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Is BPA just an 'innocent bystander'?
Analysis questions whether studies linking bisphenol A to chronic diseases like diabetes can be trusted
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NewsHead of Russian degree-awarding regulator arrested
Felix Shamkhalov is charged with money laundering and issuing false dissertations. Thousands of Russian academic degrees may need to be revised
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Drugs to blame for anti-social fish
Trace amounts of anti-anxiety drugs can alter fishes' behaviour raising concerns about their effects on entire food webs
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Chemical velcro sticks underwater
Strong and reversible adhesive harnesses supramolecular chemistry
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BMS sells OTC drugs for $482m
Bristol-Myers Squibb will offload rights to a range of over-the-counter products to Reckitt Benckiser
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Bone-repairing nanoparticles laced with DNA
Bone growth and repair can be accelerated using an injectable nanoparticle paste functionalised with DNA
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Tapping proton power for enantioselective synthesis
A simple yet selective organocatalyst provides an efficient new way to generate many useful organic molecules
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NewsESRF upgrade gears up for industry
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, has outlined the improvements that would make it the most powerful instrument of its kind in the world
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ResearchWater structure controversy laid to rest?
A solution to puzzling claims that water arranges itself in rings and chains, rather than the anticipated tetrahedral arrangement, may have been found
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ResearchFootfalls to power static nanogenerator
Simple device can use static electricity generated by walking to light up an array of 600 LEDs
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A new system for cancer detection
A simple drug-based detector could speed up the clinical diagnosis of all kinds of cancer
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ResearchSoft robots take a leap forward
Pneumatically powered soft robots can now be powered by combustion, making their movements faster
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Why don't nanobubbles go pop?
New study claims that nanobubbles' stability is down to supersaturation of the liquid surrounding the bubble with gas
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Printing crystalline drugs
Pharmaceutical co-crystals of carbamazepine have been created using desktop inkjet printer
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Biogen buys Tysabri from Elan for $3.25bn
Elan earns huge cash injection for blockbuster drug
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Tetris solution to zeolite conundrum
Modelling structures as simple building blocks helps to explain why so few exist when millions are predicted
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GSK commits to AllTrials data disclosure
Company will begin publishing all clinical study reports