All articles by Ian Farrell
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Research
Recycling rare earth elements using ionic liquids
Using ionic liquids to recycle neodymium and samarium from old magnets could address a critical supply problem in the electronics industry
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Research
How healthy is your breath?
A baseline measurement of healthy human breath could one day enable the routine diagnosis of disease from a single exhalation
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Research
Fireproof coatings made from DNA
Could a next generation of eco-friendly flame-retardant coatings be made from DNA?
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Research
Analysing bacterial metabolites
The complex chemical interactions between microbes is being studied with a non-destructive mass spectrometry technique that can see where chemicals are moving
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News
Chromatography under pressure
Notoriously difficult use of small-particle stationary phases in HPLC gets easier
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Feature
Scientific security
Science and technology is playing a big part in combating terrorism. Ian Farrell looks at how analytical science is helping.
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Feature
Colourful shades of Gray
Harry Gray has recently been awarded the Wolf prize for chemistry in recognition of his contributions to bioinorganic chemistry. Ian Farrell catches up with one of the most colourful characters in chemistry.
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News
Yeast's foray into the unknown
Biosensors using brewer's yeast modified with jellyfish genes could find use on space flights.
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News
Chromatography under pressure
Notoriously difficult use of small-particle stationary phases in HPLC gets easier.
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News
Blood, sweat, tears and microfluidics
Analysing human physiological fluids may require researchers to rethink basics.
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News
Arnold Beckman (1900-2004)
Arnold Beckman was truly one of the grandfathers of modern-day science.
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News
Shedding light on protein structure
Scientists from Umeå University in Sweden have come up with a straightforward way of measuring distances within protein molecules using fluorescence spectroscopy.
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News
Chemistry and the war on terror
A recent report from US scientists concludes that biologically inspired sensors and lab-on-a-chip devices will be at the heart of future counter-terrorism technologies.
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News
Microfluidics to help IVF
Microfluidic devices could soon be improving the success of in vitro fertilisation, according to a team of scientists from the universities of Illinois and Wisconsin, US.
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News
A fishy method of analysis
Artificial musks are causing scientists to look to new ways of detecting pollutants.
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News
Is Mother Nature a mathematical modeller
A team of US researchers are solving some of science's toughest problems using mathematical modelling techniques based on genetic reproduction.
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News
Monitoring with robot electrophoresis
Prototype electrophoresis equipment that can operate without human intervention has been developed by a team of Swiss scientists.