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Flexible hairy heartbeat sensor
Korean scientists have developed a skin-like flexible strain sensor made from interlocking forests of nanofibres
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NewsBleak outlook for Greek chemistry
Greece’s financial troubles have already caused severe damage to academia and the chemical sciences
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AkzoNobel sells ICI Pakistan
Yunus Brothers will pay $150 million for the recently restructured business
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Storm on the horizon for ozone levels
Summer storms can deplete ozone by injecting water into the stratosphere with implications for climate engineering
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A sweeter approach to sugar synthesis
A highly efficient, stereocontrolled de novo synthesis has been developed to access natural and unnatural oligosaccharides.
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NewsBP’s misdirected safety focus blamed for Deepwater debacle
US Chemical Safety Board finds BP and others had ‘multiple safety management system deficiencies’ that led to Deepwater Horizon disaster
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NewsInflatable mushroom gives spacecraft a gentle landing
Nasa test of inflatable heat shield is a showcase for materials technology
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Remote controlled omniphobic surface
A surface that oil and water slides off can be turned on and off using a magnet
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New US chemical rules edge nearer
Chemical manufacturers would have to produce safety data for their products
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Tracking chemical changes in the brain
The release of neurochemicals during deep brain stimulation has been tracked using electrochemistry
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Drugs top EU counterfeit imports
In 2011, medicines topped the list of fake products entering the EU
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NewsFree generics for India's poor but big pharma misses out
India’s healthcare plans will see a massive expansion in the use of generic drugs at the expense of branded medicines
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Silica coaxed into quasicrystal form
pH control suggests avenue for the controlled synthesis of other quasiperiodic systems
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Light speeds up new cell growth
A light-sensitive scaffold to grow human tissue more quickly
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NewsPlan to tackle EU funding disparity
Pilot project will use infrastructure cash to create ‘pockets of excellence’ in eastern Europe
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UK urged to clean up London air
Think tank says ‘invisible’ pollution is public health problem comparable to obesity and alcohol
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NewsCalls to match skills to industry
Universities are not producing enough science graduates with the skills needed by UK industry, Lord’s report claims
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The buzz about finding new allotropes
A particle swarm search has thrown up potential new forms of carbon, silicon and germanium
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RNA wrapper protects small molecules
Strands of artificial RNA could remove multiple protection steps in a long synthesis
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Attack of the cyborg jellyfish
Researchers have created half-biological, half-synthetic jellyfish that can swim just like the real thing