News – Page 509

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    Managing change: School of hard knocks

    2010-11-29T14:33:01Z

    Peter Cook has woven together a love of rock music and science to create a novel team building experience for big business, as Emma Davies finds out

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    Mystery of diamond polishing solved?

    2010-11-29T14:15:00Z

    Researchers use molecular dynamics to come up with an atomic-level explanation for how diamond is polished

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    Careers clinic: Transferable skills

    2010-11-29T13:45:00Z

    Charlotte Ashley-Roberts transfers her knowledge about knowledge transfer

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    Profile: Flexibility on the move

    2010-11-29T13:43:45Z

    Jeff Hrkach talks about how he got into polymer chemistry

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    The insider: Environmental options

    2010-11-29T13:39:16Z

    Beauty is in the eye of the cosmetic chemist, discovers Yfke Hager as she learns about the job satisfaction of picking up a formula you created in a shop

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    DNA readers ratchet closer

    2010-11-29T12:40:00Z

    Nanopore DNA sequencers are on the verge of becoming a reality, as controlling DNA strand movement through the pore is finally cracked

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    In the papers

    2010-11-29T12:06:19Z

    Short items

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    Note book

    2010-11-29T12:04:50Z

    Short items, December 2010

  • Business

    Business roundup: December 2010

    2010-11-29T12:01:00Z

    Polished performance from Pradaxa The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pradaxa (dabigatran), made by Boehringer Ingelheim, for the prevention of stroke and blood clots in patients with abnormal heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation. Source: © Paul Gunning / Science Photo Library ...

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    News in brief: December 2010

    2010-11-29T11:57:00Z

    Hydrogen bond to be redefined The familiar definition of the H bond is set to be overhauled The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s (Iupac’s) Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division is preparing to scrap the familiar hydrogen bond definition, in light of recent evidence about ...

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    Water and sunlight: a winning catalytic combination

    2010-11-28T15:20:00Z

    Researchers have incorporated a sunlight-activated trigger into an oxygenation process that uses water as the oxygen source

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    Enriching the origin of life theory

    2010-11-26T12:30:00Z

    Enantioenrichment of one of life's building blocks could have occurred near volcanoes on primitive Earth

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    Printing on bioactive paper

    2010-11-26T12:00:00Z

    Enzyme-catalysed reactions can be printed on paper for many applications including anti-counterfeiting

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    Making plastics from plants

    2010-11-25T19:00:00Z

    Cheap biomass-derived oils could soon compete with crude oil to produce sought after chemical feedstocks for the plastics industry

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    Capping scientific migrants

    2010-11-25T14:15:00Z

    New immigration cap could bias against researchers looking to come to the UK

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    Designing safer stents for heart patients

    2010-11-25T12:55:00Z

    Insights into the mechanisms that trigger excessive healing around heart stents could inform development of new stent materials

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    Novel green separation system

    2010-11-23T13:40:00Z

    Canadian chemists serendipitously discover a new chromatography separation system that uses only carbon dioxide and water

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    Irish drug industry fears bailout tax terms

    2010-11-22T14:35:00Z

    Ireland's 12.5 per cent corporation tax rate helped the Celtic Tiger develop its pharma industry, which now fears an increase

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    Rise of the micro machines

    2010-11-19T13:20:00Z

    Microbots could be manipulated from outside the body to deliver cells to specific locations

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    The medicine's in the (wine) bottle

    2010-11-19T12:30:00Z

    Red wine contains enough antioxidants to rival the activity of diabetes drug rosiglitazone