News – Page 373
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ResearchFiring up battery safety
Smart battery provides early warning to prevent overheating hazard
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NewsEuropean commission looks for endocrine disruptor definition
Consultation seeks opinion on a scientific description for these chemicals to help inform existing regulation
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ResearchMaking light of food allergies
Pulsed light treatment improves protein digestibility whilst retaining functionality
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NewsUCLA spent $4.5 million on legal costs in Sangji case
University defends spending in case brought against chemistry professor, highlighting $20 million investment in lab safety
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Business
AbbVie backs out of Shire deal
Treasury rule changes make inversion ‘too uncertain’ and remove financial benefits
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NewsEuropean scientists rally to protest jobs and funding crisis
Marches across the continent aim to raise the plight of research and emphasise its economic importance
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BusinessIndian manufacturers hit back over quality claims
Study showing drugs exported to Africa are substandard prompts backlash from generic drugmakers
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ResearchHungary’s rivers in recovery after red mud disaster
Long term contamination of river system after industrial spill successfully prevented by extensive remediation efforts
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ResearchHelium happily shares electrons to create dianions
Fullerene dianions created in nanodroplets of helium opening up new ways of creating exotic molecular species
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ResearchNew test accelerates herpes detection
Peptide-coated superparamagnetic beads latch onto herpes simplex virus-1 in rapid diagnostic assay
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NewsScience roadmap for next parliament unveiled
UK Campaign for Science and Engineering wants funding to match US levels and VAT exemptions for R&D
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NewsCannabis chemists look for professional recognition
The American Chemical Society is being petitioned to form a division to help develop standards in the field
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BusinessBio-based chemicals on the rise in US
Government predicts 10% of chemicals market will be renewable by 2015
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ResearchLiming Dai: Integrating nanochemistry into the macroscopic world
The director of Case4Carbon talks to Chemistry World about advanced carbon nanomaterials
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NewsQuotas proposed to back younger US researchers
Legislator wants National Institutes of Health to reduce median age of first-time grantees to 38 by 2025
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ResearchFluorescent DNA becomes versatile metal detector
Colour changes of oligodeoxyfluorosides produces unique ‘fingerprints’ to distinguish up to 57 different metals
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ResearchThrough the looking glass with switchable mirrors
Electrochemical mirror remains reflective without external electrical power
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ResearchGood vibrations for electron microscopy
Vibrational spectroscopy performed on the nanoscale, opening up investigations into bonding structure
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NewsPyrolysis touted as billion dollar US industry
Rapid deployment of plastics-to-oil could add $9 billion to America’s economy and 40,000 jobs
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Research
Nanodiamonds add some sparkle to imaging
Tiny diamonds can be used to visualise cells and tissues and could deliver drugs too