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Thermo Fisher to buy Life Technologies in $15.8bn deal

19 April 2013 Business

Equipment suppliers unite, bringing Thermo into life sciences and sequencing markets

Deadly blast destroys US fertiliser plant

18 April 2013 Business

Up to 15 dead and over 160 injured in a fire and explosion in Waco, Texas

Denatonium benzoate

18 April 2013 Podcast | Compounds

Brian Clegg has a sniff at the bitterest substance known to science

Opening up and sharing

18 April 2013 Comments

Openly sharing information and research is changing chemistry, says Jean-Claude Bradley. Be first, or be forgotten

Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells

18 April 2013 Research

Cheaper photovoltaic devices could be produced using a method that does not require temperatures above 150°C

A fixation with nitrogen

18 April 2013  Premium contentFeature

Despite decades of work to develop alternative ways to make ammonia, the Haber–Bosch process is here to stay, Mark Peplow discovers

Higher apprenticeships offer degrees of difference

17 April 2013 Educated Chemist

Can an apprenticeship offer a genuine alternative to a university degree? James Mitchell Crowe investigates

Sensational science

17 April 2013 Letters

Was the discovery of Richard III's remains hyped by the press?

Reconstructing how the Romans made glass

17 April 2013 Research

Antimony isotope analysis helps reveal glass heritage

Electron flashes catch organics in the act

17 April 2013 Research

‘Beautiful’ diffraction movie shows small molecule superconductor candidate transition from insulator to metal phases

Sanofi launches malaria drug production

17 April 2013 News and Analysis

French pharma firm set to supply a third of the world's artemisinin next year with photochemical process

Biofuels are expensive and unsustainable, report says

16 April 2013 News and Analysis

UK think tank Chatham House criticises EU fuel policy

Polymer ‘nano-suit’ protects insects from vacuum

16 April 2013 Research

Discovery could revolutionise electron microscopy by letting scientists examine living organisms

Radical approach to turn sulfur into polymers

16 April 2013 Research

Petroleum refining waste product ready to be formed into high performance lithium ion battery cathodes

Sieving silica sieves from biomass ash

16 April 2013 Research

Scientists convert waste from combustion into mesoporous silica

BASF introduces cell-based allergen test

15 April 2013 Business

Non-animal test for cosmetic ingredients to comply with Reach regulation

Waitrose bans neonicotinoid pesticides

15 April 2013 Business

Supermarket introduces precautionary ban on fresh produce suppliers using neonicotinoids until their effect on bees is clarified

Polymer lubricant may stave off knee surgery

15 April 2013 Research

Development of new synthesis method for high molecular weight polymer, which could be used to lubricate joints

Split water splitting raises green hydrogen hopes

14 April 2013 Research

Two-stage electrolysis releases hydrogen on demand separately from oxygen, enabling cheaper renewable energy production

Veolia and Total open oil recycling plant

12 April 2013 Business

Osilub plant will re-refine used oils into high grade engine lubricants

DuPont and Monsanto settle Roundup dispute

12 April 2013 Business

Firms drop expensive ongoing litigation in favour of a licensing deal

Elusive atmospheric intermediates reveal some secrets

12 April 2013 Research

New methods for detecting Criegee biradicals and measuring their reactivity will help scientists understand their role in atmospheric chemistry

Pesticide bee buzz needs more evidence

11 April 2013 Comments

Politicians should not rush to ban neonicotinoids until field trials have proved that they are wiping out bee colonies, argues Mark Peplow

Terahertz turns up fresco's hidden artwork

11 April 2013 Research

Concealed image in Louvre artifact revealed by terahertz spectroscopy, after other analytical techniques failed to do so

Starting out in academia

10 April 2013 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Serena Corr talks to Manisha Lalloo about her life as a young academic