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Standardising nanomaterials
Europe launches a central repository offering reference samples of different types of nanomaterials
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NewsInternational Year of Chemistry launches across the world
Luminaries from the world of chemistry highlight the project goals at the Paris launch event
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Remote powered lab on a chip
A wireless device to manipulate nanoparticles that's as simple to use as a microscope slide
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Worms' diet the key to coloured silk
Researchers in Singapore discover which dye molecules alter the colour of the core silk fibre
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Eco-credentials of nanomaterials in question
New criteria for the EU's Ecolabel scheme allow products containing 'nanoforms' to be included
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Building up a natural product toolkit
Isolation of compounds from natural product mixtures simplified
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Small and sensitive nanoparticles
Putting individual nanoparticles inside micelles could make improved contrast agents for imaging in the body
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Guiding electrons through graphene
New device does for electrons what fibre optic cables do for light
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First purely organic phosphor
The design of a new type of phosphorescent materials from purely organic materials could open the way to a new generation of light-emitting systems
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Waking up to new possibilities in imaging
Scientists have developed a complex for medical imaging that is only absorbed into cells when its luminescent metal cargo is inside
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Fighting back against antibiotic resistant bacteria
Vancomycin dimers have been found to be effective against vancomycin-resistant bacteria
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Breakthrough for bacterial hydrogen production
Hydrogen could be produced from organic materials by bacterial metabolism at low temperatures without the enzymes' ability to break down the materials being affected
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Enzyme logic biosensor for security surveillance
A system that quickly detects the presence of explosives and nerve gases has been developed
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Thirty minute flu gene detector
A portable device to detect influenza is more accurate than current methods and can give a result in 30 minutes
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Space ice goes against the grain
A solid mixture of methanol and water expands under pressure and shrinks when heated
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NewsMolecular motor controls chirality
Controlling the chirality of a molecule can be achieved using a light-driven molecular motor, say scientists in the Netherlands
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Raman imaging gives new hope for cancer diagnosis
Combining two Raman imaging techniques has allowed disease detection to a depth of 50mm in tissue for the first time
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US jury convicts Dow scientist of selling trade secrets to China
After nearly three decades at Dow, Wen Chyu Liu is found guilty of stealing trade secrets to sell in China
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Neurotoxin detection using brain nanotubes
Nanotubes from the brain could be used to detect organophosphate neurotoxins