News – Page 506
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EPSRC plans represent 'huge change'
Academics concerned changes and cuts at chemistry funding body could threaten careers
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Artificial intestine for gut studies
A 3D hydrogel scaffold that mimics gastrointestinal villi for cell culture studies
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DuPont signs Danisco deal for $5.8b
The deal takes the chemical giant strongly into the food ingredient and enzyme markets in Europe
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Sensors in the blood
A zinc based sensor to detect artery hardening compounds in real blood samples
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Libel law reform to protect scientists
Reform to UK libel laws could protect scientists from being 'bullied into silence' at the prospect of costly legal battles with big businesses
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California under fire for approving controversial pesticide
State being sued for allowing methyl iodide to be used as a fumigant pesticide, despite objections from scientists
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Mild route to organohalides using visible light
US researchers convert alcohols to their corresponding bromides and iodides without generating wasteful by-products using visible-light
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Urchins bare their teeth in materials research
The self-sharpening mechanism used by sea urchin teeth could inspire new self-sharpening tools
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New molecule could propel rockets
New nitrogen oxide molecule could be used in rocket fuel, but some researchers are unsure whether it will ever make it out of the lab
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Sticky hydrogels make resilient wound dressings
Hydrogels could be used to deliver drugs through wound dressings
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Microfluidic pinball
A device set up like a pinball machine guides oil droplets through polymers to build up polymer layers
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Obama moves to protect research agency budgets
President signs Competes bill authorising sustained funding increases for key physical science agencies, but academics still wary
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Using HIV against itself
'Trojan horse' molecule uses HIV to trigger the release of the very drug that could destroy the virus
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My hero: The greatest influences of chemistry Nobel laureates
Harry Kroto tells us why Sir John Kappa is his hero in chemistry
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Macromolecules from miniature templates
Powerful new technique for precisely synthesising large molecules using simple templates
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Silk woven into transistors
Researchers demonstrate a bio-compatible transistor that could find applications in medicine or flexible electronics
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Nanoparticles build up
New studies show nanoparticles can concentrate from one species to another through feeding, prompting questions about the design of future particles
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Business roundup: January 2011
New pharma bosses take up challenge Can Ian Read (L) and Ken Frazier (R) solve the big pharma problem? Two of the big US pharma companies have appointed new chief executives. Jeff Kindler has unexpectedly retired from Pfizer after four and a half years as chief ...
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Funding pharma whistleblowers
US whistleblower lawsuits filed against drug companies could provide attractive investment opportunities for hedge funds