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NewsLong-awaited structure of famous enzyme challenges the textbooks
'Microenvironment' concept corrected for AADase, the enzyme often cited as a classic example of the theory
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Chemical pollution gets personal
Researchers have measured the rise and fall of chemicals in their own bodies after using everyday products
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New ceramic dating process unearthed
By measuring moisture recombination in ceramics, scientists have found a new way to date ancient pottery and brickwork
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Skills in industry: change needed from within
Leading industrialists call for companies to invest in training and development
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Quick-switching carbon nanotube displays
Chinese researchers have shown that thin carbon nanotube films can serve as incandescent displays that switch on and off faster than LCDs
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Major increase in Australian science spending
Australian government ups science and innovation spending by 25 per cent in latest budget
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Tailored colours for photonic crystals
Swelling and freezing method used to permanently fix colour of block copolymer photonic crystals
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Carbon electrodes help form high capacity lithium-sulfur batteries
Next generation of high-capacity rechargeable batteries comes one step closer
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Non-stick approach to regular polymer vesicles
By being confined to small islands in a 'non-stick' sea, self-assembling polymers can form into uniform vesicles of a pre-determined size
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Tripping over red tape
Therapeutic treatments based on street drugs could be creeping closer as a cannabis-based drug hopes for UK approval
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Two metals better than one for fuel cell catalysts
Palladium-platinum nanoparticles for use in fuel cells more than twice as effective than current state-of-the-art catalysts
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Bloodshed for blood substitute makers
Regulator ruling on artificial blood products causes companies to haemorrhage cash and cut staff
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Insight into RNA origins
Researchers have offered a chemical explanation for the origin of RNA, saying nucleotides may have emerged from 'hybrid' precursor molecules
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Combination nanoparticles to fight cancer
Multitalented nanoparticle can track down, illuminate and treat cancer cells
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ChemSpider finds new home
ChemSpider, the open access chemical structure search engine, has been bought by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chemical data forums latest stumbling block for Reach
Information exchange forums that form part of Reach chemical legislation are not functioning effectively
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Nanocrystals stop blinking
US researchers have created the first semiconductor nanocrystals that do not intermittently 'blink' while emitting light
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Climbing mercury levels prompt US action
US EPA warns rising mercury levels in the Pacific Ocean could have implications for fish and human health
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New EU members missing out on research funding
SMEs and new EU member states under-represented in EU's seventh framework programme, says report