News – Page 395
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Crowdsourcing unearths promising anticancer compound
Fungi from soil in citizen scientists' gardens have thrown up some potential drug candidates
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Dow shakes out chlorine business
Company will divest low-margin segments to improve efficiency and focus on higher value specialities
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NewsNew report concludes Arafat was not poisoned
French team claims radiation traces in the former Palestinian leader’s body are natural
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Subjectivity may curb false findings
Behaviour model hints at how peer review can stop scientists adopting the wrong hypotheses
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Little new for science in autumn statement
UK government announces money for quantum technology centres and a promise of more strategic planning for science
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Water nanostructures disinfect air
Nanotechnology enters the fight against airborne pathogens associated with infectious diseases
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Merck KGaA snaps up electronic materials specialist
Firm looks to bolster R&D by acquiring AZ Electronic Materials
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Diamonds’ redox reaction origins revealed
Russian researchers follow how diamond forms under the Earth's crust
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NewsControversial GM maize cancer link paper retracted
Journal retracts paper for ‘inconclusive’ results while author vows to fight the decision
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BusinessNike eliminates water at new Taiwanese dyeing plant
ColorDry process uses supercritical CO2 to reduce waste and cut costs
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Lithium–sulfur batteries ready to go the distance
Innovative electrodes set to put electric cars in the fast lane with a new design that holds double the energy of ordinary lithium batteries
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BusinessNew wave of hepatitis C drugs hits US shore
J&J’s once-daily drug approved by FDA, but rivals are hot on its heels
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Caged toxin for safer, better bacterial vaccines
Hybrid nanoparticles can deliver unmodified toxins giving the immune system a better education to resist future infections
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Scorched hair makes supercapacitors greener
Promising material for storing electric charge starts off as human hair
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Business
US turnaround on Avandia restrictions
Researchers accuse regulator of face-saving U-turn over diabetes medication safety
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Mass extinction the result of acid rain and ozone loss
Climate model links sulfur and halogen emissions to The Great Dying when 90% of Earth's life died
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NewsCompromise puts Israel on course to join Europe's science programme
EU and Israel agree to disagree over settlements but money will not be going to organisations beyond the Green Line
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Pressure cooker produces new metal hydride
Combining hydrogen and iridium under pressure gives a hydrogen-rich hydride with an unusual structure
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Renewables pair up to power tiny generator
Gadgets that power themselves by harvesting energy from both light and wind are on the horizon