News – Page 459
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NewsSolar cell performs solidly
New all-solid state solar cell design proves to be efficient, robust and easy to produce
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EPA's chemical assessment programme
US National Academy of Sciences to launch 'comprehensive examination' of chemical health assessments
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BusinessDrug watchdogs mark out global territory
US and European regulatory agencies are leading worldwide collaborations to ensure drugs from outside their borders are safe
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Sensor sniffs out ripening
A new carbon nanotube-based sensor can sniff out sub-ppb concentrations of ethylene, the plant hormone involved in the ripening of fruit
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Borosulfate breaks through
Henning Höppe created potassium borosulfate by heating potassium sulfate with boric and sulfuric acids
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MOFs meet rotaxanes
A rotaxane has been used as a linker in the manufacture of a metal organic framework
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The death of nano-hype?
Consumer’s knowledge of nanotechnologies has decreased since a previous study in 2008
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Methane hydrate success
The US and Japan have successfully completed their trial of methane hydrate production technologies
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Research priorities
The heads of the national science academies of 15 countries have urged governments to focus on three ‘global dilemmas’
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Norway tests CCS
The Norwegian government has finally opened its carbon capture and storage (CCS) test facility at Mongstad
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Space dino retraction
A recent perspective article by Ron Breslow of Columbia University in the US has now been retracted
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Bromine anion caught in a supramolecular trap
A rare host-guest arrangement could help scientists to design improved photocatalysts
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Rewritable DNA for digital data storage
Cells respond in easy to follow binary manner to chemical switches
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Ultra-low sulfur jet fuel on the radar
Desulfurising aeroplane fuel would improve public health but could have unanticipated effects on the climate
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Enhancing fingerprints with electrochromism
A method to detect latent fingerprints on metal surfaces with a high level of detail
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NewsPlutonium in a spin
Japanese and US researchers have solved the decades-old problem of plutonium-239’s NMR spectrum
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Polymer gel squeezes and strains like an intestine
The oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction powers a tubular gel that expands and contracts in waves