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Notebooks go digital

22 May 2013 Review

Electronic lab notebooks are growing in popularity across chemistry. Anthony King looks at what’s on the market

B-vitamins may delay Alzheimer’s onset

21 May 2013 Research

Taking B-vitamins keeps brain tissue healthier for longer, and may help stave off dementia

Silver nanoparticles see the light

21 May 2013 Research

New method makes nanoparticles luminescent but mechanism remains unexplained

Manipulating liquid metal marbles

21 May 2013 Research

A new dimension to actuation

Nuclear and radiochemistry

21 May 2013 Review

Gone fission

Petition calls for science minister to go

20 May 2013 News and Analysis

Russian scientists begin campain for reforms in science and higher education policy to be altered

RNA world hypothesis strengthened by iron

20 May 2013 Research

Back when oxygen was scarce, ancient RNA catalysts may have used iron as a cofactor

Taking the shine off

20 May 2013 Research

Safe and efficient art conservation using ionic liquids

Growing a microgarden

17 May 2013 Research

Barium carbonate crystals have been coaxed to form nano-flowers by controlling their chemical environment

3D printer churns out bionic ear

17 May 2013 Research

Seamless integration of electronics and tissue could be used with other artificial implants and synthetic organs

An udder cuppa?

16 May 2013 Research

A chemical analysis of tea suggests cows should be chewing the cha

Australian budget hits higher education hard

16 May 2013 News and Analysis

Chemists hope that central relevance of their science to the big questions will afford them some protection from cuts

GSK partners Save the Children for Africa project

16 May 2013 Business

Company and charity will work together to provide medicines for the developing world

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