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Lift-off for fingerprint analysis
New non-destructive technique for chemically analysing fingerprints collected from crime scenes
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Goat antidote
Gram quantities of a potent chemical-weapon antidote have been produced in goats' milk
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Polonium clean-up leaves trail of destruction
Decontamination of polonium traces from Litvinenko case presented a mammoth task
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Striped nanorods feel the strain
Silver-sulfide quantum dots have been lined up in a cadmium-sulfide rod using strain forces
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Antarctic atmosphere could give Gaia hypothesis a boost
Unexpectedly high and persistent levels of halogen oxides found in the Antarctic atmosphere
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Optimism greets China's quest for clean coal
Chinese scientists are on the verge of successfully producing clean fuels from underground coal deposits
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Neurotransmitter levels linked to amnesia
Latest findings question widely accepted link between protein synthesis and memory formation.
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Hallucinogenic drug in the clinic
The use of LSD in psychotherapy is to be studied for the first time in 35 years
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Tasting sour flavours is genetic
Genes play a large role in the recognition of sour tastes but not in the recognition of saltiness
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Chinese legislation to increase drug safety
New drug registration laws expected to boost the country's pharmaceutical industry
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Superconductivity: explosive new images
UK chemists have created superconducting images, including the Chemistry World logo, on paper
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Model enzyme attacks alkyl mercury
US chemists have devised a molecular mimic of an enzyme that destroys toxic alkyl mercury pollutants
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Aphids defend colony with cabbage chemistry
Ladybirds bite off more than they can chew when eating aphids armed with a chemical weapon based on mustard-oil
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Older women should not use HRT
Clinical trial confirms that hormone replacement therapy should not be prescribed for women long past menopause
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How to make worms turn
Electric fields used to steer nematode worms like 'remote-controlled cars'
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Attosyringe shows potential
Precise and tiny volumes of fluids can be injected directly into cells
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Smoking cessation drug shows promise for alcohol dependency
A drug that helps people stop smoking could also be used to treat alcohol addiction
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Whitesides charges to the top
US chemist George Whitesides has overtaken Harvard compatriot E J Corey to top a league table measuring the research achievements of living chemists.