News – Page 658
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Back in time for CW reporter
Familiar face returns Robert Hooke's long-lost notes to the Royal Society in London
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CNTs provide pores for thought
Membranes containing pores made of carbon nanotubes could improve the efficiency of industrial processes such as desalination.
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Precious platinum photographs
A photograph printed in platinum and then modified with the gum bichromate process, has sold for nearly $3 million at Sotheby's.
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Biochemists reveal hidden drug effects
Canadian researchers have identified unexpected drug activities by probing biochemical pathways inside living cells.
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Buckyballs worth their weight in gold
Move over carbon, a team of US chemists and physicists has uncovered evidence for the existence of hollow buckyball-like cages made of gold.
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Switching off polymerisation in the dark
With summer on the way, polymer science is about to get a boost following news that sunlight can kick-start polymerisation.
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15 May 2006: Sussex reprieve raises intervention issue
Plans to close Sussex chemistry department scrapped, new department created.
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Selective DNA crystals
A US molecular biologist has developed a molecular sieve using a DNA crystal with nanoscale channels.
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Biomolecular traffic control
Dutch researchers have developed a biomotor that steers microtubules to a specific location on a chip.
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Sea water assumes the xenon mantle
British geochemists have uncovered evidence that sea water incorporates noble gases into the Earth's mantle.
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Making fun of Beagle 2 (again)
Colin Pillinger, who ran the failed Beagle 2 mission to Mars, has launched an exhibition of cartoons charting man's obsession with reaching the red planet.
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Leading lab suppliers merge
Analytical instrument firm Thermo Electron and chemical manufacturer Fisher Scientific have agreed a merger deal.
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Secret of tasty tomatoes revealed
Vine-ripened tomatoes are officially tastier than gas-ripened supermarket equivalents, thanks to their umami.
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Gong for 'amazingly accessible' magazine
Chemistry World has been named Monthly business and professional magazine of the year by the PPA
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Cancer charity takes on shelved drugs
An untapped source of potential cancer drug molecules is being exploited by the UK's leading cancer charity
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US firms accuse Reach of raising trade barriers
American industry warns EU chemicals directive will cause 'unnecessary barriers to trade'.
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Chilling warnings on receding permafrost
The annual loss of around one per cent of the world's permafrost areas could trigger the release of even more greenhouse gases.
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Double-whammy analysis to probe nanotubes
US chemists and physicists have probed the structure of carbon nanotubes in unprecedented detail
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Arrays learn to multitask
US researchers have increased the information density of microarrays without further shrinking the dimensions of the spots.