News – Page 504
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White House memo sets scientific integrity standards
The Obama administration's long-awaited guidelines on scientific integrity
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Note book: February 2011
LEDs are hazardous waste Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) should be classified as hazardous waste according to a study in the US. LEDs are advertised as environmentally friendly because they are energy efficient. But acid tests that mimic the chemical conditions encountered in landfill registered high levels of copper, lead, nickel ...
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Business roundup: February 2011
DuPont signs $6.3 billion Danisco deal Source: © Danisco Danisco divested its flavour and sugar businesses in the last five years US chemical major DuPont has agreed to buy Danish food ingredients and enzymes company Danisco for $5.8 billion (£3.7 billion), plus $500 million of Danisco ...
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Electrons charge down DNA molecular wire
DNA can be used as a molecular wire to effectively conduct electricity over long distances without being damaged
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Nanotubes protect brain tissue from stroke damage
Functionalised carbon nanotubes can protect brain from damage caused by stroke according to researchers in Korea
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US cost savings must spare science, Obama says
President proposes to freeze US domestic spending for five years, next budget will invest in research to spur innovation
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Chips make short work of RNA synthesis
A simple lab on a chip synthesis of short strands of RNA has been developed
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Eliminating arsenic from drinking water
Arsenic could be removed from water using a low cost, natural mineral found on the Earth's surface
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Firefighters need more protection from chemical fumes
Firefighters are exposing themselves to almost ten times the acceptable level of 75 volatile organic compounds while putting out vehicle fires
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Muons take kinetic isotope effects to extremes
Scientists have used elementary particles to investigate the effect of isotope identity on one of the most fundamental reactions in chemistry
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Germany heeds call to block lethal injection drug supply
German pharma industry agrees to block exports of drug used in lethal injections to the US, major producer ceases manufacture
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Diet affects cholesterol drug
Metals in the body have been found to affect the performance of statin drugs
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Carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage
Researchers design 3D carbon-based nanotube matrix that can store and release hydrogen extremely efficiently
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Luminescence gives 2D pH images
2D imaging of pH in vivo shows promise for wound monitoring in medicine
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Channelling deeper to target breast cancer
An on chip model of breast ducts is used to demonstrate how to get further into the ducts than before to collect samples or deliver drugs
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Patching up tooth enamel
Scientists have been able to rebuild eroded tooth enamel with a hydrogel
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Dimer delivers pinpoint recognition
Synthetic molecule pairs up to provide a novel way to mimic selective binding seen in biological systems
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Novel nanoparticle filter
Researchers create a recyclable membrane based on non-covalent bonds to filter nanoparticles
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Black TiO2 absorbs light across the spectrum
Hydrogenation used to introduce disorder into titanium dioxide nanocrystals, increasing the amount of solar light they absorb