News – Page 527
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Merck joins the cost-cutting crowd
Following its merger with Schering-Plough, Merck & Co. has announced a 'merger restructuring plan' that will see 17,500 jobs cut
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Europe's new research commissioner sworn in
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn will need to make good use of her advisers to offset her lack of science background
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New scheme to boost bio-based chemistry
European Commission ploughs millions into scheme to encourage the chemical sector to make use of bio-based approaches such as industrial biotechnology
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Profile: The future of French science
Chemist Alain Fuchs talks of his hopes and fears in his new role as president of CNRS, France's enormous research organisation
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Decades-old meteorite gets holistic treatment
Non-targeted analytical approach uncovers chemical complexity of 40-year-old meteorite, and reveals the presence of millions of organic compounds
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Reversing attraction shrinks car batteries
Using repulsive van der Waals forces could enable US scientists to halve the size of lithium-ion batteries
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Efficient solar cells from silicon wires
Arrays of silicon wires can harvest light for solar cells much more efficiently than conventional silicon wafers, US researchers show
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Belief in climate change plunges
Recent polls suggest the public in the UK and US are becoming increasingly sceptical about climate change
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Science advice rules could do more harm than good
UK scientists raise concerns over changes to principles governing the independence of science advice in government
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Ferroelectrics without the twist
Hopping hydrogens set the stage for a new generation of organic molecular ferroelectrics
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Inching towards the island of stability
Researchers successfully trap and weigh atoms of an exotic short-lived element, throwing light on the stability of 'superheavy' nuclei
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Air Products to swallow Airgas
Air Products has launched a $7 billion takeover bid for rival gas supplier Airgas to gain access to the US bottled gas market
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Cancer risk from 'third-hand smoke'
Nicotine residues on indoor surfaces can react with ambient gases to generate cancer-causing compounds, researchers in the US have found
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To catch a cheating athlete
Chemists will be behind the scenes at the Vancouver Winter Olympics this month, working hard to catch athletes boosting their performance by illicit means
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Closure on a knotty problem
Researchers use ring-closing metathesis to tie off loose ends of an open-knot complex to form a molecular trefoil knot
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Emission reduction pledges pour in
Dozens of countries meet deadline to submit emission reduction targets in line with the Copenhagen Accord signed during UN climate summit
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Freezing supercooled water puzzles scientists
The freezing point of supercooled water varies depending on whether it is sitting on a positively or negatively charged surface
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More cuts pharma R&D budgets
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer are both following AstraZeneca's lead in cutting their research and development budgets.
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How spider silk soaks up water
What causes water to collect on spider webs on dewy mornings? New research probes the structure of spider silk to find out
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New 'hook' for reversibly binding molecules to proteins
UK researchers find a simple new way of attaching molecules to proteins that can later be reversed