News – Page 324
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BusinessFixing the broken antibiotics business model
With rising resistance and doomsday warnings, focus is turning to alternative economic models to boost antibiotic R&D
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NewsGlobal mercury treaty benefits US more than domestic action
Minamata Convention would lower mercury exposure 91% by 2050, compared to 32% for US’s own policies
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ResearchExpanding polymer takes the heat out of lithium batteries
Polymer electrode coating may help prevent battery fires
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ResearchSaliva test detects date rape drug
Detecting GHB and alcohol contaminants in saliva could mean faster treatment for ‘drunk’ A&E patients
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Business
Monsanto adds 1000 to job cut tally
Cost reduction plan brings cuts up to 16% of global workforce by the end of 2018
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NewsChemists take stock of chemical auditing and management
Online auditing platforms may spell the end for log books and shelves of forgotten chemicals
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BusinessNew vinyl catalyst will reduce mercury emissions
Johnson Matthey strikes gold as China’s PVC industry looks for cleaner processes
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Business
GSK’s ViiV to buy HIV drugs from BMS
Deal hands over Bristol-Myers Squibb’s entire HIV pipeline as the company looks to quit virology research
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ResearchCeramics made stronger with 3D printing
New method uses 3D printed polymers to make flaw-free ceramic microlattices
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BusinessDuPont cuts go deep in Delaware
Following its merger with Dow, DuPont will terminate 1700 positions in Delaware, US, as part of a cost-cutting drive
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ResearchNew shape memory polymer with a permanent twist
Material can flip between shapes but its resting shape can be remodelled without wiping the memory of other shapes
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ResearchDisciplines unite to strengthen MOFs
Mechanical engineering sheds light on rigidity of porous frameworks
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NewsConfirmation of four new elements completes seventh row of periodic table
Iupac endorse discovery of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 by teams in Russia, Japan and the US
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NewsUS bans three food packaging chemicals
Food agency prohibits the use of three perfluorinated compounds linked to cancers in food-contact materials
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BusinessShale feeds US methanol boom
US will become a net exporter as new plants come online, with extra production absorbed by growth in China
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ResearchStable caesium-doped perovskites boost silicon solar cells
Caesium may help to eliminate problem of halide segregation in perovskites
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NewsLights out for UK’s oldest nuclear power plant
Full decommissioning process of Wylfa site will take up to 90 years
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NewsUS bans microbeads from personal care products
Plastic particles added to cosmetics and some drugs will also be phased out by 2019
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ResearchChallenging efficiency records of solar hydrogen production
Lack of standardised techniques indicates we are basing our future on inaccurate numbers
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ResearchGraphene sieves deuterium from hydrogen
Atom-thick materials could make heavy water production 10 times cheaper than conventional technologies