All articles by Patrick Walter – Page 7
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Little new for science in autumn statement
UK government announces money for quantum technology centres and a promise of more strategic planning for science
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New doctoral training centres get go ahead
More than 70 centres will train 3500 postgraduate students
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NewsTwo-time chemistry Nobelist Fred Sanger dies
Protein and DNA sequencing pioneer passes away at age 95
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Business
Air Products looks for alternative helium sources
Concerns over supplies lead to plan to extract the gas from carbon dioxide sinks
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Business
GSK forms Brazilian sustainable chemistry venture
Agreement with research organisation will launch centre for greener, cleaner drug production
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Research
Flame retardants levels in pregnant women fall following ban
Small study finds two-thirds drop in blood concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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NewsWith great blogging power… comes great responsibility
Revelations of suspected scientific malpractice have raised questions of just what role the online chemistry community should play in rooting out bad behaviour
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Business
Lundbeck appeals European antitrust fine
Danish pharmaceutical claims €93.8 million pay-for-delay penalty was the result of ‘serious legal and factual errors’
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Business
Syngenta takes legal action over pesticide ban
Company claims that the European commission’s two-year moratorium on neonicotinoids to protect bees was wrong
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Chinese scientist sentenced over research theft
Researcher working at US university given time served for charges relating to disappearance of vials of promising drug candidate
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NewsCall to arms on data integrity
Journal editor tells chemists to get tough on bad practices such as scrubbing spectra of embarrassing impurities
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Business
Sluggish recovery for European chemical sector
Industry body predicts second consecutive yearly drop in output with growth not expected to start again until 2014
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RSC takes top UK business award
Society is commended for substantial growth in its overseas earnings
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NewsJari Kinaret: Flagging up graphene
The head of Europe’s €1 billion graphene flagship talks to Chemistry World about nurturing a disruptive technology
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NewsBacteria clean-up after Gulf of Mexico disaster
Microbial communities helped to sink Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and might one day be an alternative to toxic dispersants
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Research
Is BPA just an 'innocent bystander'?
Analysis questions whether studies linking bisphenol A to chronic diseases like diabetes can be trusted
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Research
Drugs to blame for anti-social fish
Trace amounts of anti-anxiety drugs can alter fishes' behaviour raising concerns about their effects on entire food webs
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NewsRichard III body found under Leicester car park
DNA analysis confirms skeleton is remains of last Plantagenet king