News – Page 446
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BusinessBASF backs automotive growth
While other chemical companies are trying to reduce their exposure to the automotive industry, BASF is heading in the other direction
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Research
Micromotors with built in compasses
Scientists have made a microtubular jet that can be guided by a magnetic field
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ResearchFunky fruit glitters for decades
The first plant displaying structural colour has been discovered
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NewsOrphan drugs set for 'tremendous growth'
Drugs for rare diseases are rapidly becoming very profitable with growth predicted to outstrip non-orphan drugs
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Sweaty buildings cool themselves
Keeping buildings cool with hydrogels, while cutting carbon emissions is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration
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Carbon wire a double helix
Somewhere between a carbon nanotube and a molecular wire, a carbon double helix should sit, say computational chemists
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BusinessLow salt diet to flush out oil
Better understanding of oil–clay chemistry could increase the world’s recoverable oil by billions of barrels
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NewsChinese drug makers accused of using ‘gutter oil’
Oil reclaimed from drains may have been used to make an antibiotic intermediate
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NewsEPA urged to rethink chemical risk evaluation process
Top scientists say EPA should ‘fundamentally alter’ how it assesses chemical risk as the current process threatens public health
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Research
Groundwater arsenic detector
A biosensor that can detect arsenic in water using the naked eye
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£10 million open access boost
UK funding council’s stance on open access to be supported with an extra £10 million investment from government
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Research
A uniform junction for uniform nanotubes
Scientists have made a uniform junction unit for branched carbon nanotubes
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NewsScientists: workaholics but happy
A study of the patterns of journal paper downloads shows scientists work through the night and at weekends
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NewsRebuilding public trust in Japanese science
Public faith in the role of science-based decision-making faltered after the tsunami and Fukushima and won’t be easy recover
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Business
Merck KGaA to cut 1100 German jobs
Company provides detail of restructuring programme announced in February
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Research
Fruit juice infused chocolate to reduce fat consumption
Replacing fat in cocoa butter to make healthier chocolate bars
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Tougher hydrogels to rival rubber
New durable gels are almost as hard to break and stretchy as rubber
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Helping hand for Van Gogh conservators
Unexpected cadmium salt responsible for ‘grey crust’ on artwork