All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 194
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ResearchPolymer regenerates all by itself
Elastomers heal themselves independently thanks to metathesis reaction between aromatic disulphides
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Metallic properties predicted for astatine
New calculations suggest that element 85 is a metal and even perhaps a superconductor
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Spinning a catalytic yarn
Nylon fabric as a support for organic catalysts could make a wide range of applications possible
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NewsSpicing up water purification
Coriander leaves can be useful for more than just curries, find undergraduate students
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ResearchLight-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance
UV-triggered trans-cis isomerisation of a diazo group turns microbe-killer on, before reverse process that would avoid environmental build-up
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Taking temperature with a temporary tattoo
John Rogers' flexible electronics are given another application
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UK objects to pesticide ban in gardens
Government disagrees with EU neonicotinoid moratorium, but will implement it
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NewsBattle over carbon tax looms
Australia’s new prime minister plans to abolish the country’s carbon tax, but that won’t be an easy task
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Reprogrammable microfluidic chips
Scientists develop an Etch A Sketch-style microfluidic chip with channels that can be melted and redrawn
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Half-mustard gas blues
Selective and easy-to-read detection system for mustard gas simulant that will hopefully translate to the real thing
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Cork taint shuts down your nose
Off smell and taste in wine might not be caused by chemicals that smell bad, but by chemicals that stop us smelling
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GSK criticised for trial data secrecy
Italian research institute abandons collaboration over data access
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ResearchSynthetic drug found in nature
Tramadol, first marketed in 1977, has been in plants all along
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What happens when you perturb the system?
David Smith tells Laura Howes how molecules take on personalities
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Beetle feet inspire drug delivery patches
Adhesive forces generated by capillaries releasing drugs gradually
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BusinessService with a smile
Company profile: Charnwood Molecular is more than a run-of-the-mill contract synthesis provider
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NewsDuma to review Russian Academy of Sciences reform
Scientists in Russia have united in efforts to block and revise controversial reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Atheroprotective pathway of superfood spirulina
Compound in blue–green algae is thought to help prevent heart disease by activating haem oxygenase
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Lanthanide munching bacteria found in volcanoes
Bacterium found in volcanic mudpots shown to need rare earth metals to survive