimonene is predicted to have interesting properties that would make it suitable for optoelectronic devices
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NewsGlyphosate ‘not likely’ to be carcinogenic
US environmental agency issues finding that the herbicide is unlikely to cause cancer, months after accidentally posting report online
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NewsUS moves to make kratom plant and bioactives illegal
Drug enforcement agency plans to add plant to list of restricted drugs that include heroin and LSD
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BusinessFDA’s first Duchenne drug approval reveals schism
Oligonucleotide drug reaches market amid pressure from patient families and strife over ‘patient-focused drug development’ at the regulator
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ResearchCoin catalyses chemical reaction
British one-penny coin catalyses polymerisation to make acrylics
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NewsSerious shortage of medical isotopes predicted by year’s end
US National Academies warns that ‘severe’ shortages of molybdenum-99 and technetium-99m are likely
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BusinessFertiliser firms Agrium and PotashCorp to merge
Canadian combination will create one of the largest crop nutrient companies in the world.
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BusinessBayer to buy seed giant Monsanto
$66bn deal follows agrochemical consolidation trend, but could threaten competition and hit R&D
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BusinessAtanor chemical plant in Argentina shuttered
Toxic releases have led to the indefinite closure of the facility after a decade-long legal fight
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ResearchChemists cultivate ‘macromolecular wheatsheaf’
Triply-threaded rotaxane could bind together long-chain organic molecules
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NewsRenewable energy now cheaper than some fossil fuels
Assessment suggests renewables costs will plummet by 2020
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ResearchSwimming microrobots ‘see the invisible’
Chemically-fuelled and magnetically-guided spheres enable microscopy beyond the diffraction limit
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NewsRussian nickel company takes blame for ‘river of blood’
Norilsk Nickel claim iron salt leak poses no risk to the environment
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ResearchNanoplasters get cells into sticky situation
Nanoparticles that glue cells together could aid wound healing or stop tumour metastasis
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NewsUK gives go-ahead for new nuclear plants
Hinkley Point project can proceed but financial safeguards will be enforced on investors
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ResearchComposite film forms ultra-thin electromagnetic shield
An 8µm-thick layer blocks more than 99.999% of incident radiation