News – Page 284
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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
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NewsUK government to invest £60 million in new manufacturing research hubs
Research at six new centres will aim to boost manufacturing in the UK
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ResearchProtein’s wobbles after electric shocks reveal inner workings
New twist on x-ray crystallography could simply reveal functional regions of proteins
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Business£90m fine for Pfizer and Flynn Pharma over excessive drug pricing
Markets watchdog imposes record fine for breaches of competition law
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ResearchBouncing Leidenfrost droplets seem to defy gravity
Scientists uncover why charged droplets on a hot surface bounce progressively higher
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NewsCanada’s triclosan verdict runs counter to US ban
Antibacterial agent can still be used in soaps but a government agency also concluded that it is toxic to aquatic life
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ResearchChemists find mummified legs may belong to Queen Nefertari
Gas chromatography reveals legs belong to one of Egypt’s lost queens
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BusinessBrexit could push UK chemical manufacturing abroad
Industry leaders say tariff-free access to EU single market is top priority
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ResearchChicken feed and food ingredients tame organolithium chemistry
Three second alkylation happens in air without cooling – or bursting into flames
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NewsGovernment abandons proposed anti-lobbying regulations
Controversial rule that would prevent grantees advising government was heavily criticised by scientists
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BusinessChemical plant workers’ month-long strike
Momentive Performance Materials has drafted temporary contractors in dispute over benefits
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ResearchMpemba effect in hot water after doubt cast on its existence
Frosty reception for claim that effect where hot water freezes faster than cold has no basis
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ResearchMiddle Eastern bitumen at Sutton Hoo rewrites trade history
The black lumps provide the first evidence for a bitumen trade network between the British Isles and the Middle East
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ResearchBismuth superconductor leaves theory up in the air
Discovery of superconductivity at exceptionally low temperatures confounds current understanding of the phenomenon
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BusinessPfizer pulls back on UK and Ireland facilities
€400 million manufacturing plant expansion cancelled and two facilities to close