All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 153
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News
Insecticide acts on insect muscles
Cabbages are about to be saved from caterpillar attack thanks to an insecticide under development in the US.
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News
Copper corrosion makes the print clock tick
A technique used to pinpoint the time at which new species of life evolved has been adapted to date historic prints.
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News
Update: US firms accuse Reach of raising trade barriers
With final approval of Reach looming, the US has launched a last-gasp campaign to persuade ministers to 'revisit' the draft.
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Feature
Chemical origami
Sensors with molecular probes that fold around their targets, in combination with electrochemical detection, are being heralded as the ultimate user-friendly 'just add sample' device. Michael Gross reports.
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Feature
Biosensors make it big
The biosensor market is expanding rapidly but many new and innovative biosensors will probably never make it to market, reports Jon Evans.
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Feature
100 years of the FDA
The 1906 pure food and drug act was set up to protect US citizens from unregulated and potentially harmful products. Implementing the regulation has presented the US Food and Drug Administration with many high-profile challenges, as Fiona Case finds out.
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Review
All power to biomass
Biorefineries - industrial processes and products: status quo and future directions
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Feature
Working towards a one-stop shop
Acquiring companies across Europe, the US and Japan has given Biotage an enviable range of products and services, coupled with a challenging cultural mix, reports Bea Perks.
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Opinion
Emissions of football
From a scientific point of view it's fair to say that currently it's the biochemistry of metatarsal healing that exercises most England fans' concerns
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Opinion
Letters: July 2006
From Colin Britton I was most interested in the editorial (Chemistry World, June 2006, p2), ’covering the usual sort of stuff’, and recognising that the topics listed, including air quality, synthetic dyes tomatoes, etc, are just some of the things that chemists get up to. I would like to ...
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Feature
Insect detectives
The powerful sense of smell that insects possess is being put to use in applications from detecting rotten tomatoes to controlling one of the deadliest of diseases in Africa. John Bonner finds out more.