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UK chemists tame terminal uranium nitride
Bulky ligands create tiny pocket to fit world's first stable triple-bonded uranium nitride into
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Extracting nuclear energy from seawater
The ligand that forms a complex with a uranyl ion to enable uranium to be extracted from seawater
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Fracking given green light by UK report
A new government report, written by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, finds fracking safe if managed correctly
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FDA green lights new obesity drug
Agency approval for prescription only obesity drug is first for 13 years
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NewsWellcome Trust to enforce open access rules
UK charitable foundation will cut the grants of scientists who do not make their research freely available
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New chief scientific adviser announced
Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, has been named as the next UK chief scientific adviser
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Coca Cola urged to cut out carcinogen
Health concerns over 4-methylimidazole are behind US heath watchdog’s petition
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Schizophrenia: a disease of the brain?
The root cause of schizophrenia could be in the blood
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Single particles take flight
X-ray laser irradiation and mass spectrometry combine to unlock the structure and composition of single airborne particles in their native environment
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NewsMystery metal revealed by UK atmospheric inventory
Pollution survey finds that acid rain is abating but puzzlingly high levels of metals in the environment have been uncovered
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Roche rapped for side-effect reporting failure
European medicines regulator names and shames Swiss giant for not disclosing 80,000 instances of potential adverse drug reactions
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For clean water, just add sunlight
A photocatalytic water purification system that does not need an electric pump
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Roche cuts 1000 jobs with US R&D site closure
Streamlining strategy will see oncology and virology research moved to Switzerland and Germany
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Bloody solution to electrochemical DNA sensors
Sensitivity of DNA-based detectors improved 100-fold by the addition of haemoglobin
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ResearchRunning rings around molecular wires
Polyynes stabilised with chemical loops could be turned into wires for molecular electronics
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US GM labelling rule quashed
The rule would have authorised state governments to enforce GM labels on food products
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First stable hydroxide-conducting membrane created
Steric crowding used to stabilise alkaline membrane that could find use in novel fuel cells
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‘Atomic traffic jam’ sheds light on phase changes
Advances in the understanding of phase change materials opens up the way for the creation of super fast computer memory
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Smart windows store sun’s energy
A flexible window that stores energy to power electrical devices within a building