All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 210
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News
3D image maps out cancer spread
Chemists at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, US, have developed a nano-sized dendrimer-based MRI agent they say could reduce the trauma associated with breast cancer surgery.
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Opinion
Letters: October 2004
From Steve Jeffery Readers intrigued by Katharine Sanderson’s review of Carl Djerassi’s play Calculus (Chemistry World, September 2004, p64) and the rivalry between Newton and Leibniz might also be interested in author Neal Stephenson’s hugely ambitious and entertaining alternate history, the three volume Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The confusion, and System ...
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Synthesising sponge's secrets
US researchers improve the biological activity of compounds from sponges.
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Feature
The missing link
Comparative genome analysis has changed theories about evolution and disease. Andrew West examines how it may also change ideas about drug development.
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Review
Viewing the landscape
Energy landscapes - with applications to clusters, biomolecules and glasses
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Opinion
Isn't science wonderful?
Physicists are lucky in that many of the fundamental principles of their subject have application in everyday life.
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News
Results signal market improvement
This year's round of second quarter results from the US chemical industry signals a much needed improvement on last year's performance.
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Feature
Illuminating lacquer layers
Lacquered surfaces can be affected by light, water, oxygen and coatings such as waxes and varnishes. Sarah Houlton explores how a piece in the UK's Victoria and Albert museum's collection is being conserved.
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Novel solution for hydrogen storage
Titanium could help solve a long-standing barrier to fuel cell technology.
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Guess the weight of the protein
Gel filtration chromatography should not be relied upon in isolation.
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Feature
Furnaces for philosophers
Colin Russell tells the story of an early industrial chemist Johann Glauber.
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News
Switching on to food gone off
Better out than in: a new ink might help to betray the presence of oxygen in pre-packed food.
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Establishing the structure of hydrates
Researchers develop novel diffraction techniques for structure determination.