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Alcohol dependence pill approved in EU
Selincro tablets from Lundbeck designed to reduce consumption of alcohol
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UK funders get tough on research misconduct
Research Councils UK will be able to withhold money from universities that fail to take ethical breaches seriously
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Microbial mobilisation may offer arsenic solution
Natural processes, not human activity, are responsible for the release of sequestered arsenic that kills thousands of people every year in Bangladesh
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BusinessUK considers patent rule change for trials
Government to change law that organisations say makes the country less appealing as a location for clinical trials
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Co-factoring on a chip makes biocatalysis easy
A microfluidic device could reduce the cost of using co-factors in enzyme-catalysed redox reactions
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Polymer production line runs on DNA
Enzyme-less system can produce a huge library of synthetic polymers that could catalyse chemical reactions or target disease
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Dow rapped for $1bn tax scheme
Judge opines: ‘tax law deals in economic realities, not legal abstractions’
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Fireproof coatings made from DNA
Could a next generation of eco-friendly flame-retardant coatings be made from DNA?
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Recognising coeliac disease
An electrochemical immunosensor is a step towards point-of-care disease diagnosis
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Chemical transport defines ‘Goldilocks’ cell size
Too big and macromolecules like proteins and DNA have to travel too far, too small and they’re too crowded
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Does chemical regulation boost innovation?
Report suggests that supply of innovation responds to extra demand created by new laws
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Talk of a $6.6bn deal for Elan
Potential offer from Royalty Pharma comes as Elan ponders how to spend its cash from Tysabri rights
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NewsScience community urged to unite on open access
While many sticking points remain, these should not be allowed to derail changes to the publication of research in the UK, meeting told
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NewsPharmaSea to scour ocean depths for new drugs
Bioprospecting project will investigate marine organisms in the search for new antibiotics and central nervous system therapies
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ResearchSupercharging methanol for fuel cells
Ruthenium-based pincer catalyst can extract hydrogen from methanol, making it a better choice to generate clean energy
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Capturing the potential of carbon dioxide
A new iron nanoparticle catalyst could turn waste greenhouse gas into useful hydrocarbons
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NewsUK top scientist immigration policy under fire
A scheme to attract world leaders in science to the UK has seen just 73 visas issued in its first year
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Finding asbestos in soil
A new soil analysis technique could allow the detection of very low levels of asbestos, which could be harmful to health
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NewsEndocrine disrupting chemicals under fire
WHO and UNEP warn that common endocrine disrupters could be responsible for the rise in global health problems
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Crystals of polystyrene
Highly ordered materials made by crosslinking are super strong, say chemists, and could find use in engineering applications