All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 189
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30 June 2005: The colour of strawberry allergy
The mystery of why some people are allergic to strawberries is about to be revealed.
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30 June 2005: SMEs need more support to develop sustainable products
Small- to medium-sized businesses in the UK are not getting the support needed to address key challenges in green product design, say leading strategists.
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29 June 2005: Wet work most important risk factor for skin disease
The harmful effects of 'wet work' on large parts of the population have been neglected for far too long
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29 June 2005: Novel ion-exchange technique for zeolites
UK chemists have demonstrated a novel electrochemical method for exchanging ions in zeolites.
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28 June 2005: Block co-polymers dictate pattern of 2D cell growth
The unusual properties of a block co-polymer make living cells grow in a precisely defined two-dimensional pattern.
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28 June 2005: UK regulations on hazardous substances updated
Amended UK regulations covering ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate and petroleum products will come into effect at the end of June, the Health and Safety Executive has announced.
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27 June 2005: Protein synthesis under the spotlight
US chemists have developed a technique for investigating protein synthesis using light-responsive 'caged compounds'.
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27 June 2005: Patience wears thin for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
New European Union legislation requires tyre manufacturers to reformulate their products by 2010 in order to curb emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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24 June 2005:
Cancer research at three institutions is to benefit from the latest Proof of Concept awards announced by Scottish Enterprise.
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24 June 2005: Evacuation not always the best option in chemical incidents
Evacuating people from their homes might not be the best course of action in the wake of a chemical incident, experts announced today.
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23 June 2005: Waltzing lipids slow under heavy polymers
Membrane-bound lipids slow down - like heavily-laden porters - when large molecules land on top of them, report US chemists.
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22 June 2005: World's fastest ice cream freezes in seconds
It's official; the world's fastest ice cream maker is polymer physicist Peter Barham from the University of Bristol, UK.
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22 June 2005: Prime Minister addresses RSC meeting
The central position of science and technology at this year's G8 summit was driven home when Prime Minister Tony Blair made an unprecedented appearance at an RSC meeting.
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20 June 2005: Films of functionalised nanotubes display a wide range of resistivity
UK researchers have measured electrical resistance of films of single-walled carbon nanotubes whose sidewalls have been functionalised with different chemical groups.
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17 June 2005: Depleted mantle has been around since the start
Current models for the formation of the Earth's mantle are probably incorrect, report US geochemists.
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17 June 2005: Nanospaces for molecular computation
Chemists have created what is probably the smallest ever computational device, by incorporating a molecular logic gate inside a sphere with a radius of only 3nm.
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16 June: Blue light shines on polymer light emitting diodes
Researchers have discovered families of stable blue-light emitting materials that could overcome a longstanding drawback of polymer light-emitting diodes.
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16 June 2005: Bad breath - disease or cure?
Garlic extract offers an innovative treatment for patients with advanced gum disease, report UK researchers.
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14 June 2005: Scottish research institute faces falling funds
The Hannah Research Institute (HRI) in Ayr, Scotland faces an uncertain future.
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13 June 2005: Chemistry of space dust
Assumptions about how certain key molecules behave on the surface of dust grains in deepest space might be wrong, report UK chemists.