News – Page 701
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Blood, sweat, tears and microfluidics
Analysing human physiological fluids may require researchers to rethink basics.
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Bringing supercritical fluids to the masses
New technology removes the need for dangerous gas-handling equipment.
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Nano-engineering crystal arrays
Materials chemists in the UK have made important advances in understanding how to control the growth of films of zinc oxide crystals on a range of substrates.
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Non-explosive route to green reagent
Hydrogen peroxide can be efficiently synthesised from hydrogen and oxygen without the need for strong acids or the risk of explosion.
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One giant leap for lunar minerals
US and Russian scientists discover new mineral in moon rocks.
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Opening the access debate
The final evidence session of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into scientific publishing has exposed wide gaps in the understanding of issues surrounding open access publishing.
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Protein target for natural cancer treatment
Enzyme holds key to anti-cancer properties of bacterial product.
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Publishing on the edge
With moments to spare before the official launch, the Royal Society has published the first paper in its new journal dedicated to research at the physical-life science interface.
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Raising a toast to cholesterol
Spanish researchers suggest that sherry can help lower cholesterol.
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Rapid cleavage leads to better liver drugs
Novel compounds help the body accept DNA-based drugs.
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Reaching for an opportunity
The UK chemical industry should see the impending Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) legislation as 'an opportunity, not a threat'.
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RNA catalyses inorganic particle formation
Chemists use biological compounds to assemble nanoparticles.
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Robins spark a pigment of the imagination
Evidence suggests that radical-pair theory guides migratory birds on their way.
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Sanofi-Aventis emerges
Aventis has finally accepted a bid from its French rival Sanofi Synthélabo.
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Sensitively measuring radiation
Radiation doses can be measured and calculated more sensitively thanks to a new material being developed by Norwegian researchers.
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Shedding light on protein structure
Scientists from Umeå University in Sweden have come up with a straightforward way of measuring distances within protein molecules using fluorescence spectroscopy.
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Skyepharma - down but not out
Rumours of an enforced exodus among senior management at SkyePharma.