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Quakes eat up the heat
Endothermic reactions should be included in quake simulations, say researchers
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Water goes with a bang
Humble H2O plays key role in catalysing explosions - from TNT to the formation of stars and planets
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Xu Guangxian: A chemical life
Chemistry World tells the inspiring story of the second chemist to win China's prestigious State Supreme Science and Technology Prize, Xu Guangxian
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Producing powerful palladium particles
Fuel cells based on palladium nanoparticles could be a step closer as researchers overcome obstacles associated with their use
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Alkali metals reveal a taste for clam
Researchers have found that alkali metal cations like to form structures that look like open or closed clam shells
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Speeding up screening for chiral catalysts
High throughput technique could help quickly identify chiral catalysts for drug manufacture
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First auto carbohydrate synthesiser
Scientists have unveiled the first fully automated carbohydrate synthesiser, hoped to speed vaccine development
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Integrin inhibitors could promote tumour growth
Integrin inhibitors are being investigated to treat cancer, but new research suggests they could actually promote tumour growth
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Medical probes get easy to spot
Gold nanorods and magnetic particles combine to make highly visible structures
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Sensitive polymers show drug delivery promise
New drug delivery system has three different ways to drop off medicine where it is needed
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Copper catalysts give meta aromatics
UK researchers have managed to achieve a particularly tricky substitution on a benzene ring
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Capsules with flexi-pores open wide
Researchers have shown that a molecular capsule with flexible pores can admit over-size guest molecules.
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Merger goes ahead as Dow, Rohm and Haas settle dispute
US firms Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas will merge in a $15.3 billion deal by the start of April
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Electronic 'nose' could shed light on sense of smell
Korean researchers have created a 'bio-electronic' nose that could help explain how our sense of smell works
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Super-buoyant rafts take float
Matchbox-sized boats made from super-hydrophobic material set sail
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Maths mistake sidelined FutureGen project
A mathematical mix up at the US Department of Energy caused the clean coal project to be shelved last year
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Nanodumbbells target cancer cells
Nanoparticles home in on tumour cells but spare healthy cells
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Age of photosynthesis questioned
New research suggests photosynthesis could have occurred a billion years earlier than previously thought
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Mega mergers sweep pharma industry
The list of mergers and acquisitions in the pharma continues to grow, with four major deals in recent weeks