All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 181
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19 September 2005: Scaling up quantum dot production
US researchers have raised the possibility of scaling up quantum dot production by developing a cut-price method of synthesis.
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16 September 2005: Air bags come to the aid of nuclear power
US chemists have used the propellant in car air bags to create some of the first stable uranium nitrides.
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15 September 2005: Grid accelerates binding calculations
The Grid - a global network of research computing resources - has been used for the first time to calculate the free energy of the binding of peptides to a protein domain.
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14 September 2005: Eye-catching alchemy preparing to go on tour
An alchemical art collection is set to tour the US and Europe with help from the Chemical Heritage foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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13 September 2005: Nanomechanical analysis tackles the bad hair day
US researchers have developed what they say is a uniquely precise technique for monitoring the effect of different hair treatments.
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12 September 2005: Affordable route to greener diesel
US researchers say they might have found a cheap and effective alternative for cleaning up vehicle emissions.
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12 September 2005: European boost for paediatric drugs
Legislation approved by the European Parliament offers incentives for the development of much needed child-specific medicines in Europe.
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9 September 2005: Powerful promise for grass that's as high as an elephant's eye
So-called elephant grass could be the long-promised biomass fuel tipped to solve the world's energy problems, according to researchers in the US and Ireland.
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9 September 2005: Spanish wine researchers put all their grapes in one pot
A young Spanish red-wine grape, Monastrell, will age better and keep its colour if mixed with more robust Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon varieties, researchers claim.
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Targeting drug delivery with gels
An innovative self-assembling gel system that exclusively releases a drug in the presence of a specific enzyme has been devised.
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Microfluidic biosensor detects pathogens
A reusable microfluidic biosensor has been developed by scientists in the US.
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Nanotechnology imitates gecko glue
Researchers in the US have attempted to surpass nature and create a synthetic material that sticks to surfaces at the nanometre level.
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Controllable molecular shuttles
A molecular shuttle whose speed can be precisely controlled has been developed by researchers in Germany.
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Fungus fighting tomatoes get sugar boost
Super tomatoes fighting off killer fungi sounds like the plot for a bad sci-fi movie, but could be closer to reality than we thought.
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Dissolving boron for cancer therapy
A new complex for more effective delivery of closo-carborane agents to tumour sites has been developed by chemists in Australia.
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Active organosilicas with ion selectivity
An all in one approach for preparing ion-selective mesoporous organosilica structures has been developed.
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Polymeric micelles guide the way in anticancer treatment
A new type of polymeric micelle drug carrier has been developed by scientists in Japan.
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Why silver speeds photocatalysis
Why silver deposits on the surface of titanium dioxide make the material a better photocatalyst for breaking down some organic molecules but not others.
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Changing colours of latex
A new approach to making colour changing, light sensitive materials has been developed by researchers in Scandinavia.
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Cooking up a storm in a frying pan
Teflon-coated cookware does not pose a threat to human health, according to scientists in the US.