All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 192
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25 May 2005: Uncorking the wine
A polymer-based product that removes the corked taste from wine goes on sale on 1 June 2005.
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25 May 2005: Therapeutic promise for CML
A drug for patients with Gleevec-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) has passed Phase I clinical trials and has just entered Phase II.
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24 May 2005: Europe describes future chemists
Ministers in charge of the Bologna Process met in Bergen, Norway to adopt an overarching framework for qualifications in the European Higher Education Area.
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24 May 2005: Chemists celebrate happy accident
Researchers have stumbled across the perfect alkyne catalyst.
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23 May 2005: Strategy group highlights future infrastructure needs
EU scientists have put forward a wish list of 23 large-scale research infrastructures that will could be developed in the seventh framework programme.
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20 May 2005: Tackling West Nile Virus
A cure for West Nile Virus (WNV) has come a step closer with the development of a treatment for the infection in mice and a trial vaccine for humans.
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20 May 2005: Tear proteins altered by eye disease
Proteomics study flags up biomarkers for the chronic eye disease blepharitis
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19 May 2005: European knowledge on the world stage
Management of knowledge in terms of education, research and innovation will be crucial to Europe, according to Janez Potocnik, European commissioner for science and research.
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19 May 2005: Fresh interest in non-graphite nanotubes
New generation nanotubes could lead to nanowires and drug delivery systems
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18 May 2005: Sustainable hydrogen storage
Hydrogen (H2) offers a sustainable energy carrier to replace fossil fuels, but storing the large volumes of H2 needed provides a serious challenge.
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17 May 2005: Developing renewable energy
Mexican experts discuss clean energy with G8 representatives
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17 May 2005: This product may contain nuts
New rapid immunochemical test detects nut allergens fast
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16 May 2005: International chemical identifier goes online
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) has released the first version of its long-awaited International Chemical Identifier.
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16 May 2005: Falling under a smell
An eggy whiff could be the scent of things to come in the operating theatre if the promise of recent research is realised.
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13 May 2005: Chemistry of cinema snacks
Food chemists in the US - a nation with a term for the hard bits of popcorn that don't go pop - have discovered a way to maximise pop-ability.
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13 May 2005: Durham gets bioactive
The University of Durham, UK, has launched an integrated biological chemistry centre to develop interdisciplinary research in biological chemistry and bioengineering.
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12 May 2005: Hospitals unprepared for chemical contamination
UK hospital trusts are better prepared to deal with chemical incidents than they were five years ago, but the design of protective suits and tents still needs work
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12 May 2005: Tuning nanoshells to kill cancer cells
By taking advantage of nanoshells' optical properties, researchers from Rice University, Houston, US, have developed a method to simultaneously image and kill cancer cells.
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11 May 2005: In vitro generation of infectious scrapie prions
New work adds weight to the hypothesis that proteins alone are the infectious agent in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including BSE, vCJD and scrapie.