News – Page 296
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ResearchError bar estimates offer DFT sanity check
New molecule-based method makes it easier to assess the precision of reactivity calculations
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ResearchZero-valent beryllium in its molecular element
Transition-metal-like complexes with a Be(0) centre have been synthesised for the first time
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ResearchTutankhamun’s burial dagger is ‘extra-terrestrial’ in origin
Analysis of the iron in the 3000-year-old mummy’s dagger suggests it originally came from a meteorite
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NewsEnquiry highlights ‘missing’ UK government research
Science group calls for a central database to improve public access to government-commissioned reports
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ResearchConnections in flow
MIT’s Klavs Jensen tells us how his research ranges in size from a chip, to a fridge to a shipping container
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NewsToxic legacy of Agent Orange lives on in Vietnam
Scientists are struggling to clean up dioxin-contaminated soil that has been linked to devastating illnesses among thousands of people
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BusinessVertellus enters bankruptcy
Chemical maker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its US operations and plans to auction the business
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NewsEU leaders agree ambitious 2020 open access target
A group of science ministers from member states say all new papers published by 2020 should be open access
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NewsArgentina’s science surge
Science budgets in Argentina have jumped 10-fold since the country’s first science minister was appointed in 2007
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New biobank supports Obama’s personalised medicine initiative
Mayo Clinic receives $142 million to shed light on individual differences in health and disease
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BusinessThermoFisher Scientific to buy electron microscope maker
Deal will expand lab equipment provider’s instrument portfolio for life and materials sciences
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BusinessJazz Pharma buy out Celator in $1.5bn deal
Deal centres on promising leukaemia drug fast-tracked by the US Food and Drug Administration
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NewsAkzoNobel sponsors colour garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Display celebrates plants that have been used historically to make dyes, and highlights a new project to capture nature’s structural colours in paint
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ResearchMeteorite compounds hint at origins of life’s asymmetry
Excess of right handed sugar derivatives found on meteorites suggests homochirality may have come from space
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BusinessFracking gets first UK approval for five years
Council says Third Energy can test existing borehole in North Yorkshire
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BusinessIndia hit hard by US regulatory sanctions
Data integrity issues have led to punitive measures, but companies are taking measures to improve
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ResearchSecrets shown in a good light
UV light reads and writes invisible messages on modified paper
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ResearchHydrogens seen crystal clear in small molecules
Researchers have pinned down the precise position of hydrogen atoms in crystal structures using widely accessible methods
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NewsWorld faces tough challenge turning words into action on antibiotic resistance
Countries are waking up to the challenge of ‘superbugs’ but agreeing a way forward will be tricky
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US chemical regulation reform delayed yet again
Senator is blocking update to 40-year-old chemicals law and calling for more time to examine the bill