All articles by Nina Notman – Page 8
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Chemical bonding between tectonic plates
A better understanding of covalent interactions between rocks and plates might help with predicting earthquakes, a US group says
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Artificial blood
Synthetic alternatives to donor blood have been stuck in development for decades. Nina Notman reports on recent promising progress
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AstraZeneca's workforce slashed again
Research and development takes a hit as AstraZeneca announces plans to slash another 8,000 jobs worldwide
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English university funding squashed again
Universities lose another £135 million for 2009/10 academic year, bring the total cuts to £518 million
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Mussel proteins inspire new diabetes treatment
Glue that sticks mussels to rocks inspired scientists to develop a new medical adhesive for an experimental diabetes treatment
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Monitoring asthma with mobile phones
A mobile phone-based sensor can be used in measure nitric oxide in breath, a indicator for airway inflammation
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Cash lures top achievers away from US science
Science is losing more of the cream of the academic crop to high-paying careers in other sectors
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Boxing clever
Food scientists are developing increasingly sophisticated packaging materials to extend shelf life of many foods. Nina Notman looks at the delicacies on offer
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Photographing flexible electronics
Photography has provided the inspiration for a fast, room temperature route to produce flexible electronic components
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Designing 3D DNA crystals
DNA triangles have been designed that self-assemble into three-dimensional, macro-sized crystals
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Nanoparticle breath test for lung cancer
A gold nanoparticle sensor can quickly and easily distinguish between the breath of lung cancer patients and healthy individuals
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Molecules in close-up
A tuning-fork-like device that measures atomic forces can image every single atom in a molecule, according to its Swiss inventors
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Cell-sized vesicle assembly line
Scientists have created a production line that pumps out microspheres that are all the same size and surrounded by a single lipid bilayer
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Writing channels into a porous matrix
Researchers have used a laser to write a hydrophilic pathway into a 3D hydrophobic matrix
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Chiral isotropic liquids from achiral molecules
Liquid crystal phase molecules without 'handedness' form chiral structures that spontaneously separate into left- and right-handed domains
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Nanocrystal growth process revealed
US scientists have shed light on how nanocrystals grow, providing information that could help improve fuel cells of the future
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UK's first CCS pilot plant switched on
The first UK pilot of carbon capture technology on a working coal-fired power plant has started up in Scotland