News – Page 447
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DuPont sells car paints for $5bn
US investment group picks up 11,000 employees and $4 billion in annual sales
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Kevlar equivalent banned for 20 years
US rules in favour of DuPont in Kevlar trade secrets case
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NewsDrug maker apologises for thalidomide tragedy
Fifty years after the event Grünenthal issues an apology as victims of the drug continue to press for compensation
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Beating shoe smells with crab shells
Treating leather with chitosan could help create odour-fighting shoes
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Joining the unjoinable
Chemists develop molecular 'staples' to hold two non-stick polymers together
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New gel to repair damaged discs
Microgel jab might one day eliminate the need for spinal surgery
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Moving microrobots with bubbles
Bubble-driven robots could be used to manipulate cells to make artificial tissue
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'Ocean methane paradox' solved?
Search for new antibiotics leads to serendipitous discovery of mystery oceanic methane's origins
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Graphene printer helps fight Parkinson’s disease
A simple method using an everyday office appliance has been used to make graphene films for biosensors
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NewsRecord proton conductivity claim withdrawn
Nanowhiskers don’t conduct protons as fast as thought in blow to candidate fuel cell material
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Beating the heat with camouflage makeup
Face paint could protect soldiers from the heat of a bomb blast
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NewsPresidential candidates search for the right chemistry
In the quest for the US presidency, Obama has greater credibility with science groups, Romney has more industry support
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Graphene–boron nitride stitching to sew up electronics
Composite material could overcome graphene's limitations to produce thin, flexible electronic devices
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Skeleton and skin strategy improves supercapacitor
An ultrathin supercapacitor for portable electronic devices with high power and energy densities
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BusinessCrowdsourcing science site to launch
Marblar aims to find uses for neglected patents by ‘gamifying’ the technology transfer process
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Rockwood to pay C$720m for lithium firm
The chemical group has struck a deal to buy Talison, an Australian lithium producer with headquarters in Perth.
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Myelofibrosis drug approved in EU
Jakavi (ruxolitinib) tablets are for the treatment of myelofibrosis, a rare disease affecting the bone marrow
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ResearchMOF smashes gas storage ceiling
Recording-breaking metal organic frameworks adds weight to idea that they can mop up much more gas than previously thought
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Inert nanoshells succumb to iron will
Doping hollow silica nanoshells with iron could make them biodegradable and therefore safer for medical applications like real-time tumour imaging
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Alzheimer's drug flops in Phase III
Solanezumab from Eli Lilly missed the cognitive and functional primary endpoints of the trials