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Casting a shadow over green light bulbs

17 January 2013 Research

An analysis of the toxic metals in LEDs and CFLs shows that while they save energy their environmental legacy must not be forgotten

Nanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013

17 January 2013 News and Analysis

Is a thicket of patents strangling a nascent industry?

BASF ups Pronova bid

16 January 2013 Business

Pronova BioPharma specialises in omega-3 fatty acids

UK companies struggling with Reach

16 January 2013 Business

Regulation is 'elephant in the room' as manufacturers fail to recognise implications

Rust

16 January 2013 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about rust

Azo-cops nab CO2 but let N2 go free

16 January 2013 Research

Porous polymers could scrub carbon dioxide from power station flue gases

Spectrometry to the rescue!

15 January 2013 Research

Ion mobility spectrometry could replace sniffer dogs hunting for survivors in the wake of natural disasters

Laropiprant recalled

14 January 2013 Business

Merck & Co says it is recalling Tredaptive tablets, approved in the EU for treating patients with high cholesterol

India sets ambitious targets for science

14 January 2013 News and Analysis

Science policy aims to increase research funding to 2% of GDP by 2017 with the help of private enterprise

Sweetener in the clear once more

14 January 2013 News and Analysis

European food safety body finds no evidence linking aspartame to cancer or any other disease

Pharma industry 'strategic crisis'

11 January 2013 Business

The problem is shrinking margins, caused by price and cost pressure, regulatory change and expiring patents, report says

The art of thinking

11 January 2013 Letters

Students are too busy to think and academics won't sit still. There may be trouble ahead.

Nanotube fibre production in a spin

11 January 2013 Research

Strong, long and conductive: improved recipe means wet-spun carbon nanotube fibres can compete

Following her passion

11 January 2013 Research

Veronique Gouverneur tells Marie Cote about fabulous fluorine and her next challenge

Dow Corning to reduce roster by 500

10 January 2013 Business

Company says it must respond to oversupplied markets, high raw materials costs and poor growth in many regions

Golden rice trial breached ethical guidelines

10 January 2013 News and Analysis

Three Chinese researchers sacked after failing to tell participants parents that rice was genetically modified

Manipulating microswimmers

10 January 2013 Research

Controlling individual swimming devices using laser nudges

Rotaxane mimics ribosome to spin out peptides

10 January 2013 Research

Bio-inspired molecular machine can piece together three amino acids

Quantum timepiece ticks the right boxes

10 January 2013 Research

A clock that relies on the mass of an atom to measure time could be used to settle arguments over the definition of the kilogram

Life at the top

10 January 2013  Premium contentFeature

Nina Notman asks whether an academic chemistry career can help or hinder when you move up the ladder

EPA focuses on five chemicals

9 January 2013 Business

Risk assessments for five chemicals put out for public consultation

Righting history

9 January 2013 The Crucible

Chemists should learn from the past, says Philip Ball, but they may need a history lesson first

Silicones

9 January 2013 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about silicones

Antifreeze protein's watery dance

9 January 2013 Research

How the proteins that keep animals alive in -30°C temperatures do their job

Crystals aim to light up dark matter

9 January 2013 Research

Scaling calcium tungstate detector up to 500kg will improve chances of finding Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs)