All articles by Bea Perks – Page 5
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Nanoparticle drug delivery
Biodegradable polymers being developed in Atlanta, US, offer numerous advantages over current drug delivery systems, say researchers.
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Boost for chemical innovation
A boost in innovative performance across the UK was promised at yesterday's launch of the Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network.
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Innovative short list announced
The shortlist for this year's RSC Innovation Awards has been announced, reflecting the breadth of innovation in the chemical sciences.
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Update: Archives for Africa and beyond
The RSC has provided developing countries with free access to its journal archives, but its involvement shouldn't stop there.
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Stark warning for science education
The first statistical analysis of UK school science teaching in a decade highlights serious gaps in the physical sciences.
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Survival of the fittest
Chemistry departments are closing, while multidisciplinary centres are opening. The implications of this for chemistry are being hotly debated. Bea Perks explores the issues
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Sparks fly over jet processing of cells
The latest publication on jet processing of living cells has revealed a highly competitive research field.
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Rubella vaccines for the former USSR
The Wistar Institute, US, has licensed the seed stock for its rubella vaccine to Russian state-run company Microgen.
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Atomised alloy for stronger, lighter, cheaper jet fighters
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed an aluminium alloy they say could significantly improve jet aircraft design and reduce costs
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Oil depot explosion, long term health risks
Reports of an explosion that yesterday tore through a UK oil storage terminal could be overlooking significant health risks.
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1 December 2005: Bird flu puts African biocide on world stage
A broad-spectrum biocide marketed in South Africa for over 10 years is going global with the help of US chemical company Dow.
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2005: a year in perspective
As 2005 draws to a close, Bea Perks and Katharine Sanderson highlight the main issues that affected the chemical science community, as reported in Chemistry World
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Calling all chemistry entrepreneurs
Nottingham University is attracting entrepreneurial chemists with a new MSc in Chemistry with Entrepreneurship, launched this week.
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Collaboration for cellulose processing
A research partnership has been set up to study the dissolution and processing of cellulose using ionic liquids.
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The future's bright, the future's in the UK
Finnish biotechnologists are moving to the UK, where technology doesn't stop at mobile phones.
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10 November 2005: Build a better blue
A library of model oligomers has been synthesised by chemists in the UK and Colombia in order to better understand the behaviour of polyfluorene light-emitting polymers.
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Phase separation produces porous chips
A new replication method has been developed for producing thin porous microfluidic chips.
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UK researchers plan to make nuclear power acceptable
The largest UK grant for nuclear research in 30 years was announced today at Imperial College London.
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Research spotlight falls on neglected disease
The University of Dundee, UK is to tackle the issue of neglected tropical diseases with a £13 million five-year project.