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Disorder opens up battery material field
Discovery overturns conventional wisdom that well-ordered materials are a must for better lithium-ion battery electrodes
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Deadly explosion at Japanese silicon plant
Five killed and several more injured at Mitsubishi Materials site
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Novartis in the spotlight in mis-selling investigations
Crackdown on pharma marketing continues with US and Japanese cases
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ResearchFlexible electronics get even more bendy
Swiss scientists produce a circuit so thin and pliant that it can be wrapped arond a human hair
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First route to diphosphorus tetroxide
Carbene stabilisation provides a way to create this elusive nitrogen oxide relative
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Thermo Fisher to sell three analytical divisions to GE Healthcare
Deal will help the firm complete its ongoing takeover of Life Technologies
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Warning over graphene investment scams
UK regulator says scammers are selling fake investments in graphene
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Device runs on finger power
Human movement creates piezoelectric potentials for manipulating droplets in microfluidic systems
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NewsScientific data disappearing at alarming rate
Canadian researchers find that the chances of a data set being of any use to science falls by 17% a year
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NewsFlu drug stockpile may be worthless
UK committee asks government to think again on Tamiflu as its effectiveness in a pandemic is in doubt
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Stress-free sperm sexing
Micromechanical resonators pick up mass differences between X and Y chromosomes to sort sperm cells
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NewsRare element substitution a tricky proposition
Audit of scarce materials finds alternatives for use in modern technologies like computers and mobiles are even scarcer
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Mid-air monitoring of migrating birds
Preliminary model for a sensor that could aid study of metabolic changes in birds as they fly
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Exhaled isotopes give hope to spotting sepsis early
Carbon-13 levels in breath of paediatric patients have been correlated with the body’s acute phase response to inflammation
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EU chemical agency gives first hazardous substance authorisation
Rolls Royce given first approval to use substance linked to birth defects under controlled conditions
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Picosecond 'kettle' to probe chemical reactions
Theory shows terahertz radiation could superheat water in a fraction of a second to precisely track experiments
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NewsFDA wants the dirt on antibacterial soaps
US manufacturers will have to prove their products are safe and more effective than ordinary soap, under a proposed rule