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INSIDE VOLUME 80 ISSUE 08 FEATURES


ON THE COVER


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26 Here’s to future days Helping us live longer


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NEWS 5 Data stored forever


6 Polyols from CO2 7 Oz battery boost 8 Robot-made molecules 9 UK oil and gas warning 10 Vitamin link to birth defects 11 Climate for change 12 Business digest 14 People Movers and shakers 15 Open for innovation


Telomeres (red area) protect the ends of the chromosome and play a key role in cell ageing GWEN SHOCKEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY


All seeing eye Future contact lenses could monitor health


32 Food for thought Why do we overeat?


EDITORIAL


Neil Eisberg Editor neil.eisberg@soci.org


Cath O’Driscoll Deputy editor cath.odriscoll@soci.org


Safety first Continual improvements in the chemicals sector


36 Sea need Tapping the oceans’s wealth


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4 Leader 16 Diary 38 Reviews 40 Global view Asia 41 Global view India 42 Global view Brazil 43 Comment Inspiring future scientists 44 Highlights 48 SCI Member news


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