All Life articles – Page 75
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ResearchNon-Newtonian saliva gives frog’s tongue sticking power
Discovery offers route to frog-inspired adhesives
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PodcastAdamantane
Brian Clegg introduces a crystalline hydrocarbon that isn’t as tough as it sounds, but is the basis of a wide range of medicines
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ResearchCrystal structure lifts lid on LSD’s secrets
Structure of hallucinogen bound to a human serotonin receptor could explain LSD’s potent and long-lasting effects
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ResearchZinc spark shows sperm the chequered flag
Researchers shed light on new explanation for how mammalian zygotes safeguard their survival
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NewsNew database offers one stop shop for food safety hazards
Tool brings together safety information from Europe’s food safety agency
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ResearchCompounds responsible for world’s stinkiest fruit revealed
Durian pong can be recreated with fruity and oniony volatiles
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PodcastThe Secret Life of Fat by Sylvia Tara – Book club
The Chemistry World team discusses the benfits and drawbacks of the most maligned body tissue
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NewsVaccine coalition to target emerging infectious diseases
Fund attempting to raise $1 billion to develop vaccines before an epidemic strikes
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ResearchSpectroscopy allows in-egg chicken sexing
Identifying male chicks before they hatch could end the practice of culling cockerels in their millions
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ResearchPersonalised medicine boost as cancer drug monitored in real-time
Aptamer-based sensors can track levels of small molecules in rats as the go about their business
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BusinessCholesterol drug withdrawn in patent dispute
Ruling that Regeneron’s Praluent antibody infringes Amgen’s Repatha patent could stifle innovation
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BusinessTaming vaccines with chemistry
Vaxxilon aims to simplify vaccine development by replacing biological components with well-defined synthetic molecules
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ResearchAncient whirligig toy inspires cheap, modern centrifuge
People-powered centrifuge can separate blood samples in minutes
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NewsDNA fingerprinting accuracy to be overhauled in US
Labs to use 20 markers rather than 13 in improvement that should help in cases involving DNA from multiple sources
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ResearchStrongest synthetic spider silk spun-out in the lab
Mimicking spiders’ spinning glands could cut cost of synthetic silk
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NewsFears that gene-editing cancer trials are premature
Warnings from geneticists that Crispr trial failures could knock promising technique’s prospects
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ResearchLow phosphorus rice offers fertiliser pollution solution
Silencing gene that directs phosphorus into rice grains could mean cheaper food and healthier rivers