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Business
EPA focuses on five chemicals
Risk assessments for five chemicals put out for public consultation
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ResearchSuperomniphobic surface sees off non-Newtonian fluids
Scalable production process for material that can repel almost any liquid holds promise for creating self-cleaning surfaces
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Business
Illumina investment push
$450 million deal for privately owned US firm Verinata Health, which makes chromosomal tests
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NewsPhenome centre move ends GSK role
‘Olympic legacy’ centre to shift to dedicated Imperial College Hammersmith Hospital facility
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Business
Wellcome Trust launches investment wing
Trust provides £200 million to create Syncona, which will support innovative healthcare businesses
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ResearchKilogram ready to slim down for the new year
Scientists think they know why the standard kilogram has gained weight and a chemical peel could be the solution
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Digging up ancient drug formulations
An analysis of a medicine discovered on a second century BC shipwreck has revealed that the active ingredients are still in use today
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Research
Greener route to carboxylic acids
Reaction uses water as the oxygen source and solvent for converting primary alcohols
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ResearchLaser guided maglev graphite air hockey
Levitating graphite discs that spin when exposed to light could be a new way to harness solar energy
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NewsChina’s next leader looks to soothe environmental angst
Xi Jinping, China’s president-in-waiting, will need to deal with public anger over industrialisation and pollution
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Research
How do these edges glow
Two-dimensional crystals of tungsten disulfide show strong photoluminescence at the edges
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Business2012 pharma industry roundup
What were the bigger stories? And how did the industry fare overall?
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Business
TB drug milestone for bedaquiline
First TB drug with a new mechanism of action for 40 years wins approval
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NewsUS EPA head to step down
Lisa Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is expected to leave her post later this month
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Business
Clariant sells business bundle for CHF500m
Textile, paper and emulsion businesses to go to US investment firm
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Research
Hunted becomes the hunter in DNA ecosystem
Scientists in Japan create a predator–prey simulation using nothing more than small pieces of DNA
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NewsShine on you crazy Diamond
The Diamond Light Source based at Harwell, UK, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and five years of operation
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New European universities ranking initiative
U-Multirank is intended to be more fair by taking into account a greater number of performance factors
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Research
DNA hydrogel has a long memory
Metamaterial collapses out of water and behaves like a liquid, but pop it back in water and up it springs just like before