All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 176
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Gunpowder, treason and plot
November 2005 saw the 400th anniversary of the gunpowder plot. Each year we celebrate the fact that the plot was foiled but it now seems unlikely that the gunpowder would have ignited, as Katharine Sanderson finds out
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Where biology meets chemistry
Material scientists are taking a leaf out of nature's book in the hunt for new products. Michael Gross investigates
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FeatureThree share prize for metathesis work
The discoveries made by this year's Nobel laureates have had a great impact on new drug developments, polymeric materials and industrial syntheses. Karen Harries-Rees reports.
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Finland: passionate about innovation
Finland's bioscience industry is flourishing, thanks to the country's competitive environment and heavy investment in R&D, as Helen Carmichael finds out.
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A changing landscape
Forecasts predict that oil prices will remain high. This could have a major impact on the structure and economics of the petrochemical industry. Sean Milmo reports
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Quantum leap for silicon
Silicon has been given a new lease of life with news of a silicon-based material that converts electronic data into optical data with unprecedented efficiency.
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Strecker intermediates scavenge for cyanides
A novel route for the non-polluting scavenging of cyanides has been reported by scientists in Mexico.
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Pore-forming peptides
A new class of peptides that insert themselves into the cell membrane and form an open pore has been created.
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Research spotlight falls on neglected disease
The University of Dundee, UK is to tackle the issue of neglected tropical diseases with a £13 million five-year project.
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Cell transport goes synthetic
Artificial cell receptors that mimic those found in nature and possess the potential to be adapted for use in drug delivery have now been created.
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Personal bioaerosol sampler
A personal rotating cup bioaerosol sampler, the CIP 10-M, for measuring human exposure to microbiological agents in the air has been developed.
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Nanopipette paints DNA picture
DNA ink has been used to paint molecular pictures, thanks to a nanopipette developed by researchers in the UK.
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Probing for water in protein cavities
Scientists in Japan and Canada have calculated the likely position of water molecules in a protein, claiming this could lead to better models of drug-protein interactions
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A little germ conversation
A new universal signaller for cell-to-cell communication in bacteria has been discovered by a team of US scientists.
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Hand-held hydrogen
Jens Nørskov and a team from the Technical University of Denmark have produced a fuel cell pellet which can hold over nine per cent hydrogen by weight.
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Axing artefacts for accurate atomic force microscopy
Carbon nanotubes could soon replace silicon as the material of choice for the probe tips used in atomic force microscopy.
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Probing the structure of water
Scientists in Brazil have studied the structure and hydrogen bonding interactions of water at a hydrophobic surface at the molecular level.
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New covalent linkers boost polycation research
Connecting two or more cyclophophazene units via covalent linkers paves the way for the assembly of simple novel polycations.
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Paradigm shift in theoretical chemistry
A radical new approach is proposed to address the electron correlation problem.