All articles by Richard Van Noorden – Page 5
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UK science policy committee under threat
UK scientists are worried that the parliamentary watchdog which scrutinises government science policy will lose its powers
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Space monster discovered
Octatetraynyl ion is the largest negatively charged molecule ever seen in space
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Shortcut protein synthesis ditches amino acids
Polymerisation route using carbon monoxide is fast and cheap
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Whitesides charges to the top
US chemist George Whitesides has overtaken Harvard compatriot E J Corey to top a league table measuring the research achievements of living chemists.
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UK crawls to carbon capture
The world's first integrated plant to capture and store carbon dioxide
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To chew or to burn?
Preview: Figuring out the best - and cheapest - ways of unlocking the energy stored in the cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose bound up in plant waste.
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Imploding bubbles mix fluids on a chip
Fluids confined to micro channels can be whipped into a laser-induced froth to get them to mix and flow
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Keeping it green
Preview: some chemistry labelled as green may be nothing of the kind, warn researchers who worry that mediocre science is damaging their subject
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BP pulls out of carbon capture plans
BP has ditched plans to build the world's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) power plant in Peterhead, Scotland.
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Bacterial navigation reprogrammed
US scientists have forced bacteria to follow new chemical signals, by tweaking the bugs' natural guidance system.