All articles by Andy Extance – Page 21
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Engines of innovation
Our desire for economical but environmentally friendly transport has driven progress in fuel and oil additives. But as Andy Extance discovers, further development is needed
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UK average tuition fees to hit £8,393
Universities claim schemes to widen participation are not tackling the problem of underachievement in schools
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Funders unveil 'elite' open access journal
Three research foundations say they are answering scientist demand for an open access rival to Cell, Nature and Science
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FeatureLiquid assets
Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa helped found the Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel industry. Andy Extance discovers how it is now adapting to polish its reputation
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Surface plasmons create vivid holograms
Natural colour images that appear under white light could lead to moving 3D pictures and 'revolutionary' personalised medicine tools.
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Battery turns entropy into electricity
Renewable power technology boosted by extraction of marine entropy
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Hydrazine fuels hydrogen power hopes
Improving how spent a hydrogen storage material is regenerated makes it a more practical prospect for powering fuel cells.
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GSK will pay off UK graduate tuition fees
Drug maker backs its belief in the country by totally reimbursing top graduates' fees
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Pfizer to close historic UK site
Challenging industry climate looks set to claim majority of 2400 pharma jobs at renowned facility in Sandwich in Kent
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Rehabilitating captured CO2
Rather than burying it underground, companies are developing processes that use carbon dioxide emissions as chemical starting materials. Andy Extance investigates
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Dimer delivers pinpoint recognition
Synthetic molecule pairs up to provide a novel way to mimic selective binding seen in biological systems
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EPSRC plans represent 'huge change'
Academics concerned changes and cuts at chemistry funding body could threaten careers
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Images show atom 'spinning top' control
Precession of quantum mechanical angular momentum in atomic oxygen can be directed and pictured, potentially allowing more detailed reaction studies
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NewsHydrogen bond set to be redefined
Evidence of a more covalent nature and more possible partners than previously thought leads to a long-needed reclassification
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Dancing facets reveal nanowire kinetics
Scientists snap sapphire columns taking two steps forward, and one step back
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DNA strides into organic synthesis
Programmed DNA walker autonomously controls a sequence of three reactions with record yield
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Peptide balls prove stiffer than steel
Could Alzheimer's-related material help produce a space elevator?
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Warming worry shades ozone success
CFC replacements may have helped repair the hole in the ozone layer, but could contribute significantly to climate change
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French plough money into green chemistry
Research into developing green chemical processes to gain €200 million in funds over the next 4 years in France
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Science controversy authors fight on
Chemistry weaknesses in 'reactome bioarray' work do not undermine its effectiveness, its inventors say