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BusinessReach reviewed: no change required
But disproportionate cost of compliance for small and medium size companies should be reduced, European commission says
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Electricity at your fingertips
Conducting polymers that could harvest energy from human body heat
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Diagnosing bacterial growth
Scientists have designed a device for the rapid determination of the effect antibiotics on bacteria
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BusinessEU proposes neonicotinoid pesticide ban
Clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid at centre of debate over declining bee populations
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Research‘Invisible gates’ trap water droplets
Japanese scientists have created a nanoengineered surface that can separate out droplets based on their size
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Sea urchin inspires carbon capture catalyst
Larvae make use of nickel ions when building up their exoskeletons suggesting a role for the metal in carbon capture
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NewsRichard III body found under Leicester car park
DNA analysis confirms skeleton is remains of last Plantagenet king
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Enzyme draws nanopore protein sequencing nearer
Californian team hope changes in current as unfoldase drags proteins through a pore could identify individual amino acids
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NewsDuplicate grants could be costing US science agencies millions
Analysis claims that since 1985 major science agencies may have spent $5.1 billion on research that had already received funding
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Zoetis IPO launches at $2.2bn
Pfizer spin off will be a big player among a relatively small number of public companies focusing on animal heatlh
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NewsHorse meat scare offers food for thought
Burger safety scandal highlights holes in the UK’s food testing regime
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Sunscreen patches for wounded skin
Nanostructured core–shell latex films offer complete UVB protection to wounded skin
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DCD in New Zealand milk
Dicyandiamide poses no food risk but fertiliser companies have suspended sales
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Citation cartel uncovered in Bosnian journals
Study claims some scientists are behaving unethically to inflate impact factors and boost their careers
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NewsFunding council backs doctoral training centres with £350m
Money will fund new centres and some existing ones, while others may slowly fade away
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BusinessUnrest over US gas exports
Dow says exports will increase cost of gas and decrease price stability
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NMR with a light touch
Scientists in the US are developing a novel NMR method that uses light to pick up the spin of nuclei
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Sabic invests $500m in new R&D centres
Four centres to be created: two in Saudi Arabia, one in India and one in China
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Five green chemical feedstock projects launched
New projects will investigate how feedstock chemicals can be produced without fossil fuels
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Paper crane to carbon electrode
Group use origami to demonstrate their new electrode printing technique