All articles by Anthony King – Page 3
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BusinessNorthvolt to bring sodium-ion batteries to European market
Swedish firm highlights cells’ cheap and sustainable materials for energy storage
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BusinessWeight-loss drug shortages prompt copycats and counterfeits
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have struggled to meet huge demand for new hormone mimic obesity treatments
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NewsIrish PhD researchers left disappointed as stipend raise is just half of what was hoped for
Independent review recommended increasing stipends to €25,000 but they rose to just €22,000
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ResearchField study reveals banned pesticide sulfoxaflor had no effect on pollination by bumblebees
Work adds to nuanced picture of pesticide’s effect on pollinating insects
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ResearchGenetic-editing of chickens protects them from catching the flu
Approach heralds new way to make animals resistant to disease
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ResearchMutation studies reveal how Antarctic octopus arms itself with cool enzyme
Understanding cold-tolerant enzyme could help with transplant organ preservation
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Research’This is just the beginning’: RNA editing set to democratise viral engineering
Crispr-based system could ease development of novel RNA therapies
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BusinessTornado at Pfizer plant accentuates US drug shortage issues
Perennial problem will not be addressed without major reforms to drug market
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NewsHorizon deal looks to have come too late for 2023 winners of EU grants in UK
European Research Council award winners still face unenviable choice of deciding between their grant and their UK institution
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ResearchLithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
Find could point to new ways to prospect for material in high demand for batteries.
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NewsHungarian scientists left in the lurch as government’s battle with EU drags on
Backsliding on democratic principles led to Orbán’s government being suspended from EU research programmes
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BusinessIllumina’s Grail quest results in epic fine
EU and US competition authorities object to firms completing merger without approval
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ResearchTell-tale protein fragment discovered in Alzheimer’s patients could be basis for blood test
Tau protein fragment could track progress of the disease
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NewsPay rise for PhDs in Ireland, but failure to tackle other issues sees strike action threatened
Independent review recommends €25,000 salaries – however, questions over employment status and visas remain unanswered
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NewsEuropean Commission set to propose an overhaul of rules for gene-edited crops
Leaked document reveals light touch regulation planned for crops engineering using precision techniques
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ResearchPlastic waste and CO2 converted into hydrogen and feedstock chemical using sunlight
PET acts as electron donor for photocatalytic process that produce syngas and chemical feedstock
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ResearchLife might be able to prosper in sulfuric acid clouds of Venus
Nucleic acid bases found to be stable in conditions found in the planet’s atmosphere
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ResearchGene therapy jab offers cheap and safe way to sterilise stray cats
Treatment could help to tackle populations of feral cats that threaten wildlife
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ResearchVolcanoes and meteorites may have delivered catalysts for life’s beginning
Iron-rich nanoparticles can catalyse conversion of CO2 to complex organic molecules
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BusinessUS trade regulator sues to block Amgen–Horizon merger
Federal Trade Commission has concerns that union will allow Amgen to stifle potential competition for Horizon’s drugs