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Wine's fruity chemicals sniffed out
Analysis of red wines with mass spectrometers and noses has revealed the chemistry behind their fruitiness
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Titan's tholins
Spectroscopic measurements used to study the formation of large and complex organic molecules making up the atmosphere on Saturn's moon
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Blair's legacy
Peter Cotgreave, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering in the UK, reflects on 10 years under Blair's leadership
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New electrode material for high-capacity lithium batteries
'Layered-layered' nanocomposite could lead to more efficient batteries
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Multinozzle to speed up lab-on-a-chip proteomics
Lab-on-a-chip technology meets conventional mass spectrometry
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Controlling prion folding
Prions, infamously linked to mad cow disease, have crucial subsections that control whether or not they will cross between species
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Yearly anti-osteoporosis jab goes straight to the bone
An annual injection could stop osteoporotic bone fractures in post-menopausal women
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Cutting the cost of climate change
Scientists have welcomed a UN climate change report that sets out a range of affordable options for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
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Eastern blot on the landscape
Molecular biologists have a Southern blot, a northern blot and a western blot, but is there space on the compass for an eastern?
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The many faces of platinum
Novel electrochemical synthesis produces multi-faceted, catalytically efficient platinum nanocrystals
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Particle physics gets smaller
The University of Manchester, UK, is leading a project to build a more compact particle accelerator
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Chemists arrive at the island of stability
Despite predictions of exotic properties, 'superheavy' element 112 behaves like one of the family
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Ionic liquids' Etch a Sketch surprise
Write, erase, and write again - on the surfaces of frozen organic salts
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Protein printboard
'Molecular printboard' technique builds protein biochips with unprecedented control over binding specificity, strength, and orientation
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Pocket-sized PCR machine
A device for amplifying DNA that runs on two-AA batteries and costs about £5 to make.
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Pocket-sized PCR machine
A device for amplifying DNA that runs on two-AA batteries and costs about £5 to make.
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China government appoints new science chief
Wan Gang is first non-communist minister for 35 years
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Photosynthesis works by 'quantum computing'
The energy cascade within green sulfur bacteria reveals a quantum surprise
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Radical reactions for organocatalysis
A little oxidation helps aldehydes switch their character
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New superabsorbents to clean up future oil spills
Lipophilic polyelectrolyte gel swells to hundreds of times its weight by soaking up nonpolar organic solvents