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Industry reports a year of mixed fortune
Solid growth for chemicals sector contrasts with pharmaceutical woes
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Molecular sponges mop up carbon dioxide
US researchers have made zeolite-like materials using a new technique that speedily screens thousands of compounds
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Testing time for Canadian science advisers
Chemist Howard Alpert on what lies ahead for Canada's new science council
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Clothes power up thanks to nanowires
Nanowire-coated thread could be spun into clothes capable of powering a mobile phone or iPod
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Tougher standards for Chinese pesticide makers
Industry labs face closer scrutiny in a move that could drive smaller producers out of business
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Machines get a taste for espresso
Nestlé researchers have developed a robot that can predict the taste of coffee within minutes
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Could Afghanistan's opium crop be legalised?
Bumper opium harvest fires debate over licensed production
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Crystal shows colossal expansion
Silver hexacyanocobaltate gets shorter and fatter than any other material on heating
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Biofuel carbon debt may take centuries to repay
Clearing land to plant biofuels boosts greenhouse gas emissions, two studies have concluded
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Profile: Vaccine trailblazer
Yin Weidong, Sinovac Biotech's general manager, talks about a Chinese biotech success story
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3D television a step closer to reality
Unique polymer used to make updatable holographic display
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Illinois lawmakers round on DOE over FutureGen
Political row erupts after DOE decides to pull out of flagship clean coal plant
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Better detection of DNA synthesis
US researchers use click chemistry to measure cell proliferation
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A keen eye for age prediction
Forensic scientists may soon be able to pin down the age of unidentified bodies thanks to proteins found in the eye
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Bush budget proposal backs physical sciences
After cuts in 2008, plans to double budget revived
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Quinine synthesis mystery solved
US chemists have reproduced a 90-year old experiment to settle a 50-year old controversy