News – Page 501
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Chickpeas grow taller with carbon nanotubes
Water soluble carbon nanotubes can aid plant growth
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Unravelling chromosomes
A micro device can be used to isolate long strands of DNA for gene studies
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UK lab admits failings in inquest over death
Employees were inadequately protected by safety equipment
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Catalyst cleans up C-C bond formation
Iridium compound makes carbon-carbon bonds using methanol
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Mystery of natural sunscreen solved
Compounds found in coral transform light energy from the sun into heat energy without damaging plants
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Diagnosing diseases with CDs
A microfluidic device has been built into a compact disc for use in a personal computer to analyse cells
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Elusive form of iron captured
Structural and spectroscopic evidence of a highly reactive iron(V) nitride compound
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Seaweed recruited in fight against malaria
Natural products from Fijian red seaweed have shown remarkable anti-malarial properties
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Business
Business roundup: March 2011
Venom kits for drug discovery research Drug discovery companies can now buy venom kits to help them find new avenues of investigation by high throughput screening. Each kit from Swiss company Bachem is a plate with a series of wells - each well contains peptide fragments from the venoms ...
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Mapping brain networks
Model ring-shaped neuronal networks for unravelling memory, learning and cognition processes
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Capsules for safer and more reliable lithium ion batteries
Self-healing coatings inspire improvements to the electrodes
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Polymer coat helps nanoparticles penetrate mucus
Coating enables efficient drug delivery directly to tissues like the lungs
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Repairing faulty genes
New compounds stop the premature interruption of protein production, a cause of diseases
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Insect antennae inspire responsive nanopores
US researchers look to nature to create nanopores that can predictably capture and process nanoscale objects
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Identifying the cause of pregnancy loss
A protein found in the blood could be responsible for recurring pregnancy loss
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Speed dating for pharmaceuticals
Pairing up drugs with cocrystals could improve their properties and delivery