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10 out of 10 for boron's coordinated effort
Chemists create a boron compound with the most coordination linkages ever seen in a planar species
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NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants
Research council plans to improve grant success rates by getting universities to screen out uncompetitive proposals
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Whistleblowers accuse FDA of spying, persecution
US FDA employees sue agency, saying they were subjected to secret surveillance for expressing safety concerns about medical devices
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Toxic mushroom behind Chinese deaths unmasked
The killer chemicals that have claimed hundreds of lives in China have been identified in a new species of fungi
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Ultrafast NMR shows the way
Scientists working in Israel and Spain have used two-dimensional NMR to monitor a reaction in real time
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AstraZeneca to cut 7300 more jobs
The cost cutting trend is set to continue as big pharma reels from patent expiries
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UK chemistry student numbers hold steady
Chemistry degrees predicted to buck the trend of a 9% drop in applications to UK universities
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Magical microwaves
When a reaction speeds up in a microwave, is it down to the heat or the microwaves?
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The worlds strongest fibres
A polymer fibre that combines carbon nanotubes and reduced graphene oxide is stronger than spider silk and Kevlar
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Two become one for bio-oil upgrade
A zeolite-metal catalyst combination will make transport fuels from biomass a more realistic prospect
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Pesticides linked to vitamin D deficiency
Banned organochlorine pesticides such as DDT could be causing chronic illnesses
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Molecular dynamics to combat chemical terrorism
A computer programme to find a pathway to decontaminate VX, a toxic nerve agent that featured in the Nicolas Cage film The Rock
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Iron accumulation linked to neurodegenerative diseases
New discovery suggests iron chelation could treat diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons
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Settlement ups UK universities dependency on fees
Grant letter holds research funding steady while student numbers are set to drop next year
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Calculations reveal carbon-carbon quadruple bond
High bonding order possible in main group and may be responsible for the ability to isolate molecular species
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Obama calls for renewed focus on manufacturing
Although chemical trade groups support the Presidents emphasis on manufacturing and energy, they caution against overregulation
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Illumina fends off Roche hostile bid
Roche aims to expand personalised medicine diagnostics by acquiring the gene sequencing leader
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Leaky graphene oxide lets water pour through
Graphene oxide film allows water through but not helium, opening up possibilities for separation technologies
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The worlds first magnetic soap
Iron has been incorporated into a surfactant to produce a liquid that responds to an external magnetic field
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The Commercial Chemist
Chemistry World gets down to business with our twice-weekly roundup of money and molecules
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