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Funding misuse shakes Chinese science base
On 1 September, the Central Audit Office released a shocking report, exposing 54 ministries or central government-affiliated institutions as having misused their funding.
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News in brief: October 2009
Electron clouds unveiled For years, undergraduate chemists have been shown pictures depicting the atomic orbitals of atoms as described by the Schrödinger equation. But now, researchers from the Kharkov Institute for Physics and Technology, Ukraine, have gone one better and managed to directly image the electron density surrounding a ...
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BusinessBusiness roundup: October 2009
Bayer bows to safety concerns One year after an explosion that led to two fatalities, Bayer CropScience is to eliminate 80 per cent of the methyl isocyanate (MIC) stockpile at its Institute, West Virginia site. Bayer will also spend $25 million (£15 million) on further safety improvements at the site ...
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Porous networks trap reactive intermediates
Short-lived reaction intermediates observed by x-ray in the pores of crystalline 'coordination networks'
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German election suggests science boost
Incoming government likely to make major changes in German science that will be felt around the world
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Super-thin nanowires made inside nanotubes
Useful metal nanowires only a single atom thick have been grown inside carbon nanotubes
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Abbott wins the race for Solvay's pharma business
Abbott has beaten off rival bids to acquire its cholesterol-franchise partner, Solvay Pharmaceuticals.
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Champagne's aromatic chemistry
Bubbles erupting from the surface of sparkling wines carry a complex mixture of flavour molecules into the air above the glass
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Interview: Ralph Eichler, ETH Zurich
ETH president talks to Chemistry World about the allegations of research fraud within Peter Chen's research group
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New MRI protein probe
MRI tag based on fluorine selectively 'switch on' in the presence of a target protein
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US budget bears good news for chemistry
Obama's 2010 proposal is positive for chemistry overall, but the NIH and DOD figures pose difficulties
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Carbon can't but tin can
US researchers have found that two molecules of ethene can add to tin triple bonds
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ETH research director steps down
Peter Chen is stepping down as research director of ETH Zurich over allegations of data falsification
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Nerve gas detection in a fraction of a second
US researchers develop chemistry to detect and neutralise lethal nerve agents
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Direct route to RNA sequences
New technique allows single molecules of RNA to be sequenced directly without the multiple manipulations currently needed