All articles by Laura Howes – Page 6
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Research
Sponges to mop up marine methane
Superhydrophobic sponges could suck up ocean methane claim Chinese scientists
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Research
Carbon wire a double helix
Somewhere between a carbon nanotube and a molecular wire, a carbon double helix should sit, say computational chemists
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News
£10 million open access boost
UK funding council’s stance on open access to be supported with an extra £10 million investment from government
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Research
Beating shoe smells with crab shells
Treating leather with chitosan could help create odour-fighting shoes
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Crystals through the looking glass
A new carbon material shows short range disorder but long range order – the opposite of quasicrystals
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Printing stained glass
Nanodisks of gold and silver can create colour prints with a resolution of 100,000 dpi
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News
Recovering chemical weapons
As stockpiles of chemical weapons are destroyed, the US looks to detecting and destroying buried munitions
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Business
Bapineuzunab dropped
Development for the Alzheimer’s treatment stopped after clinical tests
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Research
Protein coat for gene therapy
A non-viral capsid has been converted to carry nucleic acids inside
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Research
Solar cell meets sunflower
Boosting solar cell performance using liquid crystal elastomers to mimic sunflowers and track the sun across the sky
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News
European air pollution concerns
Emission limits still being exceeded by member states as scientists make further warnings of what’s to come
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Silica coaxed into quasicrystal form
pH control suggests avenue for the controlled synthesis of other quasiperiodic systems
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NewsCalls to match skills to industry
Universities are not producing enough science graduates with the skills needed by UK industry, Lord’s report claims
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Research
Redox chemistry behind dragonfly romance
The red colour that signifies male dragonflies’ sexual maturity is down to a simple reduction
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News
BPA causes freaky fish flirting
Controversial chemical bisphenol A can cause sexual barriers to break down between fish species
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News
£3.5 million for UK bioenergy research hub
A new research hub to accelerate the use of sustainable bioenergy announced
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News
Research integrity may be linked to UK grants
Universities UK concordat on good research conduct suggests that signatories could make commitments part of grant conditions
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Research
Möbius molecules with a twist
Adding a simple molybdenum oxygen linker breaks the symmetry of a simple cluster making a molecular Möbius strip