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Beyond terra firma
Matt Wilkinson reports on InXitu's award winning portable x-ray diffraction/x-ray fluorescence system
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Painting the town green
As new environmental legislation alters the allowed constituents of paint and varnishes, Sarah Houlton reports on how paint manufacturers are tweaking the contents of their tins
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Identifying the lost soldiers of Fromelles
More than 90 years on, recently found bodies of 250 soldiers who died during the Battle of Fromelles in the first world war need identifying. Richard Corfield investigates
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What's bugging the bees?
Insecticides, pathogens, stress? Michael Gross reports on possible explanations for the mysterious vanishing of honeybee colonies
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The will to win
While Canada may win medals when it hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics, when it comes to innovation the nation is still finding its feet. Helen Carmichael reports
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Chemistry bites
Simon Hadlington previews the novel materials coming soon to a dental surgery near you
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Shining a light on vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency is on the up. With links to bone diseases and even cancer and MS, we need sun sense, says Justine Davies
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Operation outsource
Western companies are now outsourcing highly skilled science work to China. Can the industry's growing demands be met, asks Sarah Houlton
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The art of Raman
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is allowing art conservators to rewrite sections of art history, reports Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay
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FeatureWelcome to the machine
Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical? Philip Ball investigates
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Proteins unravelled
Philip Ball explores the phenomenon of protein unfolding, and considers new techniques for keeping the egg unscrambled
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Twinkle, twinkle little star
Mike Sutton delves into the history of telescopes, spectroscopes and stellar chemistry
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Reading between the lines
We will surely never solve all the mysteries of the universe. But, as Jon Cartwright reports, spectroscopy holds the key to unravelling many planetary secrets
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40 years of crystal growth
The development of the British Association of Crystal Growth maps changes in the industry over the past 40 years. Hayley Birch caught up with members at this year's conference
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Design for life
A new drug for treating prostate cancer, developed by rational design and currently making its way through clinical trials, could improve the prognosis, says John Mann
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HIV protease inhibitors have been one of the big successes of rational drug design. Clare Sansom looks at the impact of structural biology on drug discovery
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A redesign for life
Work in the fashionable new field of synthetic biology is gathering pace. Hayley Birch looks into some of the latest developments in a rapidly evolving area
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FeatureBiology's Nobel molecule factory
Three scientists who revealed the structure and workings of the ribosome have shared the 2009 Nobel prize in chemistry. Phillip Broadwith unravels the story
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The food detectives
Every day, scientists at RSSL's food analysis labs in Reading, UK, investigate cases of food adulteration. Hayley Birch was let in on a few secrets of the trade