Analytical chemistry – Page 50
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ResearchCarbon nanotube-based sensor detects meat spoilage
Electron density of cobalt porphyrin complexes key to meat freshness sensor
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ResearchSilicon chip spots dangerous pathogens in human blood
Silicon wafer doped with silver nanoparticles can rapidly identify E. coli in blood
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – April 2015
How do you smell? We discuss a controversial theory about odour detection, and investigate forensic toxicology
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BusinessEnvironmental research goes private
Exclusive interview with Fera chief Hilary Aldridge as the UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency becomes majority-owned by Capita
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FeatureIt's a bloody business
Determining the role drugs and poisons may have played in death is the responsibility of forensic toxicologists. Nina Notman reports
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ResearchShedding light on fading reds in Van Gogh’s paintings
An exotic lead mineral may be the ‘missing link’ in explaining why the Dutch artist’s work has lost its colour
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Research
Ring closing highlights hydrogen bonding
Hydrogen bonding environment visualised with fluorescent probe
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ResearchMore bonds probed using x-ray laser
A second group have measured a bond transition state with a femtosecond x-ray laser
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ResearchSilver lining for paper Ebola test
Lateral flow test checks for Ebola, yellow fever and dengue in one go
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ResearchMicroscope pinpoints atoms in a lattice
High precision imaging technique may shed light on alloy structure and performance
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ResearchX-ray laser snaps first bond-forming transition state
Study of femtosecond-timescale carbon monoxide oxidation highlights technique’s potential in catalysis
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - February 2015
Cannabis, peanuts and explosive investigations – all in the February 2015 Chemistry World podcast
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FeatureExplosive chemistry
The Forensic Explosives Laboratory supports police investigations into unlawful use of explosives. Philip Robinson reports from Fort Halstead
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ResearchLive insects pictured with electron microscope
A protective ‘nano-suit’ made from a common detergent protects specimens in a vacuum
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NewsFears for forensic quality in England and Wales
Audit reveals little data on services police purchase and a regulatory unable to enforce standards across the industry
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ResearchSelf-cleaning sensors see the light
Overcoming electrode fouling in biomedical and environmental detectors
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ResearchDiamond sensor atom scale imaging proposed
Technique could, in theory, be used to build up a detailed picture of protein binding sites and other complex structures using NMR
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ResearchTomography allows ancient texts to rise from the ashes
Scroll from town destroyed in Vesuvius eruption over 2000 years ago deciphered
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ResearchBlowing up brain tissue with swelling polymer delivers sharper images
Tissue samples inflated to four times their size to overcome microscopy limitations
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ResearchPheromone trap will not let the bed bugs bite
Bed bugs are attracted to chemicals in their own faeces, which could make infestations easier to spot