More features – Page 28
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FeatureThe sultan of synthesis
Phil Baran is spurring organic chemists to rethink how they make complex compounds, as Mark Peplow discovers
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FeatureTargeting breast cancer
Tamoxifen has been treating breast cancer for 40 years, but few would have predicted how much this drug would contribute to saving lives, writes John Mann
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FeatureDigging deep for safer water
Arsenic-laced water is still poisoning millions of people in Asia. Nina Notman looks to see if an end is in sight
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FeaturePreserving the Mary Rose
Jon Evans explores the chemistry stabilising the Tudor battleship for display
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FeatureChemistry on the front line
Philip Robinson reports from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in Porton Down
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FeatureScience at your fingertips
Will the rise of smartphones revolutionise chemistry? Sarah Houlton finds out
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FeatureOn stranger nucleotides
Chemists have been making artificial DNA base pairs for 20 years. Josh Howgego investigates
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FeatureChemists on a mission
The dramatic footage from a humanitarian crisis rarely features chemists, but they can play a vital role. Fiona Case is inspired by some examples
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FeatureChemistry redux
At least six UK universities have recently opened a chemistry department. Kathryn Roberts reports
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FeatureThe hunt for innovation
Big pharma companies are embracing a more open and collaborative approach. Nuala Moran discovers who’s working with whom
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FeatureWhat is a bond?
There’s more to bonding than covalent, ionic and the lines we draw between atoms on paper. Philip Ball takes on the expanding list of chemical connections
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FeatureWhat can U do?
Actinide chemistry is reaching beyond nuclear and revealing surprising behaviour, finds Andy Extance
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FeatureThe art of alternatives
Recent years have seen great advances in alternatives to animal tests, yet we still need a giant leap to full replacement, as Emma Davies reports
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FeatureBeyond graphene
Other materials can be made into ultra-thin nanosheets. Jon Evans finds out whether they can generate the same buzz
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FeatureThe enduring controversy of the Turin Shroud
Far from putting the debate to rest, the dating of the Turin Shroud merely fuelled the controversy, as Richard Corfield discovers
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FeatureOrdering the elements
From the law of octaves to the periodic table as we know it, Mike Sutton traces how chemists put their house in order
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FeatureCrystal clear
With the international year of crystallography upon us, Clare Sansom celebrates this important discipline
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FeatureBlessed are the cheesemakers
Andy Extance gets his teeth into the craft and chemistry of his favourite taste-laced smell gel
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FeatureFarming tomorrow
Technology is helping farmers better control the use of fertilisers and pesticides, as Elisabeth Jeffries reports
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FeatureGeneric problems
The Indian pharmaceutical industry has been hit by recent problems. Angeli Mehta investigates