Category list : Physical and earth sciences
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Leading the way for women in science as a pharmaceutical entrepreneur Subscription
Serial entrepreneur Claire Thompson recently secured the Royal Pharmaceutical Society commendation for pharmaceutical science. Here, she talks to Emma Page about business, women in science and football.
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Platelet-disguised nanoparticles could enhance drug delivery Subscription
Nanoparticles coated in platelet membranes could be used to deliver drugs to sites around the body at lower doses than currently used.
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Developing antibacterial plastics
Researchers in America have developed some bioplastics, made with albumin, soy or whey, that have antibacterial properties.
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Prairie-grass and PCB pollution
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are environmental contaminants that have contaminated large areas of agricultural land in the US. Prairie-grass helps to remove PCB pollution.
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Researchers show how MRI data can help predict drug efficacy Subscription
Scientists have developed a method for using data from functional magnetic resonance imaging to shed light on how central nervous system drugs cause changes in brain activity.
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James Parkinson and the shaking palsy
James Parkinson, who discovered the shaking palsy that established Parkinson’s as a recognised medical condition, died 190 years ago on 21 December 1824
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MRC scientists create artificial enzymes Subscription
Scientists at the Medical Research Council have created the world’s first enzymes made entirely from artificial genetic material.
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Sloppy science should not be tolerated
Theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli had strong views about sloppy science, writes Andrew Haynes.
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Climbers’ ambulatory blood pressure rises at higher altitudes
Ambulatory blood pressure rises progressively as people trek to higher altitudes, finds a new study, which also examined the effect of altitude on telmisartan.
