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16 May 2005: Falling under a smell
An eggy whiff could be the scent of things to come in the operating theatre if the promise of recent research is realised.
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13 May 2005: Chemistry of cinema snacks
Food chemists in the US - a nation with a term for the hard bits of popcorn that don't go pop - have discovered a way to maximise pop-ability.
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13 May 2005: Durham gets bioactive
The University of Durham, UK, has launched an integrated biological chemistry centre to develop interdisciplinary research in biological chemistry and bioengineering.
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11 May 2005: In vitro generation of infectious scrapie prions
New work adds weight to the hypothesis that proteins alone are the infectious agent in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including BSE, vCJD and scrapie.
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12 May 2005: Hospitals unprepared for chemical contamination
UK hospital trusts are better prepared to deal with chemical incidents than they were five years ago, but the design of protective suits and tents still needs work
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12 May 2005: Tuning nanoshells to kill cancer cells
By taking advantage of nanoshells' optical properties, researchers from Rice University, Houston, US, have developed a method to simultaneously image and kill cancer cells.
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10 May 2005: Remembrance of links past
Using ab initio calculations, researchers in Switzerland and Italy have now found a rational explanation for spooky molecular memories.
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9 May 2005: Scientists tangle over tau
The aggregations of tangled nerves in patients with neurodegenerative disease could be good rather than bad news, argue scientists in the US.
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Australia needs more chemists
Australia faces a looming shortage of chemists that could endanger the emerging bio-technology and nanotechnology industries, fields that are expected to shape the nation's future economic growth.
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Viagra hope for hypertensive mothers-to-be
The anti-impotence drug viagra offers a potential treatment for pregnant women at risk of developing preeclampsia
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Queen's Awards highlight UK chemical industry
The chemical sector is a clear winner among this year's Queen's Awards for Enterprise, announced at the end of April.
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Deadly protests in China
Not everyone in China welcomes the unprecedented growth in the country's chemical industry
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Historic chemists remembered
A blue plaque honouring two of Manchester's celebrated chemists, Edward Frankland and Henry Enfield Roscoe, has been unveiled in the city.
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Laser technology to unfold a protein mystery
Harry Gray, professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, has been awarded $970 000 (£518 000) to study the structures, dynamics, and misfolding of malignant proteins and peptides associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
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Chemistry on track for high profile in European research
Chemists across Europe are pushing for a higher profile for chemical science in the European Commission's seventh framework programme for research.
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Assessing university research in 2008
Chemistry departments can now get involved in the next RAE
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Geochemical cycles slipping into reverse
UN report records the consequences of ecosystem change