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Collaboration for cellulose processing
A research partnership has been set up to study the dissolution and processing of cellulose using ionic liquids.
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Bridging a complex situation
New complexes with multi-bridging, multi-coordination mode thione ligands have been discovered.
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Chemistry World reporter wins award
Chemistry World science correspondent Katharine Sanderson has been named New business features journalist of the year.
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Photoswitching liquid crystals
Investigations highlighted by Bob Lemieux of Queens University, Ontario have led to a greater understanding of the mechanisms of ferroelectric liquid crystal photoswitching.
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The future's bright, the future's in the UK
Finnish biotechnologists are moving to the UK, where technology doesn't stop at mobile phones.
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Artificial enzyme gets picky
Researchers in Switzerland have combined chemical and genetic optimisation methods to create an artificial metallo-enzyme with high substrate selectivity.
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Cyclodextrin vesicles receive molecular signals
Answers to how living cells and bacteria receive molecular signals and deal with the initial steps of viral infection may soon be revealed.
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10 November 2005: Build a better blue
A library of model oligomers has been synthesised by chemists in the UK and Colombia in order to better understand the behaviour of polyfluorene light-emitting polymers.
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Biofuel in the kitchen cupboard
Sugar and vegetable oil are all you need to make biodiesel, say researchers in Japan.
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Nanoparticles unite
The self-assembly of metal nanoparticles at fluid interfaces has been successfully demonstrated by German researchers.
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Disagreement over support for open access publishing
Open access publisher BioMed Central has rejected suggestions by UK science minister Lord Sainsbury that open access is losing support.
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Phase separation produces porous chips
A new replication method has been developed for producing thin porous microfluidic chips.
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Detecting alkaloids
A new non-destructive method for the detection of alkaloids in plant tissue has been developed by a team of US researchers.
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IBM and Manchester launch partnership
The University of Manchester and IBM have struck a deal to promote joint research between the two organisations.
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Assistance for cysteine counters
A new approach to counting cysteine groups in peptides could help unravel complex biological processes, according to researchers in Switzerland.
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Wax paintings analysed
The care and restoration of wax-based paintings could be easier following the arrival of a new gas chromatography method.
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Business roundup: November 2005
BASF: Asian shift won’t slow European growth Katharine Sanderson/ Ludwigshafen, Germany German chemicals giant BASF has announced plans to focus on expansion in Europe until 2015, and aims to double eastern European sales by 2010. The announcement came just days after the official opening of BASF’s ...
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Electrochromic films advance display technology
New electrochromic thin films that show promising potential for use in high performance displays have been developed by Chinese researchers.
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New fluorophilic phosphines for use in catalysis
Advances in the synthesis of ligands for use in rhodium-based catalysts could lead to industrially viable applications.