Chemistry

• Japanese scientists rally against government cuts

  Packed meeting hears a chorus of lament from Nobelists.

  26 November 2009

• Mexico's transgenic maize under fire - Premium content

  Experimental planting scheme has insufficient controls to prevent gene flow to native crops, critcs say.

  25 November 2009

• South Korean R&D budget to soar - Premium content

  Materials science and green technology should win large funding increases.

  19 November 2009

• Japanese science faces deep cuts - Premium content

  The government's election promises vowed more support for science, but so far budgets look set to shrink.

  17 November 2009

• Initiative targets malaria eradication - Premium content

  Focus shifts to blocking parasite transmission.

  3 November 2009

• New targets for old drugs - Premium content

  A computer program predicts thousands of previously unknown drug-target associations.

  1 November 2009

• Fatal frog fungal disease figured out - Premium content

  Electrolyte imbalance stops amphibians' hearts.

  22 October 2009

• Flies get fright from false memories - Premium content

  Scientists use light activation to pinpoint where learning happens in fruit flies.

  15 October 2009

• Key protein-design papers challenged - Premium content

  Chemists question stability of proteins from 2003 Nature study.

  14 October 2009

• Structural biology bags chemistry prize - Premium content

  Chemistry Nobel for trio who described the ribosome.

  14 October 2009