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Chemistry: It's not easy being green
In the past two decades, the green-chemistry movement has helped industry become much cleaner. But mindsets change slowly, and the revolution still has a long way to go.
- Katharine Sanderson
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Tar sands need solid science
As Canada exploits its oil sands ever faster, David Schindler calls for industry-independent environmental monitoring to back up better water-quality regulation.
- David Schindler
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US clamp-down on alcoholic energy drinks
Food and Drug Administration warns companies over drinks mixing alcohol with caffeine.
- Meredith Wadman
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UK drug-price overhaul set to shake up pharmaceutical industry
A bad value-based pricing system could threaten innovation.
- Daniel Cressey
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Mountaintop mining plans close to defeat
Environmental review details 'unacceptable' impacts.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Questions raised over medical journals' financial ties to industry
Warning flag raised over profitable reprinting of industry-funded papers.
- Ewen Callaway
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Safety authority rebuts conflict claim
Greens highlight industry links in bid to discredit European food agency.
- Declan Butler
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Food agency denies conflict-of-interest claim
But accusations of industry ties may taint European body's reputation.
- Declan Butler
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'Opportunity of a lifetime' at Rockefeller
Incoming president Marc Tessier-Lavigne relishes the chance to apply industry experience in academia.
- Ewen Callaway
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Questions over ghostwriting in drug industry
Analysis claims papers drafted by medical writers downplayed risks of hormone replacement therapy.
- Ewen Callaway
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Ecologists fear Antarctic krill crisis
Fishing industry threatens to destabilize stocks.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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Standard issue
The industry behind direct-to-consumer gene tests needs to establish guidelines for its wares.
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Consumer gene testing in the hotseat
A week of hearings sows uncertainty for the fledgling consumer genomics industry.
- Alla Katsnelson
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Food: Inside the hothouses of industry
Feeding the world is going to require the scientific and financial muscle of agricultural biotechnology companies. Natasha Gilbert asks whether they're up to the task.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Food: The global farm
With its plentiful sun, water and land, Brazil is quickly surpassing other countries in food production and exports. But can it continue to make agricultural gains without destroying the Amazon? Jeff Tollefson reports from Brazil.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Russia pushes for domestic drug development
But building a complex industry from scratch won't be easy.
- Alla Katsnelson
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US biotech firms line up for tax credits
Application process begins for cash to beat the downturn.
- Heidi Ledford
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Companies pledge to make more trial data public
Voluntary agreement by drug firms calls for all large clinical trial results to be published.
- Heidi Ledford
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US climate bill arrives in Senate
New legislation represents delicate compromise between politicians and industry.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Kentucky by the numbers
With targeted recruiting efforts under way, Kentucky is attempting to build a life-sciences hub.
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Industry job cuts plunge
Layoffs slow but companies are still not ready to begin hiring.
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What it will take to feed the world
Nature talks to the chief executive of France's national agricultural institute.
- Declan Butler
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Investing in jobs
More venture capital has gone into biotech than any other industry in the past year.
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Industry in academia: ethical frameworks would clarify links
- Annalee Yassi
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Careers and Recruitment |
Beauty contest
For those who don't mind researching the tints, smells, sheens and softeners that contribute to everyday cosmetic products, the industry can offer a rewarding career path. Alaina Levine reports.
- Alaina Levine
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Chinese bioscience: The sequence factory
The bold ambitions of one institute could make China the world leader in genome sequencing. David Cyranoski asks if its science will survive the industrial ramp-up.
- David Cyranoski
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Bridges, not barriers
Industry talent should be welcomed into academia, not seen as a corrupting influence.
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Sexual predators flock to energy boom towns
Oil and gas attract more criminals than tourism or agriculture do.
- Richard A. Lovett
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Drug discovery for the masses
To sustain innovation, pharmaceutical companies will have to change the way they do research, says Derek Lowe. But does anyone know what changes to make?
- Derek Lowe
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India's transgenic aubergine in a stew
Environment ministry rejects bid to grow genetically modified crop.
- K. S. Jayaraman
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America pushes to overhaul chemical safety law
Congress to consider stronger regulation.
- Brendan Borrell
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Career Brief |
Biotech ends on a high
Biotech firms raise much more money in 2009, buoyed by big pharma partnerships
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Tricky terrains
The drug and biotech industries are not always easy to break into. Developing a diverse skill set could be the key to success, Karen Kaplan reports.
- Karen Kaplan
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NIH scrutinizes drug-company payments at Baylor
Funding agency raises 'serious concerns' about conflicts of interest.
- Brendan Borrell