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Sensor a snug fit for glucose
On the route to cutting edge personal blood sugar monitoring devices
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‘Spider threads’ bring great self-healing power
Mimicking silk protein’s stimuli responsiveness not only brings millimetre-scale cracks together, it also successfully recreates its legendary toughness
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Pfizer secures Sandwich buyer
The R&D site in Sandwich, UK, has been bought by a private consortium
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Gel polymer seizes shadow
A tiny dip in the intensity of light used to trigger polymerisation can provide more effective light guides
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NewsCuriosity – searching in vain?
NASA’s latest Mars probe is set to land this weekend, but the question remains of whether it is able to detect the signatures of life
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Polymer replacement for the hydration shell
New work on liquid proteins casts doubt on the on the essentiality of the hydration sphere for protein function
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Cleaning hands with light
Tackling hospital bacteria quickly with a light-activated pathogen-killing compound
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Monsanto wins $1bn in patent case
Monsanto had claimed that DuPont infringed its patents covering glyphosate pesticide products
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Anion detection method to help police fight crime
A new method for detecting the components of petrol bombs could help lead police to suspects
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John Peterson takes the helm at Iupac
Iupac’s new executive director, John Peterson, starts today
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Light power for nanobiodevices
An implantable power source for nanorobots and pacemakers implanted beneath skin
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Sorting the good from the bad
A sticky way to separate cancerous from non-cancerous cells for further analysis
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Hydrogels can release drugs one at a time
Aptamer-functionalised implantable gels could help trigger multistep healing
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New cystic fibrosis drug in EU
Ivacaftor works by helping defective proteins function more normally
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NewsNew law to increase autonomy of Ukrainian universities
Students protest draft legislation that they say will allow the commercialization of higher education in the country
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China to investigate polysilicon imports
An ongoing international row over the market for solar panels is spilling over into the supply chain