News – Page 526
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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
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Non-metal-catalysed C-C coupling
Chemists in China couple aromatic molecules with an organocatalyst and no transition metal
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Light-rechargeable batteries
Chemists develop new molecular system that can both generate and store charge by light
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Facelift for FutureGren project
US flagship clean coal project morphs into repowering programme with $1 billion in economic stimulus funds
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Nanoparticles and ultrasound team up to treat tumours
New treatment uses magnetic nanoparticles and focused ultrasound to get drugs across the blood-brain barrier
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Microfinancing to solve academic poverty?
Could thousands of small donations from the public for specific projects be the way to fund research in these cash-strapped times?