All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 206
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News
The birds the bees and the platypuses
Complex genetics of platypus sex determination - part bird, part mammal
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A pheromone a day keeps the midges away
Chemical ecologists have taken a key step towards understanding the sex life of a notorious insect pest. The discovery spells good news for apple growers.
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A-peeling polymers
Researchers at the University of Hull, UK, have developed a new self-assembly technique to make arrays of microlenses.
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Making bonds all over again
Recycling catalysts brings new dimension to carbon-carbon bond formation
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Opinion
Letters: December 2004
From Alberto Nunez Selles, president, Cuban Chemical Society My sincere congratulations for your article Biotechnology: the 2nd Cuban revolution (Chemistry World, November, 2004, p38) giving an objective picture of present bioscience and chemistry R&D in Cuba. Just for historical reasons, I wish to call your attention to a pitfall in ...
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20 years after Bhopal
Campaigners in India and worldwide have been making plans for a concerted effort to mark the 20th anniversary of the methyl isocyanate gas leak from a Union Carbide (UC) pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, on 3 December 1984.
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Feature
Scientific security
Science and technology is playing a big part in combating terrorism. Ian Farrell looks at how analytical science is helping.
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Feature
Nobel prizes and noble gases
As the 2004 Nobel prizes are announced, Colin Russell examines the life and times of William Ramsay, who discovered the noble gases and won the coveted award in 1904.
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The kiss of death
Discovering how the body carries out quality control has earned three scientists the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Karen Harries-Rees looks at their work.
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DNA branches into nanotech
Often viewed as a dream rather than a commercial prospect, DNA as a construction material in nanotechnology may be applied in practice sooner than many expect. Andrew Scott looks at the possibilities.
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Biotechnology: the second Cuban revolution
Over the last 20 years, Cuba has invested heavily in biotechnology centres, which might make the island economically competitive despite the worst efforts of the US administration. Michael Gross investigates.