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This week’s stories:

End of the road for Avandia?
Risk of cardiac side effects finally causes GlaxoSmithKline’s troubled diabetes drug to be pulled from European markets and severely restricted in the US

Interview: We are what we eat
Gary Williamson discusses nutrition studies, EU regulators and challenges faced by scientists in food industry and academia

Catalyst improves prospects for fuel cells
Alkali ions on platinum make for a more viable water-gas shift reaction

UK faces scientific exodus
Heads of top universities warn that researchers will abandon the UK if cuts to science funding go ahead

Challenging aqua regia’s throne
US researchers discover ‘organic’ aqua regia that can selectively dissolve noble metals in solution

Salmonella’s secret weapon
US researchers have explained the chemical trick behind Salmonella bacteria’s ability to outgrow other microbes living in the gut

Warming worry shades ozone success
CFC replacements may have helped repair the hole in the ozone layer, but could contribute significantly to climate change

Self-pumping membrane mimics cell machinery
Synthetic, self-pumping membranes could be use to generate energy in compartment-less fuel cells

Shining light on sperm viability
New device can separate live and dead sperm, even if they aren’t moving