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Reducing the cost of oxygen enrichment
A synthesis developed by UK scientists could reduce the cost of studying porous materials by oxygen NMR
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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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From ink wells to solar cells
Using everyday ink as a replacement for platinum in solar cells
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Shining a light on fingerprint detection
A serendipitous result led scientists to discover a simple method for visualising latent fingerprints
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Graphene puts wet chemistry under microscope
A cover slip made of graphene allows chemists to visualise nanocrystal formation in unprecedented detail
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FDA backs use of BPA in food packaging
Agency rejects petition to ban the use of BPA in food contact materials, citing insufficient research
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Canada research budget boost costs the environment
Greater support for industry and venture capital comes at a cost to environmental research
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Speeding up wound healing
Using the combined benefits of chitosan and graphene to make a wound-healing membrane
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Novel mass sensor is off the scale
The world's most sensitive balance has been created, capable of measuring the weight of a single proton
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Tuning into a radio solution to money forgers
Banknotes with an organic conducting polymer radiofrequency identification tag provide an extra level of security against counterfeiters
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Mass spectrometry imaging: the new tool in counterfeit security
Scanning a nanoparticle signature by mass spectrometry imaging may have potential applications in anti-counterfeiting
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Hydrogen that mimics graphene
Dense, solid hydrogen forms six-atom rings under high pressure and could be a stepping stone to a metallic form
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Queen bee compounds synthesised
Environmentally friendly method to reproduce honeybee secretion compounds
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ResearchMystery of green bacon solved
Scientists have used x-ray diffraction to determine the structure of the nitrite burn on bacon
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Sherry Rowland dies at 84
Atmospheric chemist Frank Sherwood Rowland died on Saturday 10 March, aged 84
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Half of sun products have BASF UV filters
Company says that 50% of all 'sun care' products sold today contain its organic UV-A filters
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Printing vaccines for the masses with nano-fabrication
Vaccines could be made cheaper and more effective using nanoparticle manufacturing techniques
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Controversial physical sciences shaping comes to a close
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has finished its research funding assessment programme
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Miniaturising disease diagnosis tool
A temperature cycle created using a triangular prism could lead to a portable device for amplifying DNA
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Half of sun products have BASF UV filters
German chemical giant BASF says that 50% of all ‘sun care’ products sold today contain its organic UV-A filters