News – Page 405
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NewsSpicing up water purification
Coriander leaves can be useful for more than just curries, find undergraduate students
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Research
Sulfur difluoride dimer exposes bonding strangeness
Recoupled pair bond dyads help molecule break the rules
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Brain cancer severity linked with oxidation state of iron
Measuring the oxidation state of metals in tumours may give information on cancer progression
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NewsGoing for gold comes with cost
Parliamentary report concludes that the UK’s focus on gold open access may eat into research budgets
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Bacteria incriminated by their odour
Device that can simultaneously detect and identify bacteria could help save lives
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Explosive research isolates mercury azides
Cool nerves and steady hands were needed to isolate and characterise explosive mercury compounds
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Business
First biosimilar antibody drugs approved in Europe
European commission gives final approval to generic infliximab copies
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NewsCall to overhaul liver toxicity testing
Outdated tests could be causing drug candidates to be scrapped without reason, say scientists
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ResearchShape memory polymer hosts functional nanoparticles
A polymer that remembers its original shape after being scrunched up gives support to nanoparticles
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NewsMosquito repellents from skin secretions
The smell of people who don’t get bitten by mosquitoes so often might help those of us that do
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Business
GSK divests Lucozade and Ribena brands
£1.35 billion deal allows GSK to focus on pharma business
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Research
Water-splitting catalyst based on Prussian blue
Cobalt-based derivative catalyses oxidation of water
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Worrying molecule found in bottled water
Analysis finds a new endocrine disrupting chemical in bottled water
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Tea stains find new use as antibacterial coating
Plant polyphenols used to create a thin layer that sticks to even Teflon
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ResearchHandcuff catenanes
Mechanically interlocked molecules that are incredibly difficult to make have been synthesised by scientists in the US
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Research
All-in-one 3D printing
3D printed objects with easy to modify surfaces turned into complex superhydrophobic structures
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ResearchUnravelling stereochemistry via mass spectrometry
Technique reveals a molecule’s chirality without separating the enantiomers or growing pure crystals
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NewsAnother drug suspension overturned in India
Safety concerns put sales of antidepressant Deanxit on ice until firms petitioned a high court
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Business
Otsuka to buy Astex for $886 million
Japanese firm intends to leave Astex’s fragment-based R&D efforts intact