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Pesticides can kill frogs in hours
Typical spraying of fields with commonly used pesticides is enough to cause the death of frogs
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Graphene hits the funding jackpot
Consortium seeking European funding to investigate the material wins €1 billion in emerging technologies competition
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Controversial theory of smell given a boost
Molecular vibrations may be responsible for our ability to distinguish between different odours, new experiments show
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Plan for UK's 'eight great technologies' outlined
Government announces where funding will go to enable the country to bridge the technological ‘valley of death’
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ResearchSwitchable catenane ready for data storage
A highly unusual multi-radical structure that has up to four unpaired electrons, yet remains stable, could find uses in batteries and computer memory
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NewsIndian supreme court’s anger over unregulated clinical trials
Tales of collusion between drug companies and regulators leads court to criticise the government
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Reassessing the health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident
Scientists in the US believe the health consequences from the Japanese nuclear accident may have been underestimated
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Allergan buys MAP for $958m
Deal strengthens Allergan’s position in neurology with Levadex for treating migraine
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Shall I compare thee to a strand of DNA?
Cambridge scientists turn DNA into a data storage medium and use it to store all of Shakespeare's sonnets
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Environmentally friendly alternative to toxic heavy metals in paint
Enzyme catalysts are more environmentally friendly paint drying agents than cobalt catalysts
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Vasella to leave Novartis in August
Long serving chair of the board of directors will be succeeded by Jörg Reinhardt
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OM Group to exit cobalt business
Deal worth up to $435 million includes downstream activities, in particular cobalt refining in Kokkola, Finland
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NewsCampaign to save Royal Institution's London home
Scientists and the public rally to stop the sale of the building that housed Davy’s and Faraday’s labs after charity runs into financial difficulties
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ResearchMopping up oil spills with marshmallows
Aerogel can suck up hydrocarbons from water, be wrung out and then reused
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NewsPost-publication peer review blog launches
Chemists hope forum will be a place where published synthetic methods are scrutinised and lab checks are crowdsourced
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Flu vaccine without the eggs approved
Flublok does not require flu virus or eggs for manufacture
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NewsGlobal convention to limit mercury agreed
World signs up to treaty to ban export of mercury but sticking points remain over artisanal mining and coal power plants
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Flow synthesis for anticancer drug
A rapid, multi-step flow process has been developed to synthesise the anticancer drug Gleevec
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BusinessIndia pushes for emergency drug licences
Government looks set to force licensing of three patented cancer drugs
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New method to target malaria
By modifying an atomic force microscope tip with heparin, blood cells infected with the malaria parasite can be targeted