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FeatureRising from the ashes
Neil Sinclair reports on some exciting new ventures emerging from redundant chemical and pharmaceutical plants
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FeatureGlenn Seaborg: plutonium and beyond
Mike Sutton reports on Glenn Seaborg's adventures among the actinides
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Speciation measures
The boom in analytical methods for determining the distribution of an element between its different chemical forms is charted by Andy Extance
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Another brick in the whorl
The scientists on the inside of advanced fingerprinting research are cross-examined by Simon Hadlington
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Damage limitation
Emma Davies investigates attempts to stem the flow of potentially harmful fluorinated chemicals into both our environment and our bloodstreams
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Silver soils
Nanosilver is filtering into the environment in ever-increasing quantities. But is it the nano or the silver component we should be worrying about, asks Hayley Birch
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Keeping the tap on
James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth
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Chasing the wave
With the authorities, medics and analytical chemists struggling to break the flow of new legal highs, the bad guys appear to be getting the upper hand. Sarah Houlton reports
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Climbing the data mountain
Clare Sansom takes a 'peak' at the databases that stop researchers being buried under an avalanche of chemical information
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Bright sparks
From the Olympics to New Year's Eve events, fireworks are synonymous with celebration. James Mitchell Crow looks into some pyrotechnic research worth celebrating in itself
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FeatureDNA motors on
With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success
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A nutritional revolution
Mike Sutton bites into the life of Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, the biochemist credited with discovering vitamins
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Getting stuck in
Nature produces a wide variety of glues that outperform all synthetic adhesives. Michael Gross looks into this sticky subject
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FeatureA shade of green
Major retailers are starting to consider the environmental impact of the fabric dyeing and finishing processes used by their manufacturers. Fiona Case reports
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Reaching out
The explosion is the doyenne of chemical demonstrations, but is the web taking over as a tool for researchers to enthuse the public about chemistry? Phillip Broadwith investigates
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Curiosity to take off
When Nasa's latest Mars rover is launched into space later this year, it'll carry the most advanced analytical instruments ever sent to the planet. David Pittman reports
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Waving goodbye to the paper lab book
With electronic lab notebooks finally making waves in academia, Anthony King asks whether the time has come to part company with the much loved paper lab book
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FeatureQuasicrystals scoop prize
The 2011 Nobel laureate in chemistry, Daniel Shechtman, fought hard to win acceptance of his discovery: quasicrystals. Laura Howes tells how perseverance led to the ultimate recognition