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New evidence links air pollution with autism

18 June 2013  Research

Exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust and airborne metals may double the chance of a pregnant woman giving birth to a child with autism


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Hydrogen generation using sunlight

18 June 2013 Research

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First evidence for a light-driven water–gas shift reaction

Switching chirality in amino acids

17 June 2013 Research

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Cheap nickel catalysis offers alternative to expensive enzymatic resolution

First vertebrate fluorescent protein discovered

17 June 2013 Research

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The UnaG protein from Unagi eels could be the basis for a simple test to check on liver health check

Forget tax credits, fund applied research  

Thinktank says hundreds of millions of pounds of tax breaks are going to city business fir...

Pfizer and Takeda win $2.15bn in patent payout  

Teva and Sun fined for selling generics before patent expiry

Companies urged to publish hidden clinical trial data  

Researchers could acquire data and publish themselves if firms refuse

GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation  

Company is retracting a 2010 study in which data were ‘misrepresented’

Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores  

Under intense pressures like those found on Uranus or Neptune ice may behave in very diffe...

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No small success

12 June 2013 Feature

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Chad Mirkin has spun out his nanotechnology research into several companies

Capital chemistry  Premium content

Phil Robinson looks back at three centuries of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh

Main group renaissance  Premium content

The s- and p-block elements are back in vogue. James Mitchell Crow finds out why

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A carbon-based future

Society should be prepared to see its reliance on fossil fuels continue long into the 21st century, says Arno de Klerk

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Moissan's furnace

The arc of extreme chemistry

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Helium reserves under pressure

Researchers should get ready for ballooning prices, warns Mark Peplow