News – Page 342
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ResearchUltrasound test echoes with battery charge
Acoustic technique that measures physical changes could simplify battery tests
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NewsGender bias in US research funding investigated
Three US Congresswomen requested an investigation into whether funding bias is holding back women in science
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ResearchPlant-inspired plastics take shape
Polymer that responds to multiple stimuli could bring shape-shifting plastics a step closer
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ResearchMembrane-less electrolyser set to disrupt water splitting
Device that exploits fluid mechanic forces has potential to significantly cut cost of hydrogen production
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NewsEmerging from Deepwater
Five years after a BP oil rig explosion spewed millions of oil barrels into the Gulf of Mexico, key questions remain
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ResearchLonger-lived oxides offer silicon synthesis boost
Touted as ‘soluble sand’, stabilised small silicon oxides present new synthetic worlds
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NewsWomen twice as likely to be hired for academic posts as men
Experiment shows that faculty staff are more likely to pick women for job roles based on hypothetical CVs
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ResearchEarly Earth collision could clear up two geological mysteries
Smash-up with Mercury-like body could have ignited nuclear dynamo at Earth’s centre and explain isotope discrepancy
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Research
Ionic liquids come up smelling of roses
Perfume delivery system triggered by water keeps sweet smells around for longer
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ResearchHydrogel with a basic instinct for drug delivery
Gel that releases naproxen in alkaline surroundings is promising step toward relieving drug’s side effects
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NewsScience remains a peripheral issue in the UK election
As one of the most unpredictable votes in living memory approaches little separates the main parties on research
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ResearchChemicals formed on meteorites may have started life on Earth
Simple chemical turned into DNA bases and other precursors to life on simulated meteorite surface
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ResearchMaking fracking greener
A chemically-responsive non-toxic fracturing fluid that generates its own overpressure
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Business
Generics giant Mylan offers $30 billion for Perrigo
Mylan makes ambitious takeover offer just weeks after Abbott aquisition closes
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Research
Single-face fluorinated carbon ring takes the strain
Hexafluorocyclohexane created with all fluorines pointing ‘up’ could lead to new supramolecular strategies
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ResearchLabs and wastewater cleaned with the same sponge
Domestic sponge fortuitously found to soak up bisphenol A
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ResearchFish and flowers inspire diving goggle material
Transparent surfaces for repelling oil underwater made from silica
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ResearchSilicon chip spots dangerous pathogens in human blood
Silicon wafer doped with silver nanoparticles can rapidly identify E. coli in blood
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ResearchGraphene oxide diversifies soil bacteria
Digging deeper into the environmental impact of nanomaterial contamination