All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 17

  • Podcast

    May 2010

    2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - May 2010 00:12- Introduction01:14- Mars meteorite gets a boost of youth 03:38- Going for silver - green plastic production 06:40- Hunter Waite and Tim Griffin chat about using mass spectrometry in space and up volcanoes ...

  • News

    OLETs have bright future in electronic lasers

    2010-05-02T18:00:00Z

    Italian scientists develop organic light-emitting transistors that are more efficient than organic light-emitting diodes

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    Blood type testing for a few pence

    2010-05-04T13:14:00Z

    Cheap paper test can reveal blood type in a matter of minutes

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    Nanomachinery gets a spring in its step

    2010-05-04T15:00:00Z

    Molecular springs that always twist the same way have been developed by Japanese researchers

  • Periodic table of the elements – 33 – Arsenic
    Podcast

    Arsenic

    2010-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Bea Perks introduces a deadly poison that also finds use in paints, fireworks and medicine

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    Nanoholes promise solar power

    2010-05-05T15:55:00Z

    Silicon solar cells with arrays of nano-sized holes could outperform their nanowire-based rivals

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    Natural artificial muscles

    2010-05-05T18:00:00Z

    Scientists develop artificial muscle from proteins that mimic elastic and mechanical properties of natural muscle

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    Nanotube chip creates bioelectronic link

    2010-05-06T13:55:00Z

    Wrapping a carbon nanotube in a lipid bilayer containing 'biological machines' integrates active proteins into a transistor for the first time

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    US oil spill testing ground for dispersants

    2010-05-07T13:00:00Z

    The possibility of using surfactants to treat oil on the ocean floor, at the source of the leak in BP's well in the Gulf, is being tested

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    Iron catalyst breaks the mould

    2010-05-09T18:00:00Z

    Iron carbenoids with a rigid chiral ligand promise a new breed of cheap, green catalysts

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    Filming fullerene formation

    2010-05-09T18:00:00Z

    Atomic resolution microscopy enables researchers to see fullerene formation in action

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    Chemical secrets of dinobird revealed

    2010-05-10T20:00:00Z

    High-speed chemical imaging of prehistoric feather and bone confirm the link between dinosaurs and modern birds, say scientists

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    Chinese chemical sector an energy saving powerhouse

    2010-05-11T13:30:00Z

    Report suggests China's chemical sector is leading the nation's energy saving efforts and could promote further emission reductions

  • Periodic table of the elements – 18 – Argon
    Podcast

    Argon

    2010-05-12T00:00:00Z

    John Emsley introduces an element with uses that range from double glazing to laser eye surgery

  • News

    UK under new management

    2010-05-12T13:05:00Z

    The UK finally has a government - but what will the Tory-Lib Dem coalition mean for science?

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    Nanotecture powers up

    2010-05-12T15:10:00Z

    Nanotecture is gearing up to commercialise a new nanoporous material that it believes will find uses in a wide range of electricity storage applications

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    Tying up spider silk's loose ends

    2010-05-12T18:00:00Z

    The way spider silk proteins can be stored as a fluid but spun instantly into fibres is all down to their end parts, research suggests

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    Molecular robots on nano-assembly lines

    2010-05-12T18:00:00Z

    Teams of automated programmable molecular robots working together on nanoscale assembly lines are one step closer, say US scientists

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    Comment: Cooperation, collaboration and compromise

    2010-05-14T14:15:00Z

    The UK's scientific community will have to change its strategy if it is to build a fruitful relationship with the new coalition government, says Diana Garnham

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    Powerful pocket sized NMR magnets

    2010-05-14T14:20:00Z

    Arrays of mini magnet chunks can be manipulated to make strong and sensitive magnets for nuclear magnetic resonance