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ResearchRelativity behind mercury's liquidity
First evidence that relativistic effects are indeed responsible for mercury’s low melting point
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NewsChemistry laureate Jerome Karle dies
Joint winner of the 1985 Nobel prize in chemistry dies at the age of 94
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Capturing crystallisation on camera
Images taken over nanoseconds reveal the crystallisation of germanium telluride
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NewsUS supreme court rules genes can't be patented
Breast cancer test company at centre of case can still rely on patents on non-naturally occurring DNA
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ResearchStudents develop antivenom in high school lab
Molecularly-imprinted nanoparticles pave the way for a new generation of antidotes
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OLEDs ditch the heavy metals
Replacing iridium and platinum in smart phone screens could make them cheaper and more environmentally friendly
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Gooey secret of naked mole rat's cancer resistance revealed
Scientists hopeful that strategy can be 'borrowed' to help keep humans tumour-free
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BusinessAstraZeneca announces new UK hub
Restructuring will see all AstraZeneca R&D at new location close to University of Cambridge research
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Stirring microwave synthesis
New magnetic stir bar designed for narrow microwave synthesis vessels
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New evidence links air pollution with autism
Exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust and airborne metals may double the chance of a pregnant woman giving birth to a child with autism
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Hydrogen generation using sunlight
First evidence for a light-driven water–gas shift reaction
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First vertebrate fluorescent protein discovered
The UnaG protein from Unagi eels could be the basis for a simple test to check on liver health check
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Switching chirality in amino acids
Cheap nickel catalysis offers alternative to expensive enzymatic resolution
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NewsForget tax credits, fund applied research
Thinktank says hundreds of millions of pounds of tax breaks are going to city business firms and would be better spent elsewhere
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GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation
Company is retracting a 2010 study in which data were ‘misrepresented’
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Plumage pattern revealed in 150 million-year-old bird
Chemical mapping could help unpick the biology of extinct animals
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Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores
Under intense pressures like those found on Uranus or Neptune ice may behave in very different ways, even giving rise to magnetic fields
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Companies urged to publish hidden clinical trial data
Researchers could acquire data and publish themselves if firms refuse