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English university funding squashed again
Universities lose another £135 million for 2009/10 academic year, bring the total cuts to £518 million
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2009 marks the start of the great divide
Chemistry World's roundup of the year's chemical industry activities shows the growing strength of emerging economies
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SlipChip serves up protein crystals
A simple microfluidic device for testing multiple reaction conditions has been designed
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French researchers get funding boost
French universities have been given an early Christmas present of extra funding to boost their competitiveness
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'Two-legged' molecular walker takes a stroll
A small molecule motor that can walk in a straight line has been made UK scientists
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Single catalyst gives two products from racemic mixture
Yttrium-based catalyst accelerate the transformation of both enantiomers in a racemic mixture to yield two distinct enantiopure products
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Nanoscale 3D imaging in a single shot
A quick and easy way to take 3D images at the nanoscale with a single measurement has been developed by US researchers
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STFC funding axe bodes ill for UK science
UK Science and Technology Facilities Council reprioritises, slashing studentships and facility funding as budgets are cut
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Research funding plan should be abandoned, say academics
18,000 researchers sign petition calling for economic impact assessment in research funding applications to be scrapped
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NewsPharma's year of merger mania
Our round-up of the pharmaceutical industry in 2009 shows the fallout from this year's mega-mergers has swept across the sector
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New approach for EU research called for
Experts call for EU leaders to make 'radical improvements' in research policy following an assessment of the current state of European science
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Breaking the strongest bonds
Chemists have severed one of the strongest bonds in chemistry - in dinitrogen - and reacted it with carbon monoxide to make useful organic compounds
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Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget
UK pre-budget report announces £600 million to be slashed from science, research and higher education
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'Climategate' resolution underlines concern over data falsification
US politicians raise pressure on scientists to ensure research legitimacy after email leak suggesting unethical practices at University of East Anglia
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Flexible organic flash memory
Researchers have cracked one of the big remaining problems in organic electronics - a flexible flash memory transistor
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Solving fibril formation
Researchers solve the equations governing the self-assembly of fibrils, such as beta-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease
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Mussel proteins inspire new diabetes treatment
Glue that sticks mussels to rocks inspired scientists to develop a new medical adhesive for an experimental diabetes treatment
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Calls for US chemicals reform
US senator argues it is time 'to sound the alarm' over the country's regulatory system for chemicals, and plans to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act
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New hep C breakthrough
A new microRNA-based hepatitis C treatment that could avoid drug resistance is being tested on humans after encouraging trials in chimps