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Shanghai braces for chemical restrictions
Chemical transportation in Shanghai will be strictly controlled during a six month long cultural exposition
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Balloon model bursts battery charge gap
Energy loss caused by previously ignored lithium ion exchange between storage particles inside a battery
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Phosphorus fragments trapped
Carbenes have been used to trap and stabilise rare and elusive forms of phosphorus
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Going for silver: green plastic production
A new class of silver based catalysts for propylene oxide formation based on subnanometer clusters of three silver atoms
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EPA seeks heightened scrutiny for 16 chemicals
US regulators are expanding the Toxics Release Inventory for the first time in over a decade
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Arsenic anticancer target revealed
Researchers have identified the protein target of arsenic trioxide used in leukaemia treatment
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New form for an old fuel
Colloidal coal-water suspensions may rise to the challenges of clean coal technology with the help of a new production method
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Lords call for research funding clarity
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called on the UK government to clarify its research funding commitments
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Immune cells fight off nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes can be degraded by an enzyme found in human immune cells, report US researchers
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Rousing sleeping sickness research
An orally available drug for African sleeping sickness is on the horizon, say UK scientists
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New electrolyte for dye-based solar cells
A new iodide-free electrolyte could bring low cost dye-based solar cells closer to the market
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China updates chemical legislation
China has updated its chemical registration rules, to bring the country in line with other countries
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EPA turns spotlight on BPA
US Environmental Protection Agency adds bisphenol A to 'chemical concern' list and will look more closely at its environmental impacts
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Uncertainties for UN clean energy programme in China
Project by which developed countries fund clean energy projects in developing countries faces uncertain future in China
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Business roundup: April 2010
Merck joins the cost-cutting crowd Following its $41 billion (£27 billion) merger with Schering-Plough, US drug giant Merck & Co. has announced a ’merger restructuring plan’ that in its first phase will see 17,500 jobs cut. At the time of the merger announcement, the company said it aimed to shave ...
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Sir James Black, OM (1924-2010)
Sir James Black discovered the world's first blockbuster drug, was awarded a Nobel prize, and rewrote the rules of drug discovery
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Drug adviser quits over science advice rules
Sixth resignation from government drugs council could trigger more departures and calls into further question the council's ability to offer scientific advice
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REF refined
Extensive consultation leads to changes to the proposed Research Excellence Framework, but questions over impact assessment remain
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New catalyst for diesel exhaust
Catalytic converter based on perovskite minerals could perform as well as platinum while much cheaper
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Big pharma scores in US healthcare reform
Under Obama's new healthcare reform, drug companies will pay more than $80 billion for rules that fit the bill