News – Page 376
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ResearchNanoparticle studies leave the lab
Scientists take to the outdoors to show that single walled carbon nanotubes accumulate and persist in aquatic sediments
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ResearchPick and mix macromolecules
Activating C-H bonds in molecular building blocks enables complex macromolecules to be created
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NewsWhite House tightens oversight of dangerous studies
New rules governing so-called ‘dual use’ research will take effect in a year, but there is concern that they will stymie critical studies
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BusinessMerck KGaA to buy Sigma–Aldrich
$17bn acquisition expands Merck’s life science business and US presence, but it isn’t stepping back from drug development
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ResearchJames Crowley: Magicians rings and dumbbells on a molecular scale
James Crowley on making stimuli responsive molecular machines from mechanically interlocked architectures
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ResearchPerovskite solar cells show hydrogen production promise
Highly efficient solar cells and catalysts made from cheap, common materials use sunlight to split water
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NIH wants scientists to consider sex in research
Preclinical and clinical research is overreliant on male test subjects which can cloud future work in humans
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ResearchBreakup reaction hints at handedness of nature
Dissociation of 3-bromocamphor provides clues on why nature favours one mirror image of a molecule over another
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NewsUS chemical regulation reform deadlocked once more
Efforts to update the US’s nearly 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act are grounded following political squabble
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Business
India backs off drug pricing controls
Current price caps will stand, but rules on how new caps can be imposed are being tightened
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ResearchFirst interstellar sighting of a branched alkyl molecule
Discovery shows that stellar nurseries could hold amino acids too that might have been the spark for life on Earth
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ResearchAcetaldehyde photolysis: right to roam
Surprising insights into photochemical roaming pathways
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Business
Review says cheaper drug is safe for eye disease
Cochrane collaboration says side effects of expensive Lucentis and off-label Avastin are similar
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ResearchWater provides new angle on single molecule imaging
Spatial orientation of two organic dye molecules has been determined by looking at the surrounding water molecules
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BusinessBayer to sever polymer arm
German chemical giant’s exit from the materials world will help fund its crop and healthcare ambitions
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NewsBig name coffee chains drawn into acrylamide fight
Starbucks and other coffee chains are being sued in California by a non-profit that wants carcinogen labels slapped on their drinks
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NewsSwiss readmitted to Europe's huge science programme
Spat over immigration from the EU smoothed over for now, but partial re-entry to Horizon 2020 may not last
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Business
Gilead licenses generic hepatitis C drug in India
Company aims to head off competition and grab a slice of royalties
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ResearchOne-shot tomography gives atomic-scale 3D images
High-sensitivity transmission electron microscopy produces precise 3D images of nanocrystals from just a single 1D snapshot