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Polymer boosts battery power
Better charge storage and faster discharges could make better batteries.
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Golden touch for amines
Gold nanoparticles speed up clean reduction of aromatic nitro compounds.
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Marine toxin synthesised from scratch
Improved supply of ciguatera toxin should help biological studies
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UK government unveils energy plans
Energy Review has warm words for renewables, but lacks bold decisions
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Microbial alchemists under the microscope
Australian prospectors may have found an unlikely assistant: bacteria.
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Finland kick-starts EU innovation agenda
Time is running out to deliver the EU's seventh research framework programme, warn politicians and stakeholders.
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Spin doctors find new way to make skin scaffold
UK researchers have developed a new type of polymer scaffold support for growing cultured human skin cells.
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Outdoor chores outlawed
Petrol-fuelled lawnmowers and household painting put on hold as ozone levels rise over France.
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Water trapped in a sugar crystal
A technique used to study polymers is helping researchers study how a sugar protects some organisms from dehydration.
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Not on my back lawn
Moles beware: the chemical repellent responsible for the fox-like odour given off by several species of fritillary plants has been identified.
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Quick-release store for light
A collection of chemicals that can harvest the energy of light, storing and then releasing it on demand, has been unveiled by chemists.
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Insecticide simplified
Structure-function analysis will help to tackle the growing problem of insecticide resistance.
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Perfect coating won't touch water
A container that holds water without touching it could become reality with the development of a perfectly hydrophobic surface.