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$500m fine over generics fraud for Ranbaxy

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Company has pleaded guilty to fabricating data and producing substandard drugs

Filming phonons

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Femtosecond film captures vibrations in gold nanocrystal

Egyptian research budget ‘unspent’

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Egypt's ministry of scientific research faces funding cuts, after failing to spend most of this year's budget.

Flying: heavier or lighter than air?

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Hydrogen balloons have fallen out of favour, except in chemistry demonstrations

The power of multivalency against cholera

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Inhibitor combines a pentavalent scaffold with cell membrane sugar to trick and trap the cholera toxin

Understanding sulfa drugs' side effects

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Over 70 years since their first use, scientists discover how sulfanonamide drugs cause their neurological side effects

Compulsory licences: necessity or threat?

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Are compulsory licences for patent-protected drugs a necessary measure, or a threat to innovation?

US Supreme Court rules in favour of Monsanto

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

An Indiana farmer who was trying to replicate Monsanto-patented seeds infringed on the company’s intellectual property rights, the Supreme Court has determined

Lords Bill proposes animal research labelling for medicines

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Bill aims to underline the necessity of animal experiments, says Robert Winston

Cathinone

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Simon Cotton introduces us to cathinone, the active ingredient in the stimulant Khat

Digitally unrolling historical scrolls

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

X-ray tomography can unroll and read parchment scrolls that have become stuck together.

Life forming

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A model marriage of the mortal and the molecular

Notebooks go digital

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Electronic lab notebooks are growing in popularity across chemistry. Anthony King looks at what’s on the market

B-vitamins may delay Alzheimer’s onset

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Taking B-vitamins keeps brain tissue healthier for longer, and may help stave off dementia

Silver nanoparticles see the light

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

New method makes nanoparticles luminescent but mechanism remains unexplained

Manipulating liquid metal marbles

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A new dimension to actuation

Nuclear and radiochemistry

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Gone fission

Petition calls for science minister to go

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Russian scientists begin campain for reforms in science and higher education policy to be altered

RNA world hypothesis strengthened by iron

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Back when oxygen was scarce, ancient RNA catalysts may have used iron as a cofactor

Taking the shine off

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Safe and efficient art conservation using ionic liquids

Growing a microgarden

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Barium carbonate crystals have been coaxed to form nano-flowers by controlling their chemical environment

3D printer churns out bionic ear

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Seamless integration of electronics and tissue could be used with other artificial implants and synthetic organs

An udder cuppa?

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A chemical analysis of tea suggests cows should be chewing the cha

Australian budget hits higher education hard

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Chemists hope that central relevance of their science to the big questions will afford them some protection from cuts

GSK partners Save the Children for Africa project

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Company and charity will work together to provide medicines for the developing world

Admissions advice

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

With university places at a premium, Emma Stoye gets some tips on standing out and securing a place on the right course

Lawrence Livermore lab offers voluntary redundancy to 10% of employees

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

US Department of Energy lab is trying to address anticipated budgetary difficulties by cutting 600 workers

Digoxin

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Emma Stoye on digoxin, a toxic product of foxgloves, and the birth of modern pharmacology

Desktop printed paper electronics

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

An easier way to create printed circuits on paper using a liquid metal ink

Selective sulfane sulfur detection

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Molecular probes could shed light on mechanisms of disease

Sugar solution to toxic gold recovery

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The environmental legacy of salvaging gold from electronic waste can be dramatically cut using corn starch instead of cyanide

Congress says US needs a science laureate

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

New legislation proposes the appointment of a public champion for research

Scientists to crowdsource power plant data

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A new project calls on citizen scientists to help map carbon dioxide emissions

Canada’s research council is open – for business

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Government plans to turn scientific body into a 'tool for industry' leading to fears basic research will be sidelined

The name's (quadruple) bond?

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Philip Ball discusses the contentious issue of C₂ bonding. Dare we draw four lines?

Lab-on-a-chip rises to cola challenge

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

'Liquid fingerprinting' can 'taste' the difference between red wines, mineral waters and vodkas

Early malaria diagnosis

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Raman spectroscopy identifies malarial infection by looking for parasite by-products

Step towards a spider venom vaccine

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Engineered protein can be used to produce antivenoms and might provide long-lasting protection against bites

Super Glue for cells

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Cell adhesive made by inverting phosphatidyl choline into choline phosphate

EU struggles to fix faltering carbon trading scheme

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Supporters of emissions market hopeful parliament will vote again on measure to bolster price of pollution

Carbon nanotubes not commercially viable for Bayer

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Company terminates Baytubes project and seeks to divest its know-how in the area

Atomic nuclei go pear-shaped

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Lopsided radium and radon nuclei precisely measured for the first time

Understanding defects in graphene

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Gaseous organic by-products that form during graphene preparation signal dents in its structure

Materials for a sustainable future

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The material world of tomorrow

Greener, cleaner steel

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Chromium anode could cut steel making carbon emissions and allow higher quality grades of the metal to be manufactured

Mineral dust plays key role in cloud formation and chemistry

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

New understanding of particulates role in the atmosphere will help inform climate models

YBCO - Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Neil Withers recalls making this groundbreaking superconductor as a student

Coming unstuck with DNA

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Powerful glue that harnesses hydrogen bonds between base pairs could outdo Super Glue

Clinical trial data release blocked by companies

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Abbvie and Intermune sue the European Medicines Agency to stop it making data public

Sound approach to drug testing

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Promising compounds may have been abandoned due to errors introduce by pipetting and acoustic dispensing could be the answer