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EU to advance strategy on climate change
The European Union is aiming for a 25 per cent reduction in EU emissions of three greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto protocol.
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Molecular gearbox
A remarkable molecular gearbox with potential applications in nanoscience and smart materials has been developed.
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Magnetic particles for hard drives
UK scientists have made nanosized particles of iron-platinum, which are ordered on the atomic scale. They hope these will find a use in computer hard drives.
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Nanotubes mimic protein channels
Water passes through nanotube nicotine patches faster than predicted and offers new drug delivery prospects, say US scientists.
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Self-assembling dendrimers - reaching the core
A new structure has been developed that promises to serve as the core for a novel self-assembling dendrimer.
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2 November 2005: Albumin engineered for artificial blood
A modified version of human serum albumin that binds oxygen has been created marking a first step towards a new form of artificial blood.
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UK researchers plan to make nuclear power acceptable
The largest UK grant for nuclear research in 30 years was announced today at Imperial College London.
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Helical polymer solutions
A polymer that forms helices when dissolved in water could lead to new materials for bio and electronic applications.
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Electrochemical information storage
An electrochemically activated write-read-erase system, gated by magnetic nanoparticles, adds a new dimension to information storage.
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Sustainability leads to profitability, industry told
The UK chemical industry has received a barrage of warnings about sustainability from leading members of its community.
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Controlling electron movement in molecular-scale wires
Modulating electron flow along a donor-connector-acceptor system by control of the central torsion angle of a bridging group could lead to improved communication systems.
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Nanomedicine tops European ethics agenda
The European group on ethics in science and new technologies (EGE) has started its new term, which will run to 2009, by exploring the ethics of nanomedicine.
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A structured approach
Positioning individual bacteria at pre-defined locations in a gel matrix might provide insights into how cells develop and behave, claim researchers in the UK and Sweden.
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Fire destroys optoelectronics research centre
Fire has destroyed Europe's major optoelectronics interdisciplinary research centre at Southampton University, UK.
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Buckyball creator dies
Richard Smalley, who shared the 1996 Nobel prize for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs, has died aged 62 after a long battle with cancer.
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Studying the nutrients in food
Researchers in Thailand have developed a method for estimating the bioavailability of several essential elements at once from a continuous in vitro digestion system.
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Success for Swiss biotech firm
Sales exceeding expectations have prompted Swiss biotech company Actelion to announce third quarter results a week early, and raise its targets for the year.
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Ionic liquids toxic to fish
Acute toxicity testing of ionic liquids with zebrafish suggests that some of these compounds pose a risk to the aquatic environment.
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Jekyll and Hyde protein in brain disease?
A new peptide that may be able to reverse the formation of amyloid fibrils in the brain could be the key to a cure for Alzheimer's.
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Hydrogen from timber
A new way of generating hydrogen gas continuously from timber waste is a promising start towards sustainable energy.