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Admissions advice

15 May 2013 The Insider

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

15 May 2013 News and Analysis

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

Digoxin

15 May 2013 Podcast | Compounds

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

Desktop printed paper electronics

15 May 2013 Research

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

Selective sulfane sulfur detection

15 May 2013 Research

Molecular probes could shed light on mechanisms of disease

Sugar solution to toxic gold recovery

15 May 2013 Research

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

14 May 2013 News and Analysis

New legislation proposes the appointment of a public champion for research

Scientists to crowdsource power plant data

14 May 2013 News and Analysis

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

Canada’s research council is open – for business

14 May 2013 News and Analysis

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

The name's (quadruple) bond?

13 May 2013 The Crucible

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

Lab-on-a-chip rises to cola challenge

13 May 2013 Research

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

Early malaria diagnosis

13 May 2013 Research

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

Step towards a spider venom vaccine

13 May 2013 Research

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

Super Glue for cells

10 May 2013 Research

Cell adhesive made by inverting phosphatidyl choline into choline phosphate

EU struggles to fix faltering carbon trading scheme

10 May 2013 News and Analysis

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

Carbon nanotubes not commercially viable for Bayer

9 May 2013 Business

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

Atomic nuclei go pear-shaped

9 May 2013 Research

Lopsided radium and radon nuclei precisely measured for the first time

Understanding defects in graphene

9 May 2013 Research

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

Materials for a sustainable future

9 May 2013 Review

The material world of tomorrow

Greener, cleaner steel

9 May 2013 Research

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

9 May 2013 Research

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

YBCO - Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide

8 May 2013 Podcast | Compounds

Neil Withers recalls making this groundbreaking superconductor as a student

Coming unstuck with DNA

8 May 2013 Research

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

Clinical trial data release blocked by companies

8 May 2013 Business

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

Sound approach to drug testing

8 May 2013 Research

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