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Are nanotubes the future for radiotherapy?
Sealed up carbon nanotubes containing radioactive salts could be the ultimate in targeted radiotherapy, say researchers
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Oyster glue's secret ingredient
Natural cement produced by oysters contains significantly more inorganic material than the glues of other marine species
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Business roundup: September 2010
Falling sales at Johnson & Johnson ’s (J&J) consumer healthcare division have hurt the pharma giant’s US sales, which fell 2.8 per cent compared to the same period last year. Globally, sales for the company’s consumer goods division fell 5.4 per cent to $3.6 billion (£2.3 billion) - ...
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Bio battery based on cellular power plant
Mitochondria have been harnessed in a new biological battery device that could one day power small portable devices like mobile phones
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A self-optimising microreactor system
Automated system for optimising reaction conditions in a microreactor will be a boon to chemists, saving on time and reagents, say US researchers
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Antibiotic nanoparticles go for gold
Chemists develop antimicrobial gold nanoparticles in a simple, one step synthesis using a common antibiotic
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A better way to add radioactive fluorine
Radioisotope fluorine-18 built into popular fluorinating agent opens up chemistry
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Research fraud costs dear
New model suggests cost of investigating cases of scientific misconduct could cost millions
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Growing magnetic leaves
Researchers create a magnetic leaf from iron carbide using a natural leaf as a template in a simple one-step process
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Microscopic barcodes with extra stirring
New microparticles label molecules with colourful barcodes and boost reaction time
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Deepwater data suggests oil is sticking around
Chemical analyses of a large plume of petroleum hydrocarbons produced by the spill suggest the oil will persist for a long time
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Plastic oceans
Despite the rise in plastic production, the amount of debris in the ocean may not be increasing
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Strain creates rare type of magnet
An antiferromagnetic material can display ferroelectric and ferromagnetic simultaneously if its crystal lattice is strained
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French plough money into green chemistry
Research into developing green chemical processes to gain €200 million in funds over the next 4 years in France
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Wet weather coatings
Scientists develop a fabric coating that allows water to be transported across the material in a single direction
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A MOF you can scoff
Researchers stumble upon a new type of metal organic framework made from edible natural products
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Nanosprings go for gold
Nanosprings have been made by encasing gold nanowires inside shrinking polymers
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Zooming in on intermolecular bonds
Researchers capture clear images of intermolecular bonds for the first time using a modified form of scanning tunnelling microscopy
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Nanowire-tapping cells
Nanoscale electronic probes that can enter cells without damaging them have been made by US scientists
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Science controversy authors fight on
Chemistry weaknesses in 'reactome bioarray' work do not undermine its effectiveness, its inventors say