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ResearchDangling bonds induce ferromagnetism in graphitic carbon nitride
Modulating magnetic coupling in metal-free materials, for spintronics applications
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ResearchSmart bandage gives wound treatment the green light
Easy to use dressing monitors oxygen levels in healing tissue
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US ramps up rare diseases research
National Institutes of Health spends $29 million to study more than 200 rare diseases
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Endo outbids QLT for Auxilium merger
Biotech backs out of Canadian deal in favour of increased $2.6bn bid from Endo
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ResearchIonic liquid-gas interfaces: more than a surface glance
Low-energy ion scattering reveals ionic liquid surface make-up
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ResearchDesigner nanoparticles cast in DNA moulds
Moulds will be able to produce a vast array of different inorganic nanoparticle shapes for nanoelectronics and catalysis
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NewsWorld’s first carbon capture coal plant opens
A $1.4 billion retrofit of a Canadian power station will mean 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is captured per year
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EMA finalises trial transparency rules
Researcher access reinstated, but company redaction rights may cause issues
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ResearchSawdust cellulose offers alkane pipeline
Biomass alkanes could fit into existing crude oil feedstock infrastructure
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US tax changes ripple into merger deals
Efforts to curb tax-avoiding ‘inversion’ deals will slow, but not stop, the wave
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Actavis boosts antibiotics with Durata buyout
$820 million deal gives Actavis control of newly-approved intravenous antibiotic
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NewsLive blog: Single molecule spectroscopy wins chemistry Nobel prize
Keep up with the latest news and gossip on the chemistry Nobel prize
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NewsSuper-resolution light microscopy wins chemistry Nobel
Prize goes to three chemists who overcame the diffraction limit to allow optical microscopy at the nanoscale
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NewsLos Alamos lab’s safety lapses faulted for radioactive leak
Audit finds lab’s poor safety likely to be at blame for a transuranic waste leak that closed US’s only permanent nuclear waste repository
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NewsInventors of blue LED win physics Nobel
Japanese trio awarded Nobel prize in physics for work that led to the development of the elusive blue light emitting diode
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Becton Dickinson to buy CareFusion for $12bn
Medical devices merger continues consolidation trend
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ResearchLignin boosts sunscreen performance
Researchers in China and Canada have found that commercial sunscreens with added lignin block more UV rays
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ResearchSolar wind whips up water on moon
Isotopic analysis shows that water on Earth’s satellite is created by proton bombardment