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Colloidal crystals enter period of trial separation
Colloidal crystals made of self-assembling silica particles are highly effective at separating a variety of different compounds.
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Drug screen reveals antimalarial agent
Screening a library of known drugs is beginning to turn up unexpected benefits.
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Iupac vice president resigns in cash scandal
Japanese chemist under fire after university investigation.Updated 03 July 2006
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EU research funding faces further delays
The EU's funding programme for all scientific research risks becoming mired in conflict over embryology issues.
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Estonian chemical industry at a competitive disadvantage
Relying on oil shale as a feedstock will make it difficult to comply with Europe's Reach directive.
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Insecticide acts on insect muscles
Cabbages are about to be saved from caterpillar attack thanks to an insecticide under development in the US.
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Copper corrosion makes the print clock tick
A technique used to pinpoint the time at which new species of life evolved has been adapted to date historic prints.
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Update: US firms accuse Reach of raising trade barriers
With final approval of Reach looming, the US has launched a last-gasp campaign to persuade ministers to 'revisit' the draft.
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Open access, take it or leave it
The Royal Society, UK, is trialling a hybrid author-pays/reader-pays publishing model.
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Phosphorus concentrations catalogued in coral
A species of cold-water coral keeps an accurate record of marine phosphorus concentrations, report geoscientists.
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Ethicist approves performance enhancing drugs
A leading ethicist has questioned the value of banning some of the sports drugs listed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Peptide agent tracks angiogenesis
A molecular imaging agent that can track the progress of tumour growth is about to be trialled in the UK.
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Tuning lanthanides to detect cancer biomarkers
Compounds containing lanthanide metal centres designed to detect a range of carbohydrates, glycolipids and phospholipids.
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Researchers have isolated a cluster of bacterial genes responsible for the biochemical processing of fluorine.
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Similar enzymes, different smells
Petunia flowers and basil leaves use similar enzymes to give them their fragrance.
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Sulfur removal fuels fuel cell future
Materials that prevent sulfur-poisoning of fuel cells working at high temperatures have been developed.