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Nobel round-up

October 8, 2014
News
In case you missed them, here is Laboratory News’ round-up of who won what in this year’s Nobel Prize announcements. Each prize is worth 8 million SEK (£0.7 million), and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics
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Chemistry Prize for microscopy technique

October 8, 2014
News
After a short delay, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for the...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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Star-shaped molecule created after 25 year effort

October 2, 2014
News
A complex star-shaped molecule of interlocking rings has been created at the University of Manchester following a quarter of a century of research. The molecule, dubbed the Star of David,...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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Superheavy element pairing probes Einstein’s relativity

September 30, 2014
News
Chemists probing the predictive power of trends in the Periodic Table have successfully established a chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom. The pairing, between seaborgium and...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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Extremophile key to nuclear waste disposal

September 19, 2014
News
A subterranean bacterium could solve the problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste say researchers at the University of Manchester. This is the first time a microbe capable of...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry
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Splitting water based on nuclear spin

September 19, 2014
News
Separation of water based on the nuclear spin of individual molecules has been made possible thanks to what scientists are dubbing an electric prism. Water exists in two nuclear spin...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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The miracle of science – but why can’t you cure my cold!

September 17, 2014
Insight
In this section we invite our reader to tell us about their work, lives and scientific passions. Here, Steve Trim ponders the widening gap between what science can do and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Interviews, Pharmaceutical
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Rock breaking research offers insight into fracking

September 2, 2014
News
In a ground breaking discovery, geologists have discovered what else escapes from fractured shale other than methane.The finding, published in Environmental Science and Technology could have important implications for fracking,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Environmental Chemistry, Geology
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To catch a killer

September 2, 2014
Feature
As the body count continues to rise – do we have any defence against Ebola virus? It’s the mid-seventies – and in a small village in the Republic of Zaire...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Ice bucket challenge…will it help?

August 27, 2014
Insight
Iain Moal offers his take on the Ice Bucket Challenge The ALS ice bucket challenge, a campaign to raise funds and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has taken social...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Interviews, Pharmaceutical
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