News – Page 422
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Nanomagnets clean blood
Nanoparticles latch onto toxins in blood but are magnetically trapped before they can enter the body
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NewsArtificial leaf in the shade but still growing
Nocera’s water splitting technology shelved by spin-out but researchers are still optimistic that there is a way through
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Long-life lithium sulfide batteries
Polymer promotes longer charge intervals for high energy batteries
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NewsRussian scientists claim state reform will ‘kill science’
Protesters conduct a symbolic funeral to decry state interference in science academies
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BusinessLilly freezes pay as patent cliff looms
Drugmaker targets $400 million savings as two key patents near expiry
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Antigenic sugars identified for Chagas disease
Scientists seek to improve diagnostics for kissing bug disease
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NewsAustralia plans to scrap carbon tax early
A new emissions trading scheme would replace it, quickly linking up with the EU’s own pricing scheme for carbon dioxide
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Business
PolyOne to close six sites and shed 250 jobs
Former Spartech manufacturing facilities are ‘redundant’ after takeover in March
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Flexible supercapacitors for portable electronics
Scientists create a tiny, bendy power supply
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ResearchCirculating cancer cells spiral towards separation
Microfluidic isolation of tumour cells for analysis
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Monsanto abandons GM crops in Europe
Company will focus on conventional plant breeding in EU and biotech elsewhere
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Spain's largest science institution faces €75 million black hole
Research council faces paralysis within weeks if the money cannot be found
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Microwave quarrel heats up
Academics publicly exchange sharp words in journal pages over microwave chemistry
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Former student sues Harvard for $10 million
PhD chemist seeks damages in row over patent royalties
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Dipstick test for plague on the way
New method for diagnosing plague could be rolled out within months
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Senate approves Gina McCarthy as new EPA head
Environmental Protection Agency leader confirmed after four-month delay
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NewsCall to arms on data integrity
Journal editor tells chemists to get tough on bad practices such as scrubbing spectra of embarrassing impurities