News – Page 294
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NewsNew German excellence strategy gets political go-ahead
Scheme will provide €500 million to bolster country’s best universities and fund best research
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ResearchComputer program pins down carbon capturing ionic liquids
Simulations take guesswork out of finding optimal conditions for CO2 capture
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NewsOpening the gated membrane floodgates
A layer of liquid creates switchable, anti-fouling membranes for water purification, biofuel processing and lab-on-chip applications
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BusinessMetals boss admits illegal export plot
Global Metallurgy chief conspired to export restricted metals to Iran
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NewsBetter windows with aerogels
Researchers have developed ways of making improved, cheaper transparent silica aerogel composites that could revolutionise windows
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ResearchCarbon dioxide reduction put under the spotlight
Rhenium catalyst that responds to visible light can effectively reduce carbon dioxide
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ResearchSingle-molecule switch flipped on and off by light
A light-controlled electrical switch has been made from a single photosensitive molecule
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ResearchNanoprobes to guide cancer radiotherapy dosing
Real-time Sers monitoring of radiation treatment in a 3D prostate cancer model
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NewsCalifornia’s Prop 65 controversy
The 30-year old law that made manufacturers list harmful chemicals is under attack
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NewsCanada to review support for science
The Canadian government has launched a review of how it funds basic research
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ResearchNew type of meteorite found in Swedish quarry
Chemically distinct 470-million-year-old rock could be part of a long-gone asteroid
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ResearchFirst detection of chiral molecule in space
Radio telescope detects propylene oxide in a star-forming region of outer space
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BusinessAdventures of an accidental entrepreneur
India needs to break out of its colonial mindset and tap into its innovative potential, says Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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ResearchMetal ion swap improves artificial enzymes
Substituting iron with iridium expands the catalytic capacity of metalloenzymes
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ResearchMOF in a bottle
Waste plastic bottles become a source for porous metal–organic framework synthesis
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ResearchQuasicrystals on a collision course with Earth
Natural quasicrystals may form from object collisions in the solar system
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BusinessWestlake Chemical to buy rival Axiall
US chemical manufacturer Axiall acquired by Westlake Chemical for $3.8 billion, after its earlier bid was rejected
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NewsInitiatives link refugee researchers with jobs in Europe
Aid for scientists displaced by Syrian civil war and other conflicts still piecemeal across the continent
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ResearchOxidation state +10 may exist in a platinum compound
Prediction suggests platinum oxide compound is stable in +10 state for nearly a year
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NewsScotland appoints new scientific adviser
Physicist Sheila Rowan will be the Scottish government’s first chief scientific adviser since December 2014