All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 169
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Designer dendrimers for recognition and detection
New dendrimers that display both recognition and detection properties with enhanced biological activity have been developed.
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Applications stretch out for wavy silicon
Artificial muscles and electronic skins for space bubbles will be easier to make now that materials scientists in the US have made stretchable and bendable electronic devices.
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Potential catalysts in the grip of carbon pincers
Greener catalyst production could follow the development of unusually stable compounds containing uranium or early transition metals locked in a pincer-like grip
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Hydrogen peroxide probe
A new fluorescent probe that can detect the level of hydrogen peroxide inside living cells has been developed by researchers in China.
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Modelling molecules for drug delivery
Physical chemists have developed a technique that could improve the efficacy and reduce side effects of a common cancer drug.
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Shining light on bone infections
A combination of drugs and light offers a welcome new approach in the treatment of post-op bone infections.
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Easy access to platinum nanoclusters
A simple and efficient way to make stabilised platinum nanoparticles has been designed for nanotechnological applications.
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Reach crosses next hurdle, more to come
The EU competitiveness council today clinched a political agreement on Reach, on the basis of a qualified majority vote.
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13 December 2005: Molecular guests stay at the gates
Researchers have simulated the gating of ion channels in the cell with purely inorganic porous nano-capsules built from molybdenum oxide modules.
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Potential source of new antibiotics investigated
A bacterial enzyme with a highly unusual mechanism may lead to a range of novel antibiotics.
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Material scientists make bones crack up
Material scientists have discovered why bones fracture more easily in some directions than others.
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Ion channels that open and close in response to light
Researchers have developed an ion channel that can be opened and closed by exposing it to light at different wavelengths
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Oil depot explosion, long term health risks
Reports of an explosion that yesterday tore through a UK oil storage terminal could be overlooking significant health risks.
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Oil spreads faster on water droplets
An unexpected discovery into the way oil can spread across a surface holds numerous potential applications, report US researchers.
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Metallurgists' models predict alloy applications
Impurities could make soft metals the next-generation materials for jet-engine and nuclear-power plant turbines, claim US scientists.
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Scotland's industrial history is unearthed
The industrial history of central Scotland over the past 2500 years has been traced by a team of Scottish researchers measuring lead and antimony in peat bog cores.
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Update: Learned society states position on open access
The Royal Society claims that a critical open letter it received from a number of its members was written under false pretences.
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Polysaccharides point to identity of Permian killer
The discovery of polysaccharide remains supports a theory that the largest mass extinction in history was caused by massive volcanic eruptions.
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Materials with light-sensitive physical properties
A new light sensitive molecule that spontaneously arranges itself into a particular shape has been designed by European chemists.
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Enzymatic synthesis of wood coatings
Researchers in Sweden have developed an efficient biotechnological method to transform rapeseed oil into a wax coating for wooden surfaces.