News – Page 314
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ResearchColour-changing polymer adapts camouflage to vegetation and desert
Fabric flips from green to brown when a voltage is applied
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ResearchPolymer repairs itself at body temperature
New material could enable self-healing wound dressings
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BusinessTwo dead in explosion at Chinese chemical plant
Five others injured when wastewater treatment device detonated
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ResearchNew forms of 2D boron synthesised
Flat boron allotropes could find a future use in nanoelectronics
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NewsCDC lab safety weaknesses in spotlight again
Worker at the US Centers for Disease Control diagnosed with Salmonella may have been infected in the lab
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ResearchUnstable dyes to blame for Van Gogh’s waning Sunflowers
Computer calculations predict why Van Gogh’s dyes are splitting on the canvas
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News$1 billion x-ray laser upgrade begins at SLAC
Construction begins on world’s brightest x-ray laser
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NewsCadmium and lead in costume jewellery prompt concern
Extremely high levels of toxic metals in children’s jewellery is causing alarm among US and Canadian scientists
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BusinessGilead loses to Merck & Co in hepatitis C drug dispute
US court upholds Merck’s claim to patents related to blockbuster drugs
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NewsUC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry will remain intact
Fierce opposition to dissolution of 144-year-old college has ended talk of disbanding it
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ResearchSmallest ever genome gives life to minimal microbe
Stripped down bacterium has fewest genes of any replicating organism and will help scientists understand gene function
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ResearchSilver nanoparticles lost in the first wash
Swiss scientists investigate nanosilver release from textiles
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NewsHigh pressure science attempts to unravel metallic hydrogen maze
Scientists believe they are inching closer to finding elusive state of hydrogen
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BusinessMEGlobal to build $1bn US petrochemical plant
Ethylene glycol company announces plans for first US facility
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NewsUK physical sciences body appoints first deputy chief executive
New Engineering and Physical Science Research Council post filled by Nottingham computing professor Tom Rodden
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US slashes exposure limit for silica dust
US occupational safety agency halves the amount of crystalline silica dust workers can be exposed to
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BusinessIndian whistleblower pushes for regulatory reform
Although denied a hearing by India’s supreme court, Dinesh Thakur wants to shake up pharmaceutical safety laws
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ResearchGrubbs’ catalyst drives tyre recycling
Rubbery networks broken down into reusable materials
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Irish institute in hot water with university ranking agency
Quacquarelli Symonds unhappy with emails sent to academics asking them to take part in survey
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ResearchWater hydrogen bonds tunnel in tandem
Cog-like interactions seen between molecules in ‘smallest droplet’ of water