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Resonance boost for truly wireless electronics
Welcome to the world of WiTricity - wireless electricity
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German x-ray laser tunnel gets the go ahead
Proposed billion-euro, 3.4-km long laser tunnel will let researchers watch chemical reactions take place at atomic resolution
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Large-scale gene scanning for common diseases
'Genome-wide association' throws up new genetic markers - but drug development remains some way off
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NewsThe Atkins hormone
US researchers have uncovered a vital metabolic role for a hormone that is stimulated by 'low carb' diets
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Possible pollutants assessed in minutes
Computer system that predicts how chemicals biodegrade - or not - could help regulators spot persistent polluters
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Some pesticides can reduce soil fertility
Pesticides developed to boost crop yields could be doing the opposite
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EU chemicals legislation comes into force
Reach gets underway, as the new European Chemicals Agency starts operations in Helsinki
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Salty water makes barnacles stick
A sea-like saline solution triggers the self-assembly of barnacle adhesive peptides
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Chelated iron to treat malnutrition
Adding cheap chelated iron supplements to cereals could help beat childhood iron-deficiency anaemia.
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Nanocomposites from bubbles
Nanotubes and nanowires could be used in materials and devices by blowing them into films, a process so cheap it is used to make bin bags
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EU legislation will prevent MRI scans
European physical agents legislation could make MRI scanners 'impractical', new study shows
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Keeping it green
Preview: some chemistry labelled as green may be nothing of the kind, warn researchers who worry that mediocre science is damaging their subject
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BP pulls out of carbon capture plans
BP has ditched plans to build the world's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) power plant in Peterhead, Scotland.
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Palladium coupling in fewer steps
Look out, Suzuki - Canadian chemists have successfully joined up simple benzene ring-like aromatics without any pre-activation
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Europe speeds medicines to market under revised rules
Revised European regulations alow drugs to be approved faster