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Out of the blue - a new phosphor for flat screen displays
Flat screen technology has been given a boost by a compound with improved colour properties
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Aerosol data from BP spill
The unique circumstances of the Deepwater disaster have revealed information about how organic compounds form airborne droplets
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3D model to study breast cancer
A computer simulation could help scientists understand the processes that lead to breast cancer
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Chemical mystery of antifungal compound solved
Researchers uncover how amphotericin B interacts with sterols in cell membranes to form ion channels that kill yeast cells
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NewsCourt halts EU patent progress
The 'enhanced cooperation' route to an EU-level patent conflicts with EU law
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GSK will pay off UK graduate tuition fees
Drug maker backs its belief in the country by totally reimbursing top graduates' fees
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Measuring cells' oxygen levels with PEBBLEs
Dye probes give a colour readout of oxygen distribution in cells
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Site chosen for long-awaited US clean coal project
Following an environmental review and a public consultation, work on the retrofit could begin in 2012
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Carbon nanotubes - a boon for chiral catalysts
Researchers in China find that platinum particles inside carbon nanotube channels could be an effective catalyst for making chiral drugs
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Radical dimers held together in molecular flask
Tetrathiafulvalene radicals, which would normally repel each other, have been studied while in close proximity thanks to a supporting structure
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Breathe out for personalised medicine
Monitoring levels of an epilepsy drug in the body can take seconds and doesn't need blood samples
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Molecules that walk, hop and jump
'Two legged' molecules move across a foothold-covered surface using three distinct mechanisms depending on the environment
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Sensitive TB diagnosis using sugar
A simple sugar can be used to label and monitor tuberculosis in the body and could form the basis of a whole body imaging agent in the future
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Real-world treatment for dye-contaminated effluents
An iron-based catalyst for cleaning industrial wastewater
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Tracking the early stages of Alzheimer's disease
Scientists can now monitor the formation of the earliest aggregates in a peptide linked to Alzheimer's disease
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Harvesting energy from soft drinks
A nanomaterial-based biofuel cell can generate electrical energy from soft drinks
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Laser treatment for late-stage cancer
Light therapy could be used to treat cancer after it has spread to other areas in the body
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Scientists in Slovakia campaign against diversion of funding
Thousands of people in Slovakia sign a petition to stop €120 million of EU science money going awry
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Natural products go with the flow
A software application can enable accurate and automated control in multi-step flow processing
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Earth's missing xenon could be hiding in quartz
Researchers in Canada synthesise xenon dioxide, adding weight to theory that xenon can bond within quartz