All articles by Andy Extance – Page 21
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NewsUK university lab shut after student poisoning
Police and safety body investigate as University of Southampton PhD student exposed to thallium and arsenic falls ill
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Sweaty buildings cool themselves
Keeping buildings cool with hydrogels, while cutting carbon emissions is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration
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Inert nanoshells succumb to iron will
Doping hollow silica nanoshells with iron could make them biodegradable and therefore safer for medical applications like real-time tumour imaging
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Cells step toward plugless charging
Piezoelectric power packs that could self-charge as you walk on them skip usual first electricity generation stage
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Carbon clusters score lucky seven
Teaming up with titanium is predicted to deliver stable seven-coordinate carbon dication, larger than any seen in the lab
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‘Spider threads’ bring great self-healing power
Mimicking silk protein’s stimuli responsiveness not only brings millimetre-scale cracks together, it also successfully recreates its legendary toughness
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FeaturePlasmons with a purpose
Exploited unknowingly by craftsmen for hundreds of years, the plasmonic effects of metal surfaces have rapidly gone from curiosity to treating cancer. Andy Extance trips the light fantastic
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FeatureRaising a glass to champagne
Andy Extance uncorks the secrets of sparkling wines’ unique taste and aroma
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BusinessDrug watchdogs mark out global territory
US and European regulatory agencies are leading worldwide collaborations to ensure drugs from outside their borders are safe
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Polymers perform non-DNA evolution
Successful transcription of DNA to xeno-nucleic acids (XNA) and back again shows that life's chemistry could have very different
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Microfluidic fuel cell powers forward
Laminar flow eliminates expensive membranes, allowing higher power density and otherwise incompatible fuels and oxidants to be used
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Speciation measures
The boom in analytical methods for determining the distribution of an element between its different chemical forms is charted by Andy Extance
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Protocells called thermal springs home
Cells' ionic composition suggests life may have originated in thermal springs rather than deep sea vents
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Calculations reveal carbon-carbon quadruple bond
High bonding order possible in main group and may be responsible for the ability to isolate molecular species
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Tube-wrapped lamp makes malaria drug
Continuous flow photochemistry enables critical singlet oxygen hydroperoxidation, raising hopes of cheap artemisinin production
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Dirty pots reveal ancient fish suppers
Isotope ratios and fatty acids residues in ancient pottery indicate that Europeans carried on fishing after farming began
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Water erodes 'lock and key' drug model
Protein binding is not ruled by increases in entropy when ligands displace water, contrary to long-held 'hydrophobic effect' theory
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Engines of innovation
Our desire for economical but environmentally friendly transport has driven progress in fuel and oil additives. But as Andy Extance discovers, further development is needed
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UK average tuition fees to hit £8,393
Universities claim schemes to widen participation are not tackling the problem of underachievement in schools
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Funders unveil 'elite' open access journal
Three research foundations say they are answering scientist demand for an open access rival to Cell, Nature and Science