All articles by Michael Gross – Page 3
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Improving photodynamic cancer therapy
Chemists have developed new compounds that can help to focus the activity of light-activated drugs with pinpoint accuracy
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Aluminium's vaccine boost explained
Researchers have shown how 'alum' adjuvants make vaccines more effective
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Chemical wheel could boost computers
Researchers in Japan have created a molecular assembly that could allow 16 bit parallel processing
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Sea cucumbers inspire switchable material
Composite can flip between rigid and flexible states - just like the skin of the sea-bed scavenger
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Nanofibre tape is sticky stuff
Surgeons and climbers could benefit from new materials inspired by gecko's feet
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Machines get a taste for espresso
Nestlé researchers have developed a robot that can predict the taste of coffee within minutes
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A DNA crane for molecular building sites
A DNA strand attached to the tip of an atomic force microscope can build nanoscale structures
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Turning gas into fuel cheaply
Fuel cell converts methane to methanol at lower temperature and pressure
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Chemists tame the uranyl ion
A new uranium compound sheds lights on how to make the element more manageable in future
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Ice-cream without the crunch
Fragments of gelatin can suppress the growth of ice crystals in frozen food
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Portable organs
A combination of medical research and engineering could bring an end to the era of putting precious human organs on ice to keep them alive for longer. Michael Gross reports
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Haem's secret life as a hormone exposed
Best known as blood's oxygen carrier, haem may also be a signalling molecule
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Blood transfusion risk explained
Missing nitric oxide may be why banked blood is a risk to some patients
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Grapevine genome reveals wine's flavour secrets
Genetic profile could help in breeding new disease-resistant or health-giving varieties
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Goat antidote
Gram quantities of a potent chemical-weapon antidote have been produced in goats' milk