News – Page 377
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ResearchDiamond set to sparkle for nanoelectronics
Straightforward etching of sub-100nm structures onto diamond overcomes problems with defects
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Nano risk register not necessary, says BASF
Reach covers the relevant information, and a register risks attracting unwarranted stigma
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Squid skin conductor for bioelectronics
Transistors made from reflectin protein could bridge the gap between electronic and biological systems
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NewsTaking responsibility
Sara Cooper talks about safety in the lab and how it’s up to everyone to create a safe environment
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ResearchCluster structure promises acid advance
After a 40-year wait, new information on how water clusters around protons stands to benefit our understanding of acids.
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China plans ‘green’ open access future
Major Chinese science funders want research they pay for publicly available within a year
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ResearchDual warhead kills and disarms bacteria
Compound damages bacterial membrane and disables resistance mechanism in a two-pronged attack
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Boehringer to settle blood thinner drug suits for $650m
Company confident in drug safety but says court cases are too risky
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BusinessChinese-made DNA sequencer aims to challenge foreign dominance
Domestic instrument pitching for a slice of the world’s fastest growing genome sequencing market
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ResearchOut of the frying pan and into the atmosphere
Air–water interface kinetics are key to understanding the persistence of fatty acid aerosols
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Business
Time called on Pfizer–AstraZeneca deal
Pfizer could make a fresh approach after six months under City takeover rules
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ResearchEarth’s earliest continent formed like Iceland
Newly discovered rocks shed light on the geology of Earth’s first continental crust
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ResearchFlue gas reclaimed as polymer feedstock
Closing the carbon cycle reduces both greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel depletion
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ResearchUnusual H-bond patterns revealed in single molecule image
Hydrogen atoms in a molecule of cobalt phthalocyanine appear to be ‘shared’ between multiple centres
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ResearchA good hair day for glowing nanoparticles
Chinese scientists make luminescent ink out of hair
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Mitsui continues reinvention efforts with two deals
Japanese firm drops organic acids in favour of lens materials
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Australian science base eroded by budget cuts
Claims that cuts are politically motivated and short sighted as climate and environment programmes slashed
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ResearchImmunocamouflage lets donor blood cells go undetected
A bio-inspired approach to creating universal red blood cells
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NewsTo lecture or not to lecture?
Active learning could substantially cut university students failing science with some claiming continuing lectures is ‘unethical’