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Chemical industry fears over UK emissions plans
Plans to halve emissions by 2050 could jeopardise a greener future, the industry says
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Coin isotopes unravel ancient inflation riddle
Isotope analysis of silver coins sheds important light on economic inflation in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Water purifier harnesses green chemistry
US researchers devise environmentally-friendly twin-membrane device that degrades toxins with hydroxyl radicals
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UK technology centres must learn from past mistakes
Technology and innovation centres must avoid pitfalls of past projects to deliver economic growth for the UK
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Report: Free researchers from copyright shackles
A new UK government copyright review says researchers should be free to copy and data mine digital data
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Hatching a plan to kill worm pests
Chemists have synthesised a complex molecule that hatches the eggs of a nematode pest before it destroys crops
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Homing in on a cheaper Haber-Bosch process
Chemists are on the trail of an energy-efficient alternative to the Haber-Bosch process using a ruthenium catalyst
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Superconducting sandwich created with non-superconductors
A superconducting layer can be formed between two materials that are not superconductors, Japanese scientists discover
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Takeda expands into Europe with Nycomed deal
Takeda has swallowed up Nycomed in a €10 billion buyout that will give it access to European markets
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EPA delays boiler and incinerator emissions rules
US chemical industry backs EPA's postponement of emissions rules for boilers and solid waste incinerators
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Phony research projects swindle EC out of €50 million
The European commission has uncovered a network of fake research projects that have fraudulently claimed €50 million
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Liquid crystals spot bacteria to order
A change in the order of liquid crystal's structure can be used to spot bacterial toxins
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Throwing light on molecular logic gates
Scientists have synthesised a molecule that can be controlled by light and perform 13 different logic functions
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Rocket fuel goes green with ionic liquids
Researchers create 'densified hydrogen' in the form of an ionic liquid which may make more environmentally-friendly rocket fuel
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UK report calls for new approach to strategic metals
Cradle-to-cradle strategy could improve supply security
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Interview: Richard Luthy
Richard Luthy talks to Michael Smith about safeguarding water quality and how military service in the Vietnam War led him to environmental science
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NSF five year plan to keep US science on top
The NSF's five-year strategic plan targets threats to the US's science and engineering leadership
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New carbon material boosts supercapacitors
Porous carbon produced by a scalable method can improve the energy storage of supercapacitors to compete with batteries
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Synthetic cannabis drug test
A simple urine test for metabolites from Spice and other former 'legal high' mixtures
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'Chemical soldering' heralds single molecule electronics
Researchers demonstrate how to join single molecules to nanowires using a scanning tunnelling microscope