News – Page 319
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NewsEurope picks its panel of seven scientific advisers
The commission’s new advisory support team will be backed up by more money and resources than the chief scientific adviser post it replaces
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ResearchEucalyptus bears both catalyst and biofuel
Reaction residue regenerated into heterogeneous catalyst for hydrolysis process
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ResearchA step forward for graphene walkers
Self-folding paper devices remotely controlled by light show potential as artificial muscles
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NewsInnovation in biomedical chemistry found wanting
Less than 40% of biomedical and chemical research shown to be ground-breaking with publishing pressures blamed
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NewsUK science’s ‘superpower’ status at risk
Long-term planning needed to push public and private R&D investment to 3% of GDP, science committee concludes
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Business
AstraZeneca to buy ZS Pharma for ion-balance drugs
$2.7 billion deal anticipates regulatory success for drug candidate under review
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BusinessPharma kickback claims lead to individual prosecutions
Warner Chilcott and Novartis face large fines for paying doctors to prescribe their drugs
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ResearchEye drops show promise treating cataracts and even reversing damage
Sterol compound can ‘dissolve’ mis-folded proteins to help clear the lens offering hope to 100 million in developing world
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NewsChemistry departments running in the red in the UK
Large increase in students and lack of investment may be to blame
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NewsInaction at US Chemical Safety Board criticised
Agency that investigates serious chemical incidents is accused of sitting on its hands since resignation of former chairman
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Business
Samsung to sell chemicals businesses to Lotte
Korean conglomerate Lotte will pay £1.7 billion for stake in Samsung’s chemicals businesses
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ResearchUnnatural nanoreactor puts click reaction in the spotlight
Engineered nanopore reveals long-lived ‘click chemistry’ intermediate
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Business
Dow backs off of Kuwaiti joint ventures
EQUATE will acquire MEGlobal as part of Dow’s restructuring of its Kuwaiti joint ventures
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NewsThreat to US chemical rail transport headed off
Rail safety crisis that would have put the nation’s chemical distribution at risk has been averted
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ResearchTrampolining droplets raise hopes for ice-shedding surfaces
Mystery of bouncing droplets that apparently defy the laws of physics unravelled
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ResearchOral delivery of anticancer drug
Researchers endeavour to limit drug side effects and injections for cancer patients
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ResearchGel scaffold supports surgeons operating on children
Hydrogen-bonded matrix can hold tiny blood vessels together for suturing during organ transplants
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Business
Shire to buy rare disease specialist Dyax
Deal includes an already-approved drug for angioedema and an experimental antibody treatment
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NewsGM food and feed law falters in EU parliament
Proposal would have allowed individual member states to ban the sale of genetically modified organisms
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NewsGamblers judge research quality cheaply and well
‘Prediction market’ trial in chemistry departments suggest less arduous way to prepare for research assessment