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Switching chirality in amino acids

17 June 2013 Research

Cheap nickel catalysis offers alternative to expensive enzymatic resolution

First vertebrate fluorescent protein discovered

17 June 2013 Research

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

17 June 2013 News and Analysis

Thinktank says hundreds of millions of pounds of tax breaks are going to city business firms and would be better spent elsewhere

Pfizer and Takeda win $2.15bn in patent payout

14 June 2013 Business

Teva and Sun fined for selling generics before patent expiry

Companies urged to publish hidden clinical trial data

14 June 2013 Business

Researchers could acquire data and publish themselves if firms refuse

GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation

14 June 2013 Business

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

Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores

14 June 2013 Research

Under intense pressures like those found on Uranus or Neptune ice may behave in very different ways, even giving rise to magnetic fields

Plumage pattern revealed in 150 million-year-old bird

14 June 2013 Research

Chemical mapping could help unpick the biology of extinct animals

Former editor of Chemistry in Britain dies

13 June 2013 News and Analysis

Peter Farago, who edited Chemistry World’s predecessor for over 20 years, dies after a long illness

Diabetes breath test overcomes humidity

13 June 2013 Research

Low-cost sensor for detecting acetone in exhaled air

Bacterium breaks down grass for biofuel

13 June 2013 Research

Microbe that anaerobically degrades plant biomass could help bring down the cost of biofuels

Cyanoacrylate

12 June 2013 Podcast | Compounds

It repairs objects, heals wounds and fights crime. It puts the ‘super’ in superglue. Emma Stoye introduces cyanoacrylate.

An end to chasing molecules that were never there?

12 June 2013 Research

Simple method for identifying incorrect structures of organic molecules due to NMR misassignments

'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research

12 June 2013 News and Analysis

New treatments for psychological disorders are being held back by government controls on recreational drugs

No small success

12 June 2013 Feature

Chad Mirkin has spun out his nanotechnology research into several companies

Formulation and function

11 June 2013 The Insider

Working between the R&D lab and the supermarket shelf, formulation chemists turn prospects into products. Yfke Hager takes a look at their work

A carbon-based future

11 June 2013 Comments

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

Mussel glue to cut fertiliser impacts

11 June 2013 Research

Polymer coat ensures nutrients are released slowly and as bonus holds water in the soil

French convinced sarin used in Syria

11 June 2013 News and Analysis

Labs in France and the UK have both confirmed the presence of the nerve agent in biological samples

Sandoz manufacturing woes continue

10 June 2013 Business

Regulators warn firm in face of repeated violations

AstraZeneca stocks pipeline with acquisitions

10 June 2013 Business

Spending spree continues with two more deals

Biofuel cell tattoo turns perspiration to power generation

10 June 2013 Research

Device produces electricity from lactate and could run sensors to monitor patients' health

Hairy proteins survive stomach trip

9 June 2013 Research

Polymer modification protects enzymes from digestive track opening up oral route for biological drugs

Job cuts at three US pharma companies

7 June 2013 Business

Endo, Impax and Zogenix are all ‘downsizing’

Fukushima disaster has not raised cancer risks, says UN

7 June 2013 News and Analysis

Latest study at odds with others that predicted a slight increase in certain types of tumours