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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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ResearchSmart nanoparticles take aim at cancer cells
Intranuclear radiosensitisation technique intensifies radiotherapy to drive tumour regression in mouse model
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EU recommends Parkinson’s drug for approval
First new molecule for a decade, but Alzheimer’s still posing challenges as antibody treatment withdrawn from trials
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EU chemicals regulator scolded over animal testing
Ombudsman says ECHA isn’t doing enough to require alternative, non-animal methods
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FBI’s 2001 anthrax investigation was flawed
The genetic testing the FBI relied on to trace the culprit of the anthrax letter attacks was defective, says Congress’ watchdog
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ResearchHydrogen superconductivity hammered out on diamond anvil
Humble hydrogen sulfide may be the best superconductor produced yet, but only under extreme pressures
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Home secretary’s student visa plan draws ire of science community
Foreign students would be expelled from UK as soon as they complete their degrees
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NewsUS research agencies finally learn their fate
The belated new budgets of America’s science agencies are met with a mixed reception
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Consumer products firms fined for French price fixing
€950m fines for ‘friends clubs’ that pushed up prices for home and personal care products
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Chemical facility anti-terrorism laws renewed for four years
Extensions to the legislation are meant to speed up processes and make it more efficient
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ResearchChemistry from the skies promises low-emission nylon raw material
Cyclohexane activated using ozone and UV to make adipic acid could slash industrial emissions of ozone-depleting greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
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ResearchBiodiesel byproduct rejuvenated into plastic feedstock
Cascade process generates lactic acid from waste glycerol
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NewsUK science strategy leaves many questions unanswered
Document contains no commitment to continue science ringfence or increase R&D spending
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ResearchCatching water with imitation beetle bumps
Inkjet printing crafts a superhydrophobic surface that mimics the fog harvesting ability of the Namib Desert beetle
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Chemical camouflage helps fish hide from predators
First time a vertebrate has been seen to evade predators by smelling like its habitat