All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 158
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Feature
A Smart move for holograms
Smart Holograms' novel sensors can monitor almost anything, from glucose to bacteria, as Emma Davies finds out.
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Feature
Transmutations and isotopes
Frederick Soddy's work with Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity shook the foundations of chemistry. Mike Sutton looks at Soddy's remarkable career.
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Feature
Tapping the chemical sciences
Throwing lab equipment down the stairs, managing North Sea oil platforms and advising the Kazakhstani government all prepared Richard Pike for the role of chief executive of the RSC, reports Bea Perks.
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FeatureNMR and the 3D world of proteins
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is solving the 3D structure of previously inaccessible protein structures, thanks to recent advances in the field. David Bradley reports.
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Mission to Marzzz
Two years in a spacecraft is a long time. Human hibernation is being explored as one way to get astronauts to Mars. Andrew West examines the possibilities.
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Business
Business roundup: May 2006
Budget brings UK science to the fore Science and technology in the UK was prioritised in the country’s annual budget announcement, which also suggests that the way science is funded though the research assessment exercise (RAE) is about to be scrapped. The chancellor said an extra £1 ...
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Careers
From the forest to the laboratory
David Preskett tells Helen Carmichael how an early career in forestry led him quite naturally to a PhD in chemistry.
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Opinion
How do you ’sell’ postdoctoral work?
Lee Higham explores the problems facing postdoctoral workers.
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Opinion
Editorial: Regulating generics
Criminal proceedings could map out the future for generic medicines
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Opinion
Patently interesting
As the world wide web continues to grow apace, the number of immensely useful sites also increases.
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Opinion
Letters: May 2006
From Michael Archer In response to points raised in the news item entitled Australian chemistry department under threat (Chemistry World online, 23 March 2006; p10), I strenuously deny that any ’budget bungle’ has occurred, as the academic staff union emotively and incorrectly claims. Rather, the restructuring of the school ...
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News
DNA sequencing reaches the space age
The smallest ever DNA sequencing device needs just 1 femtomole of DNA.
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News
Putting some backbone into bacterial killers
Molecules need a bit of backbone in order to punch through bacterial membranes, say US chemists.
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News
In the blink of an eye
There is much more to tears than salty water, report UK chemists. The liquid film that moistens our eyes has a coating similar to a cell membrane.
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News
Calcite differences on Mars
Differential thermal analysis of calcite samples is aiding the hunt for life on Mars.
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News
Europe strives to allay GM fears
European plans for 'improving scientific consistency and transparency' on GM crops has prompted a guarded response.
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News
Viruses display liquid crystal control
Researchers in the US have discovered that viruses can control the orientation of liquid crystals
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News
Deciphering hydrogen tunnelling in enzymes
UK researchers have thrown important new light on the phenomenon of hydrogen tunnelling in biological catalysts
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Chemists bring alien molecule down to Earth
US and German chemists have recreated an alien molecule in the laboratory