News – Page 448
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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
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Merck KGaA buys cell culture company
Biochrom makes cell culture media and buffer solutions
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Setback for fool's gold photovoltaics
Researchers have dealt a serious blow to the idea of iron pyrite-based solar cells
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Reversible photoswitch a boost for molecular electronics
The switch closes under UV light to conduct electricity and opens to become non-conducting under visible light
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Synthetic platelet helpers set to save lives
Nanoparticles that help to rapidly build clots could save many lives by buying doctors valuable time at the scene of an accident
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Flight fuelled by plastic waste
Liquid fuel made entirely from plastic waste will power a single engine plane from from London to Sydney
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Turning wastewater into food
Scientists have developed a simple process to recover a valuable raw material from sewage - phosphorus
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Trojan horse tuberculosis treatment
A modified version of a compound from the TB pathogen is sent back in carrying a lethal agent
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Watching single nanoparticles work
A new Raman technique has let chemists watch reactions taking place in real time
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Popcorn flavouring presents worker risk
A chemical that gives popcorn its buttery flavour has been found to cause similar respiratory problems as the flavouring it replaced
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Fluoroborates without the etch
A simple, practical method for making popular trifluoroborate reagents without etching glassware or tedious purification procedures has been developed by chemists in the UK
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Generic Actos approved
Mylan, Ranbaxy and Teva have won US marketing approval for their generic versions of Actos diabetes tablets
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Crystals through the looking glass
A new carbon material shows short range disorder but long range order – the opposite of quasicrystals
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Getting under water's skin
Researchers think they might have an answer to why water's surface tension isn't as great as it ought to be
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Pfizer to pay $250m for Nexium
AstraZeneca has sold rights to an over the counter version of its heartburn tablets
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BASF parts with paints
German and French parts of subsidiary Relius sold to wholesaler Prosol
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A handy way to sort carbon nanotubes
A variant of a vitamin can be used to separate out single-walled carbon nanotube enantiomers
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Single catalyst for oxidation and reduction of water
A cobalt-based catalyst designed to produce hydrogen by electrosplitting water can be reversibly switched to produce oxygen.
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Cells step toward plugless charging
Piezoelectric power packs that could self-charge as you walk on them skip usual first electricity generation stage