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Reactions on DNA origami watched with AFM
Chemists in Denmark have for the first time imaged chemical reactions on a DNA origami scaffold so that they can precisely attach single molecules
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Report hits out at GSK's Avandia
Two US senators claim GlaxoSmithKline knew about a link between a diabetes drug and heart attack, and pressured doctors to withdraw concerns
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Business roundup: March 2010
Air Products makes hostile bid for Airgas Air Products has launched a $7 billion (£4.47 billion) hostile takeover bid for rival gas supplier Airgas to gain access to the US bottled gas market. If shareholders take up the $60 a share bid, the combined company would become the largest industrial ...
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Biofuels without the blend
New method recycles agricultural waste into renewable alkenes for jet and diesel fuel that doesn't need to be blended with other fuel
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Government heeds concerns on science advice rules
UK science minister indicates that concerns over proposed rules governing science advice in government have been accommodated
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Agrochem R&D strangled by red tape
Increasing burden of field trial data is hindering the development of new crop protection agents
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Nanomachinery lights up
Japanese researchers design light-activated 'on-off' switch for DNA nanomachines
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Marine microbes wired up
Bacterial 'nanowires' could allow marine microbes to cooperate through electric circuits that power metabolism
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Buckyball-based gene delivery
Japanese researchers have demonstrated effective gene delivery in mice using carbon buckyballs
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MOFS make light work of it
Metal-organic frameworks could be a new source of white light scientists discover
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Soil switches on antibiotic genes in bacteria
Production of a new antibiotic active against MRSA can be triggered by soil extracts
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Funding cuts will 'damage a generation' of science
Peter Agre, AAAS president, speaks out about the impact of slashing research budgets
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Fullerenes break the rules
Unusual egg-shaped fullerenes containing triple sequentially-fused pentagons have been made by Chinese chemists
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Forcing stereoselectivity on reactive cations
By using two catalysts in cooperation, stereochemical control can be exerted over highly reactive, normally chirally unfussy cations
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EPA's new research chief installed after long delay
Yale chemist Paul Anastas, the father of green chemistry, overcomes political roadblocks to become EPA science adviser
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First sugars needed silicates to survive
Stabilising silicate ions might have helped the sugars in RNA to form in prebiotic organic synthesis