News – Page 527
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Testing nanotube toxicity
A mouse study looking at carbon nanotubes and reproduction suggests that ill-effects are reversible and fertility is not affected
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Nitrogenase to be a two-trick pony
A nitrogen-fixing enzyme has shocked scientists by being able to use carbon monoxide as a substrate to make a range of carbon-based products
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Full steam ahead for Iter
Iter, the international nuclear fusion project, has secured European funding, but its new director will be keeping tight hold of the purse strings
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Oil spill poses challenges to China's environment
While BP deals with the aftermath of the biggest accidental oil spill in history, China has been struggling with its first large-scale oil spill
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Magnetic foam bends and stretches
Researchers make magnetic foams and flexible magnetic gel sheets using a cellulose scaffold and magnetic nanoparticles
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Snapshots of mystery molecular structures
Researchers use atomic force microscopy to produce clear molecular images and help determine the correct atomic structure of unknown molecules
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Methane all lined-up
The direction methane molecules are vibrating when they hit a nickel surface can have a huge effect on their reactivity
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Business
Business roundup: August 2010
Bittersweet victory for GSK’s Avandia GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received a muted ’thumbs up’ from a US regulatory advisory panel for its much-maligned Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), making it likely the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow the UK-based pharma giant to continue selling the drug in ...
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Bubble powered microengines push forward
Enzyme-powered engines pack in the power with peroxide munching microjets
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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