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Enzymes do the twist
The way enzyme catalysts bind molecules to speed up their reactions is not as simple as once thought, say chemists from the UK and Spain
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Business roundup: January 2010
Bayer to reduce cost of chlorine production German chemicals giant Bayer is commercialising a new way of making chlorine that it says uses 30 per cent less energy than current production methods. Better still, the company plans to make it possible to retrofit the technology to existing plants. Around ...
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News in brief: January 2010
Flexible organic flash memory In international team of researchers has made an elusive component of organic electronics - a flash memory transistor that can be incorporated into a thin, flexible plastic sheet. Source: © Science A flexible, flash memory transistor opens the door to new appliances ...
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Red card for REF
Consultation exercise highlights controversy over impact assessment element of the UK's proposed Research Excellence Framework
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Copenhagen: after the circus
A burning disappointment or the best that could have been hoped for?
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Opening the gate for molecular electronics
Proof that tweaking molecular orbital energies regulate can control single molecule transistors
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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