News – Page 353
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West Virginia chemical spill inhalation risk overlooked
Contamination of US water supply with MCHM and polyglycol ethers caused ill health when residents flushed toilets
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NewsPost publication peer review comes of age
Websites like PubPeer are letting scientists have frank conversations about research but have led to accusations of bullying and personal attacks
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Business
Biogen Idec to buy Convergence for pain pipeline
UK firm will remain intact as a ‘centre of excellence’ in pain R&D for Biogen
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Government rejects home secretary’s student visa proposal
International students will not have to return home straight after graduating
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BusinessUS poised to approve its first ‘biosimilar’ drug
FDA panel recommends Sandoz’s copy of Amgen’s Neupogen
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NewsFormer Royal Society of Chemistry president dies
Polymer chemist and past chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Anthony Ledwith has died aged 81
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NewsEPSRC head pledges greater dialogue with researchers
UK physical sciences chief Philip Nelson talks exclusively to Chemistry World about his plans, doctoral training and discontent in the community
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ResearchNew antibiotic could treat infection while dodging resistance problems
Technique to tap huge unexplored reservoir of natural products in soil microorganisms finds promising compound
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NewsUS–Cuba accord expected to be boon for science
Researchers and science groups applaud President Obama’s action make it easier for American and Cuban researchers to collaborate
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Myriad loses appeal on cancer gene test patents
US appeals court rules that biotechnology company cannot block competitor’s breast cancer tests
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ResearchNew ion continues perovskite solar’s flat-out progress
Changing most of the hybrid material’s organic component delivers efficiency record in small-scale devices
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Flame retardant levels in San Francisco Bay wildlife falls after phase-out
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in cormorants and terns has fallen by 74-93% in a decade
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BusinessRevlon’s former chief scientist claims he was fired over safety whistleblowing
Ex-employee sues firm alleging job loss was the result of raising safety concerns that the company’s chief executive didn’t want to hear
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ResearchMystery of why ‘structural red’ colours are not found in nature is solved
Discovery may help scientists to produce e-readers with colour screens
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ResearchLight drives unusual rotaxane-to-catenane transformation
Chemists ring the changes of mechanically-interlocked molecules
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NewsEmissions trading scheme faces industry skepticism in South Korea
Businesses claim that cap and trade will cost them trillions of won and damage competitiveness
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New research productivity metric unveiled
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center team proposes a new bibliometric method to gauge research output of academics
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