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Airborne pesticides need surveillance
Airborne pesticides must be taken much more seriously when assessing risks of pesticide use, caution environmental chemists.
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Untangling the structure of fibrils
Solid state NMR can determine the details of complex amyloids
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Underworld fruit for the heart
Pomegranate juice reverses the development of atherosclerosis at the level of gene activation, report researchers in Italy and the US.
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Teaching molecular magicians new tricks
Arginine-rich peptides use anions to cross membranes in biological systems, say Swiss researchers.
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Solvent guess work taken out of gel design
A simple chemical alteration can make a molecule that normally forms gels in organic solvents switch to making gels in water.
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Softly-softly approach to art conservation
New gels could allow artwork to be cleaned without causing damage
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Regulating cell division
The discovery of a process crucial to cell growth regulation could improve understanding of cancer and ageing
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Metals cause fast breakdown of pesticides
Processes for decomposing pesticides and chemical warfare agents are being unravelled by Canadian scientists.
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It takes amino acids to catch a protein
Fusing proteins together as they interact means their actions can be analysed
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Ionic liquids studied using NMR
The first steps towards performing routine NMR spectroscopy in ionic liquids have been taken by a group of scientists working in Germany.
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Industrial collaboration adds to thymol
Academics team up with chemical companies to investigate catalysis
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Human genome sequence helps target cancer
The human genome is being used to produce a new generation of drugs that target the genetic changes responsible for individual cancers.
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Hormone history mirrors prion morphology
Insulin proteins pass on their structural information and add to amyloid research
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Getting to the root of the arsenic problem
A common weed could help decontaminate water in the developing world
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Cheap portable gene fragment analysis developed
A cheap, portable method to determine gene mutations, suitable for use in hospital labs, has been developed by US scientists.
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Complex mimetics, simply done
A method to synthesise diverse libraries of carbohydrate clusters quickly and simply has been developed.