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ResearchNew ‘supermolecule’ demonstrated for the first time at record-breaking ultracold temperature
Largest polyatomic molecule created and stabilised at just above absolute zero provides new insights into quantum chemistry
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ResearchCreating reconfigurable fluidic devices from liquid building blocks
Inspired by toy blocks, Chinese researchers have created, manipulated functional liquid devices by assembling and disassembling liquid droplets
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ResearchKinky findings drive crystal growth paradigm shift claim
How molecules attach chemically at surfaces can be more important than how strongly solvents bind them in determining growth rate
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ResearchPre-organising antibiotic structure could aid fight against resistance
Strategy that produced new antibiotic could allow researchers to repurpose existing antibiotics
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ResearchStriking reptilian fossil discovered in 1931 found to be fake
280-million-year-old lizard ‘fossil’ was mostly painted on
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NewsResponse to review of red tape in UK research arrives after 18 months
Government outlines further measures including making the next Research Excellence Framework ‘measurably less bureaucratic’
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NewsChina conducts nationwide audit of research misconduct after thousands of papers retracted
Universities must submit a comprehensive list of all retracted academic papers in the past three years along with reasons for the retractions
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ResearchBlueberries’ blue is just skin deep, depending on structure not pigments
Non-spherical nanostructures explain the fruit’s colour
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NewsThree new recreational drugs discovered in checks by Australian chemists
Analytical service uncovers novel psychoactive substances with no known safety data
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BusinessUS federal court revokes approval of dicamba herbicides
Judge overturns 2020 reapproval of three products over procedural failure
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NewsEuropean Commission to consult on bisphenol A ban in food packaging
The action comes after the EU’s food safety body identified BPA as a human health concern last year
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ResearchUnique polymer can switch from rigid cutlery to an adhesive to malleable plastic
Process that mimics tempering of metals can even be reversed in multi-use plastic
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ResearchCollective bonding continues to divide opinion
New research supports counterintuitive explanation, but debate is far from settled
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ResearchHuman decomposition driven by unique community of microbes
Findings could help crime scene investigators determine time of death
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ResearchPlutonium to carbon double bond a first
Findings offer insight into differences in chemical reactivity between actinides and lathanides
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BusinessNovo Holdings to buy contract manufacturer Catalent for $16.5 billion
Parent firm will then sell on three manufacturing sites to Novo Nordisk to boost capacity for diabetes and weight loss drugs
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NewsEU sees big role for carbon capture to meet emissions targets
Bloc forecasts that it will need to sequester around 280 million tonnes per year by 2040
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ResearchEngineered enzymes break down silicon–carbon bonds in siloxane, an emerging pollutant
Directed evolution offers a way to tackle waste silicone
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ResearchUnusual bridging fluorine discovered in one-of-a-kind interhalogen ion
Similarity to MgAgAs crystal structure takes researchers by surprise
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NewsBuilding used by Marie Curie to be moved ‘a few dozen metres’ to make way for cancer research centre
Art deco Institut du Radium used for preparation of radioactive sources will be moved stone by stone and rebuilt