All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 228
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Acambis stops UK R&D
Acambis, a UK biotech company, is to close its research operation in Cambridge, UK, with the loss of around 40 jobs.
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Opinion
Letters: March 2004
From Dr G J White The discovery of the role of the messenger PLC zeta as described in John Parrington’s article Kiss of life? (Chemistry World, February 2004, p38) is an intriguing and possible part of a universal mechanism having a wider perspective. The article did not say if calcium ...
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The sky's the limit
Atmospheric scientists are taking to the skies in the quest for ever more reliable and up-to-the-minute data, Cath O'Driscoll reports.
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Kiss of life?
Scientists have found the molecule that triggers the start of human life. John Parrington tells the story.
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Eastern promise
Claire Skentelbery investigates the reasons behind the popularity of UK university town Cambridge as an incubator for science start ups.
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Timed to perfection
Do we want clocks accurate to one second every 30 billion years? At that precision, gravity weighs down the passage of time - though it might be easier to find your way around the planet. Richard Corfield reports.
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Making microwaves
'Let's talk after lunch' is the mantra of the microwave chemist, such is the speed at which the technology is uncovering new, cleaner and more efficient reactions. Nicholas Leadbeater reports
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Is sustainability a dirty word?
Companies, big and small, must demonstrate the value they bring to society and persuade everyone that they operate responsibly. Or else, says Michael Kenward
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Spinning into a new era of computing
Flipping a spin is easier and faster than moving around electrons. So are we going to switch to spintronics? Michael Gross investigates.
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Small is bountiful
'Disposable microreactors', from miniature processing plants to laboratories on a chip, bring chemical manufacturing to the desktop. Cath O'Driscoll reports
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Mars rocks
But is it capable of supporting life? Spectrometers and 'Tardis-like' analysers on robots from Earth are at the heart of three missions to find out.
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Open to interpretation
Peter Gregory, the RSC's director of publishing, explains what open archive initiatives could mean to scientific research and to learned societies.
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Gently does it
Gentler methods of processing proteins using supercritical fluids promise to make them even more valuable for pharmaceuticals.
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Chemistry on show
Ever felt frustrated by the public's ignorance of chemistry? Want to do something about it but can't find the resources and guidance? Help is out there, reports Richard Stevenson.
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Cancer Shock
Cancer cells rely on the heat shock protein Hsp90, but healthy cells need it as well.
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Signatures of time
Richard Corfield explains how stable isotopes are helping to pinpoint geologic time.
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Going with the flow
Two medical doctors have won this year's chemistry Nobel prize, while a chemist and a physicist have won the medicine prize.
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Dynamite cure
Nitric oxide may have been used to treat angina in China since about 800 AD, says Anthony Butler.
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Cold comfort
Want some relief for a cold? A hot spicy curry might be as good as anything, the experts tell Victoria Ashton.