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Could rising graduate debt hit science hard?
Suggestions that graduates should pay higher fees and a greater rate of interest on loans have rattled student groups
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EPA and pharma join forces
US Environmental Protection Agency hooks up with pharma companies to use failed drugs to improve its ToxCast toxicity prediction tool
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Congress pulls bill to increase science budgets
Political fight in the US derails legislation authorising funding for basic research and innovation
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Anions enjoy a taste of pi
Researchers capture the rare moment when an anion interacts with the pi electron cloud of an aromatic system
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Powerful pocket sized NMR magnets
Arrays of mini magnet chunks can be manipulated to make strong and sensitive magnets for nuclear magnetic resonance
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Comment: Cooperation, collaboration and compromise
The UK's scientific community will have to change its strategy if it is to build a fruitful relationship with the new coalition government, says Diana Garnham
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Molecular robots on nano-assembly lines
Teams of automated programmable molecular robots working together on nanoscale assembly lines are one step closer, say US scientists
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Tying up spider silk's loose ends
The way spider silk proteins can be stored as a fluid but spun instantly into fibres is all down to their end parts, research suggests
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Nanotecture powers up
Nanotecture is gearing up to commercialise a new nanoporous material that it believes will find uses in a wide range of electricity storage applications
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UK under new management
The UK finally has a government - but what will the Tory-Lib Dem coalition mean for science?
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Chinese chemical sector an energy saving powerhouse
Report suggests China's chemical sector is leading the nation's energy saving efforts and could promote further emission reductions
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Chemical secrets of dinobird revealed
High-speed chemical imaging of prehistoric feather and bone confirm the link between dinosaurs and modern birds, say scientists
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Filming fullerene formation
Atomic resolution microscopy enables researchers to see fullerene formation in action
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Iron catalyst breaks the mould
Iron carbenoids with a rigid chiral ligand promise a new breed of cheap, green catalysts
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US oil spill testing ground for dispersants
The possibility of using surfactants to treat oil on the ocean floor, at the source of the leak in BP's well in the Gulf, is being tested
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Nanotube chip creates bioelectronic link
Wrapping a carbon nanotube in a lipid bilayer containing 'biological machines' integrates active proteins into a transistor for the first time
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Natural artificial muscles
Scientists develop artificial muscle from proteins that mimic elastic and mechanical properties of natural muscle
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Nanoholes promise solar power
Silicon solar cells with arrays of nano-sized holes could outperform their nanowire-based rivals
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Nanomachinery gets a spring in its step
Molecular springs that always twist the same way have been developed by Japanese researchers
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Blood type testing for a few pence
Cheap paper test can reveal blood type in a matter of minutes