More features – Page 10
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FeatureOne hundred years of insulin
Mike Sutton looks at the journey the diabetes treatment took from the Toronto miracle to mass-production – via a controversial trip to Stockholm
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FeatureThe long road to sustainable lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries could save the planet from petrol-driven cars, but do the batteries themselves live up to their sustainable reputation? Katharine Sanderson investigates efforts to make batteries better
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FeatureSupermetals versus superbugs
With pathogenic bacteria rapidly overcoming our arsenal of organic antibiotics, James Mitchell Crow asks if it is time to revisit metal-based antimicrobials
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FeatureThe rise of ferrofluids
Magnetic liquids are taking off, Hayley Bennett reports, but not as their inventor once imagined
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FeatureReaching the molecular limit of magnetic memory
Clever chemistry could help computers cram even more data onto their hard drives. Rachel Brazil reports on single-molecule magnets
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FeatureComputer-guided retrosynthesis
Machine learning-based systems hope to outperform expert-guided reaction planning technology, finds Andy Extance
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FeatureHow should chemical mixtures be regulated?
Nina Notman explores the challenge of assessing and managing risk from the coincidental chemical mixtures to which humans and the environment are exposed
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FeatureCleaning up industry’s water worries
With clean water supplies increasingly scarce, Angeli Mehta looks at what industry is doing to reduce its demands
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FeatureWhy do people believe conspiracy theories?
Rachel Brazil looks into the dangerous world of chemical conspiracy theories and asks the experts what we can do about it
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FeatureDrink, drugs and disease: the chemistry of breath tests
From roadside tests to diagnosing Covid-19, Clare Sansom looks at how breathalysers have developed
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FeatureThe growing problem of pesticide resistance
Weeds and other plant pests can no longer be controlled by chemicals as easily as they could. Bárbara Pinho talks to the scientists finding solutions
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FeatureSmart tattoos are keeping tabs on our health
Nina Notman takes a snapshot of the burgeoning field of health and fitness monitoring tattoos and patches
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FeatureGetting to the root of soil nitrogen
The farming industry’s reliance on nitrogen compounds is altering the environment, but Ian Le Guillou finds a better understanding of the interplay between plants and microbes could help to reduce the impact
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FeatureFlow chemistry surges forward
The long-discussed technique could help make pharma manufacturing more distributed, finds Andy Extance, and create opportunities for chemists with the right skills
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FeatureSustainable solar power
Getting energy from the sun isn’t renewable until the panels are recyclable. James Mitchell Crow talks to the scientists making it happen
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FeatureDrugging RNA
Some medicinal chemists have changed their focus from proteins to target RNA, finds Rachel Brazil
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FeatureThe hellish chemistry of Venus’ atmosphere
The potential presence of phosphine on Venus is only the latest twist in the strange chemistry of our planetary neighbour, finds Clare Sansom
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FeatureMarking the Anthropocene
The idea that we’re in a human-influenced geological epoch is gaining traction, but how will future geologists measure it? Rachel Brazil finds out
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FeatureDNA machines get a move on
Devices made from nucleic acids are starting to find their feet, says Nina Notman
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FeatureHow rubber is bouncing back
From their colonial roots to future alternatives, Kit Chapman looks at the chemistry of natural elastomers