All articles by Anthony King – Page 13
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ArticleControlling the temperature
We find out from Julabo how to keep cool (or hot) under pressure with Presto temperature control units
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NewsWhy asbestos is still used around the world
Unpicking the politics of a potentially deadly material
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ResearchGarden centre plants may pose pesticide threat to bees
Insecticides on ornamental UK plants found at levels known to have an impact on pollinators
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FeatureDelivering gene therapy
After some well-publicised problems, gene therapy – delivering DNA into people’s cells using viruses – is booming, Anthony King finds
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NewsAction on white asbestos blocked by top exporters
Chrysotile will not be added to Rotterdam Convention’s list of hazardous substances
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FeatureSpinning out spider silk research
Spider silk is finding applications as diverse as tissue transplants and training shoes
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News'Hard Brexit' threat to skilled workers
Migration model suggests scientists and other professionals will avoid the UK
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BusinessEU conditionally approves Dow–DuPont merger
To satisfy competition concerns, DuPont will swap crop protection R&D assets for FMC’s nutrition business
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ResearchFluorescent frog first down to new molecule
Blue–green glow of the polka-dot tree frogs may help them to ’chat’ with each other
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BusinessReckitt Benckiser to buy into baby milk
$17bn acquisition of Mead Johnson expands presence in developing markets, especially China
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NewsNew database offers one stop shop for food safety hazards
Tool brings together safety information from Europe’s food safety agency
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BusinessOpening doors to innovation
Chemical companies are increasingly using specialist investment arms to nurture new ideas
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BusinessTaming vaccines with chemistry
Vaxxilon aims to simplify vaccine development by replacing biological components with well-defined synthetic molecules
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ResearchStrongest synthetic spider silk spun-out in the lab
Mimicking spiders’ spinning glands could cut cost of synthetic silk
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NewsFears that gene-editing cancer trials are premature
Warnings from geneticists that Crispr trial failures could knock promising technique’s prospects
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NewsSwiss immigration compromise puts EU science back on the menu
Agreement to allow free movement will see Switzerland return to being a full member of the Horizon 2020 science programme
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FeatureLab automation
Automated tools can take the drudgery out of routine lab work, Anthony King reports
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ResearchAtmospheric limestone dust injection could halt global warming
Geoengineering using limestone aerosols would also help to stop ozone layer depletion
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ResearchElectron microscope captures cells in colour for the first time
Breakthrough technique allows specific cell proteins to be visualised at high resolution using EM
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ResearchGooey origins for RNA world
Viscous muddy pond edges may have been incubators for the rise of self-replicating RNAs on ancient Earth