News – Page 458
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Chiral separation with micro-flows
Enantiomers will move to different regions where they can be isolated without auxiliary selector molecules
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Electronic skin for health and security checks
A sensing device in a temporary tattoo that monitors the wearer’s health and surrounding environmental hazards
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Protein architecture with atomic precision
The new technique involves protein building blocks that should slot together to create a larger symmetrical structure and modifying the amino acids so they stick together
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News€224 million EU antibiotics initiative launched
The project will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academia, but some institutes have reservations
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Exhaust emissions caught in a trap
Designed on a computer, then synthesised – a hydrocarbon trap to minimise vehicle exhaust hydrocarbon emissions
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Tiny buckyball grown around metal atom
28-atom strong fullerene might be stable enough to test superconductivity, researchers say
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Takeda buys into Brazil for 540m reals
Multilab makes generics and over-the-counter branded products
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Flerovium and Livermorium take seats at the periodic table
Names for elements 114 and 116 ratified by Iupac
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ResearchCuF computation contradicts textbooks
Scientists reveal a mistake in inorganic textbooks, and in doing so, discover a new material for photochemical applications
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Solvay opens 200 employee Indian R&D centre
Belgian chemical company opens centre in Savli, Gujarat State
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HDL drug class struggling after latest flop
The failure of another 'good' cholesterol-raising drug and a new genetic study casts shadow over HDL hypothesis
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New shape for cross-linked polymers
A new way to impart malleability could make covalently cross-linked polymers more easily processable, versatile and recyclable
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Graphite super lube works at micron scale
Scientists show graphite surfaces can slide over each other with no interference from friction
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NewsPhoto-finish for Olympicene
UK chemists have synthesised and imaged a molecule that closely resembles the Olympic rings
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ResearchBuckyballs grow by gobbling up carbon
A quarter of a century on, the discoverer of fullerenes throws new light on their existence
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BusinessHDL drug class struggling after latest flop
The failure of another ‘good’ cholesterol-raising drug and a new genetic study casts shadow over HDL hypothesis
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Can magma crystals predict eruptions?
Researchers home in on a chemical fingerprint for volcanic eruptions but can currently only examine it after the eruption
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ResearchTropical fruit to tackle obesity
Chemicals in mango peel prevent fat accumulating in the body
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NewsNRC chief quits with a bang
Chairman of US nuclear agency resigns under pressure is met by a mixed reaction