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Nanoparticle breath test for lung cancer
A gold nanoparticle sensor can quickly and easily distinguish between the breath of lung cancer patients and healthy individuals
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Totally unusual synthesis
Late stage oxidation strategy passes the test in complex molecule synthesis
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A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
Bacteria activated by the plant sugar xylan produce drugs inside the gut to treat bowel disease
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Molecules in close-up
A tuning-fork-like device that measures atomic forces can image every single atom in a molecule, according to its Swiss inventors
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Nitrous oxide key ozone destroyer
Nitrous oxide is the single most important ozone depleting substance and emissions must be curbed, say scientists
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Reach costs set to spiral
The EU's Reach chemicals legislation could use 20 times more animals and cost six times more than originally estimated, say two toxicologists
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CARS speeds up hair analysis
Researchers have used a quick, non-destructive technique to find out how washing with shampoo products affects human hair
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Germany plugs electric cars
Germany ploughs an extra ?500 million into electric vehicle R&D in a bid to have a million electric cars on the road by 2020
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Business roundup: September 2009
Animal rights activism on the rise There has been an escalation in the wave of animal rights attacks aimed at the pharmaceutical industry - and they have been focused on Novartis ’ chief executive, Daniel Vasella. Source: © ASSOCIATED PRESS The charred remains of Vasella’s Tyrolean ...
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Heavy metal poisoning sparks protests in China
Industrial pollution causes lead and cadmium poisoning in China, prompting protests and calls for improved regulation
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PhD bribes scandal hits German universities
German prosecutors investigate at least 100 cases of professors taking cash bribes to help students obtain PhDs
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Separating isomers with electric fields
New technique uses electric fields at ultracold temperatures to isolate individual conformational isomers from a complex molecule
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Indian court dismisses Bayer's patent law case
Bayer has failed in its attempt to stop Indian regulators approving a copy-cat version of one of its patented drugs
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'Chemical nose' sensor sniffs blood protein profile
New sensor system uses gold nanoparticles to detect proteins indicative of disease in human blood serum
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Gold plating improves nanotube imaging
Gold-plated nanotubes are effective non-toxic contrast agents for photothermal and photoacoustic imaging
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Aluminium helps date solar system
Aluminium isotope provides new insights into the solar system's formation
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China's emissions to peak early
New report suggests carbon emissions from China could peak in 2030, decades earlier than previously estimated
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New nanoboxes take shape
Tiny cubes fold themselves up in a new way to make patterned 3D structures on the nanoscale
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Testing times: prediction of hepatitis C response
A new genetic test could predict which patients will benefit from treatment, and which will suffer side effects
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Antioxidants could promote cancer
US researchers have shown antioxidants can help tumour cells survive and multiply in the body