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Coral animal chemical structures solved
Elusive structures of two breitfussins cracked using atomic force microscopy
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World’s first all-carbon solar cell
Device made from fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene could deliver 'high performance at a low cost'
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On the road to more energetic biofuels
A combination of fermentation and catalytic processes has been used to turn biomass into larger, more energy dense fuels
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Takeda buys Envoy for $140m
The small US biotech will boost Takeda’s drug discovery efforts
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NewsMulti-million dollar payouts for US soldiers exposed to hexavalent chromium
Jury orders military contractor to pay 12 National Guard soldiers more than $7 million each after exposing them to a known carcinogen
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NewsRussia targets top spots in university league tables
Large cash injection planned to push 10–15 universities in to top 100 in global rankings by 2020
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Helping good bacteria reach their target
A coating to protect probiotic bacteria in food from stomach acid so that they can reach their intended target in the intestines
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NewsAcrylamide levels in food still too high, EU says
Report finds that changes to cooking practices to tackle the presence of the carcinogen are slow to materialise
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Finding a substitute for methyl isocyanate
Replacement for the chemical behind the Bhopal disaster developed – at least for in the lab
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Scientists petition Serbian government to tackle misconduct
Letter alleges plagiarism, cronyism and other bad practices are tolerated and widespread
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Approval for first gene therapy drug
Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) injections have been approved in Europe
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NewsBattle over US environment agency's human studies
EPA accused of supporting clinical trials that expose study subjects to airborne particles at unsafe levels
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Panel delivers final PFOA report
Probable link between perfluorooctanoic acid, used by DuPont to make fluoro-polymers, and high cholesterol
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NewsBritish Antarctic Survey merger binned
Cost saving plans are scrapped after outcry by politicians and scientists
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Printing out new catalysts
Inkjet printing has been used for high-throughput generation of metal oxide catalysts
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Novartis biotech plant for Singapore
Firm will invest $500 million in biotech manafacturing
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ResearchChemistry behind the ‘blue man’ unlocked
Biochemical model suggests that silver ions, not nanoparticles, cause a rare skin complaint
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Shining new light on the Ullmann reaction
Photoinduced C–N coupling provides more information on mechanistic pathways in widely used reaction
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Call for 4G windfall to go to UK science
Top scientists back campaign to fund world class infrastructure and incentivise innovation
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NewsHow do you solve a problem like misconduct?
The world’s scientific bodies have come together to tackle fraud and plagiarism, but the problem will be tough to crack