All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 243
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Bacteria: the ultimate secret agent
Chemists have hidden secret messages in fluorescent bacteria using colour couplets to encode letters and punctuation
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Patching up patients with a heart of gold
Cell communication in a patch designed to heal damaged hearts can be improved using gold nanowires
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Electric vehicles set to charge ahead
Batteries may be the future for cars but there are still a number of technical hurdles to overcome
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Ammonium radical is atomic pretender
Computational simulations have demonstrated that the neutral ammonium radical behaves like a sodium atom
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Growing protest against Chinese chemical plants
As environmental awareness in China grows, so too is the number of protests against chemical plants
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Bio-based chemicals under environmental scrutiny
Technological improvements are needed to make some bio-based chemicals environmentally competitive
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Faster acting drugs
Ionic liquid versions of current drugs could reach their targets in the body more quickly
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Pitcher plant inspires ultimate non-stick surface
Scientists have created a surface so slippery that oil, jam and even insects just slide straight off it
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Laser can detect explosive traces at a distance
US researchers have developed a laser technique that can spot nanogram quantities of TNT centimetres away
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Catalyst could remove toxic compounds
Inserting a polyoxometalate into the pores of a metal-organic framework can turn it into a surprisingly good catalyst
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Higher education funding rises around the world
Between 2000 and 2008 funding for universities rose, while private funding of institutions increased substantially
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Senate looks to trim $162 million from NSF
US Senate's proposal to cut National Science Foundation's budget by 2.4 per cent prompts concern at universities
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Chromium slag contamination in China
Illegal dumping could have introduced hexavalent chromium into the water and soil of Yunnan province in China
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Zeolite catalysts under the fluorescence microscope
A fluorescence imaging technique borrowed from the life sciences illuminates catalyst particle performance
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Science budget ringfence questioned by report
Changes to what is defined as science could see the UK science budget fall by as much as £1.7 billion
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US job concerns hamper environmental rules
Obama retreats on ozone and greenhouse gas regulations amid economic concerns, earning the ire of traditional sympathisers