Analytical chemistry – Page 46
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News
Home Office unveils strategy to tackle UK forensics problems
Improving quality, strengthening the research base and centralising some services are among the UK government’s priorities for forensic science
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Low-cost sensors helped guard Disney artwork on China trip
Collaboration between researchers, Walt Disney and the Getty has yielded technology to protect artwork from pollution
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Research
Chemists identify taste ‘blueprint’ for Parmesan cheese
The compounds that make the Italian cheese unique have been pinpointed by food scientists
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Crime lab chemist accused of fabricating drug test results
A US forensic chemist’s misconduct could impact up to 8000 criminal cases
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Research
Test to tell if your mince is telling porkies
Metabolites offer a new way to check for ham in your hamburger
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Catching up with legal highs
How do you test for drugs when you don’t know what you’re looking for?
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DNA-coated nanoparticles take crystal engineering into the diamond league
Self-assembling superlattices built with DNA could usher in era of materials on demand
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Drugs at your fingertips
Forensic gloves check for cocaine and cutting agents in suspicious powders
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Bones of contention
Can protein in dinosaur bones survive for millions of years? Rachel Brazil explores the evidence
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Podcast
Taq Polymerase
Kat Arney reveals how high temperature bacteria provide us with the molecule that speeds up DNA sequencing
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Sers and the rise of the Raman empire
Dermot Martin looks at how Sers was invented and how it is expanding its sphere of influence
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Research
Getting the measure of transition states
Previously impossible to monitor properties of transition states found hidden in vibration spectra
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Cutting edge chemistry in 2015
We take a look back at the year’s most interesting chemical science stories
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Research
Dress dye analysis points to fast-moving fashion in 19th century
Purple dyes took as little as four years to go from synthesis to mass production
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News
BPA detection tests developed for EU monitoring
Scientists at Joint Research Centre have developed better methods for measuring bisphenol A in food
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Research
Uncoiling collagen using advanced computers
Two-dimensional mass spectrometry allows rapid analysis of complex samples
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IR spectroscopy stretches knowledge of hydrogen bonding
Rare hydrogen bond with phosphorus detected for first time in the gas phase
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Gold cluster bends between two isomers
Unusual structural isomerism uncovered with photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical calculations