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The artificial leaf
Using sunlight to split water molecules and form hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising tactics for kicking our carbon habit. Hayley Birch examines the options
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Northern lights
Scotland is an established home for the chemicals industry - but is now increasingly attracting biotech and life sciences companies. Yfke Hager reports
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Long life foods
Could the foods we eat be engineered to stave off disease, keeping us fit and healthy far into old age? Ned Stafford looks into the growing trend for functional food
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The spin doctors
Researchers around the world are looking to develop advanced computers based on electron spin. Matthew Chalmers examines how close these devices are to becoming reality
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Reinvesting in the future
Northern Ireland-based Almac is ploughing the profits from its pharmaceutical support divisions into a range of new research ventures. James Mitchell Crow visits the company
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Is DNA nanotechnology coming of age?
DNA nanotechnology has moved a long way since its first public appearance in 1991 - and its first applications are already on the horizon, says Michael Gross
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Pittcon 60 years on
The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy celebrates its 60th birthday this year. Matt Wilkinson finds out how the show has evolved
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The biofuel future?
The chemistry to convert waste into fuels is now being tested at pilot plants around the world. We may have the science, but are governments and industry ready, asks Emma Davies
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Fight for rights
A few male chemists were fervent supporters of the women who sought to joining their ranks at the turn of the 20th century, as Marelene and Geoff Rayner-Canham find out
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Molecular healing
Biomaterials engineers are hijacking the chemistry behind the healing process to create a new generation of smarter wound treatments. Victoria Gill investigates
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Periodic change
The periodic table, cherished by generations of chemists, has steadily evolved over time. Eric Scerri is among those now calling for drastic change
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Fruits of the forest
Last summer a team of UK scientists dragged the contents of their lab out into the jungle, to analyse the local atmosphere. Emma Davies finds out what they discovered
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Pushing the boundaries
One drug can be useful for many different conditions - some of which it isn't licensed for. Peter Mitchell finds out how far is too far when it comes to off-label promotion
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Catalytic dreams
Being able to break selected C-H bonds empowers the synthetic chemist and could revolutionise the petrochemical industry, as Emma Davies discovers
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Magic MOFs
Metal organic frameworks are molecular mops that have the potential to solve some of the world's most pressing environmental problems. Hayley Birch finds out more
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FeatureThe sweet scent of success
Emma Davies pokes her nose into some of the world's most celebrated perfume molecules
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Chemical lift-off in the sub-Sahara
Sean Milmo reports on new opportunities for the chemicals industry as foreign funds flow into sub-Saharan Africa
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Into Africa
China's national petroleum companies have built some of the biggest refinery projects in Africa, in a resource rush not without controversy
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Cells with potential
Beyond the medical breakthroughs, the hype and the controversy, how are the big drug companies developing their use of stem cells? Sarah Houlton reports
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Feynman's fancy
Richard Feynman's famous talk on atom-by-atom assembly is often credited with kick-starting nanotechnology. Fifty years on, Philip Ball investigates how influential it really was