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Molecular interference reveals reactions
Scientists see atoms reacting on the femtosecond timescale in unprecedented detail using femtosecond laser spectroscopy
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NewsRecycling CO2 to make plastic
A firm converting carbon dioxide into plastic is one of several receiving US funding to push research into creating useful products from the waste gas
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Bright ideas to develop solar fuels
Researchers in the US get $122 million to develop techniques that imitate nature and generate fuel directly from sunlight
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Predicting nanoparticle toxicity
A theoretical model could predict which materials will make more or less harmful nanomaterials
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Buckyballs give clue to space mystery
Fullerenes have been identified in space, raising the hopes of discoverer Harry Kroto that they hold the answer to a persistent astronomical problem
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Microspheres help restore eyesight
Polymer microspheres could deliver stem cells to the eyes of patients to help restore sight destroyed by a common eye disease
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Building up graphene nanoribbons
Scientists use precursor molecules to build up graphene nanoribbons of precise widths that could be useful in nanoelectronics
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Volatile elements locked in moon rock
Theory that the Moon is depleted of volatile elements challenged as lunar mineral samples suggest levels are the same as on Earth
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Selenium-based quinones show anticancer promise
Novel selenium quinones obtained for the first time show anticancer potential
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Cash boost for EU research
European Commission announces largest investment in research and innovation with a funding package worth €6.4 billion
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Designing porous patterns
Understanding how molecules behave at the solid-liquid interface has allowed chemists to create useful porous patterns on surfaces
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Nanoscale tRNA architecture
Researchers use transfer RNA as building blocks to construct 3D nanostructures
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Bittersweet victory for GSK's Avandia
GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug looks set to remain on the market, but the firm is facing over £1.5 billion in various legal bills and settlements
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Compound crucial in sea and air
New device reveals how a chemical compound produced by phytoplankton in the oceans affects microbe behaviour and global climate
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NewsSynthetic enzyme catalyses Diels-Alder reaction
US researchers create an artificial enzyme that can catalyse a reaction that, as far as we know, nature does not carry out
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Biotechs plot path of least resistance
As big pharma turns its back on antibiotics in the wake of growing drug resistance, biotech companies are stepping in to develop new therapies
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NMR: Nobel work if you can get it
Richard Ernst won the Nobel Prize for his work on NMR spectroscopy, but has seldom used the technique experimentally. He talks to Chemistry World
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Magnetic micro-machines made from liquid iron
Remote control micro-machines made by shining light on ferrofluids
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New research assessment plan postponed over impact
Research Excellence Framework to be delayed by a year to resolve concerns over how the social and economic impact of research is measured
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Elusive terminal uranium nitride found
Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to create the elusive discrete form of uranium nitride