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Note book: January 2009
India’s basic research fund Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a new independent agency will be set up to fund the country’s basic science and engineering research. The National Science and Engineering Research Board will begin funding operations from 1 April 2009, and is expected to control a ...
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Business roundup: January 2009
EU slams pharma delaying tactics Pharmaceutical manufacturers have been criticised by the EU competition commission for slowing the entry of generic medicines to the market. It says that such practices cost EU taxpayers €3 billion between 2000 and 2007. The accusations come in a preliminary report on the Commission’s inquiry ...
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Web chemistry progresses InChI by InChI
Collaboration provides tools to help chemists tag their own compounds online
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How to strengthen the taste of umami
Molecular synergy between flavour enhancers may hold lesson for drug designers
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Gallium and uranium join forces
First ever uranium-gallium bond may shed light on the chemistry of nuclear waste separation
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Carbonates confirmed on Mars
Carbonate outcrop discovery gives new hope for finding life on the red planet
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Hexion buys its way out of Huntsman merger
Chemistry World's pick of last year's research papers
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What's in store for the chemicals industry?
Forecasters assess the prospects for 2009 and beyond
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EU coordinates research on measurement standards
Research programme addresses Europe's 'metrology dilemma'
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EPA's chemical risk assessments found lacking
US agency chastened by criticism, but not surprised
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Protein threading paves the way for nanomachines
By mimicking nature, researchers could create molecular scale motors
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Alcohol enantiomer conundrum cracked
UK team shows how to make tertiary alcohols with tailor-made stereochemistry