All articles by James Urquhart – Page 13

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Tea stains find new use as antibacterial coating

2013-09-09T00:00:00Z

Plant polyphenols used to create a thin layer that sticks to even Teflon
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Ball lightning captured in the lab

2013-08-21T00:00:00Z

Scientists hope that prolonging the lifetime of glowing orbs of plasma will help them understand this mysterious and rare natural phenomenon
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Wealth of undiscovered volatiles found drifting above orange groves

2013-08-08T00:00:00Z

Study hints at the complex nature of the interactions between a huge range of chemicals and air pollution
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Total synthesis outshines biotech route to anticancer drug

2013-08-01T00:00:00Z

First efficient chemical production of diterpenoid is being scaled up by Danish pharma firm
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Synthetic antenna mimics plants' light harvesting abilities

2013-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chemical array would enable solar cells to run off of photons across the spectrum of light
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Antibiotic research hits a sweet spot

2013-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sugar can strip bacteria of its protective armour to let the immune system deliver the coup de grâce
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Gooey secret of naked mole rat's cancer resistance revealed

2013-06-19T00:00:00Z

Scientists hopeful that strategy can be 'borrowed' to help keep humans tumour-free
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Hairy proteins survive stomach trip

2013-06-09T00:00:00Z

Polymer modification protects enzymes from digestive track opening up oral route for biological drugs
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Understanding sulfa drugs' side effects

2013-05-23T00:00:00Z

Over 70 years since their first use, scientists discover how sulfanonamide drugs cause their neurological side effects
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Digitally unrolling historical scrolls

2013-05-22T00:00:00Z

X-ray tomography can unroll and read parchment scrolls that have become stuck together.
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Sugar solution to toxic gold recovery

2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

The environmental legacy of salvaging gold from electronic waste can be dramatically cut using corn starch instead of cyanide
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Greener, cleaner steel

2013-05-09T00:00:00Z

Chromium anode could cut steel making carbon emissions and allow higher quality grades of the metal to be manufactured
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Filler to patch up ancient silk delicates

2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

Enzyme can strengthen and preserve fragile textiles thousands of years old
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Colour changing nanoparticles inspired by deep sea denizens

2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

Striped structures could provide new ways of thinking about the creation of active camouflage systems or better computer displays
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Solar boost for gas power stations

2013-04-19T00:00:00Z

Reactor uses sun’s heat to turn methane into energy rich syngas cutting fuel use by 20%
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Recycling electronics with dimethyl sulfoxide

2013-03-07T00:00:00Z

Solvent extraction could be greener than current methods of reclaiming materials from circuit boards
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Polymer production line runs on DNA

2013-03-03T00:00:00Z

Enzyme-less system can produce a huge library of synthetic polymers that could catalyse chemical reactions or target disease
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New direction for flu drugs

2013-02-21T00:00:00Z

Molecules covalently bind to virus protein to stop it escaping the cell, and could sidestep resistance problems
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Chemical velcro sticks underwater

2013-02-14T00:00:00Z

Strong and reversible adhesive harnesses supramolecular chemistry
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Sea urchin inspires carbon capture catalyst

2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Larvae make use of nickel ions when building up their exoskeletons suggesting a role for the metal in carbon capture