News – Page 407
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Nice rules against Afinitor
Novartis’ drug will not routinely be available on the UK health service
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Syngenta takes legal action over pesticide ban
Company claims that the European commission’s two-year moratorium on neonicotinoids to protect bees was wrong
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ResearchDecays and x-rays build case for element 115
Added ‘fingerprint’ measurements could provide evidence needed for formal recognition
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US rivers turned alkaline by acid rain
Two thirds of rivers in the eastern US have become alkaline in recent decades
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Personal kidney disease monitoring on your phone
Hand-held device affixed to a smart phone checks albumin levels in urine samples then records results on an app
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Prehistoric humans liked to spice up their lives
Chemical analysis of 6000 year old cooking pots reveals traces of garlic mustard used to flavour meat and fish dishes
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Couple charged in GSK corruption investigation
Two private investigators have been charged with breaching the privacy rights of Chinese citizens
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Silent labs for futuristic nanotechnology
New labs, shielded against all sources of background noise, host experiments with exceptional precision
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NewsChina to spend billions tackling pollution
New scheme will boost the nation’s rapidly emerging environmental industry
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ResearchSelf-assembling yarn shows its strength
Chinese chemists have pulled a thread as strong as polypropylene from a simple mix of monomers
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Hydrogel treatment targets tumours
Cancer combating gel can now be synthesised in just two steps
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A golden answer to drug competition
Ancient ratio found throughout nature may help to select the correct doses of medicine to use in combination
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Unconsidered chemistry could amplify global warming
Dimethyl sulfide links ocean acidification and climate change and could push up global temperatures by 0.5°C by 2100
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Greener flares better for the environment
Polluting perchlorates replaced with a cheap, energetic nitrogen-rich compound and may even mean less smoke and better fireworks displays
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Plant protein regulates diabetes treatment
Nanogel mimics the pancreas by releasing insulin in response to glucose fluctuations
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Half of all papers from 2011 are open access
Report’s author claims movement has reached a critical mass with nearly twice as many papers freely accessible as previously thought
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Next-generation vascular stents
New alloy that balances durability and degradation is ideal material for medical devices that alleviate atherosclerosis
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J&J buys Aragon’s prostate cancer arm
Hormone cancer specialist spins out other programmes before sale
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Temperature responsive polymer stops overheating problem
Work by scientists in China could prevent supercapacitor self-destruction
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ResearchBall lightning captured in the lab
Scientists hope that prolonging the lifetime of glowing orbs of plasma will help them understand this mysterious and rare natural phenomenon