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Cancer Shock
Cancer cells rely on the heat shock protein Hsp90, but healthy cells need it as well.
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Chemistry on show
Ever felt frustrated by the public's ignorance of chemistry? Want to do something about it but can't find the resources and guidance? Help is out there, reports Richard Stevenson.
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Gently does it
Gentler methods of processing proteins using supercritical fluids promise to make them even more valuable for pharmaceuticals.
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Mars rocks
But is it capable of supporting life? Spectrometers and 'Tardis-like' analysers on robots from Earth are at the heart of three missions to find out.
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One thing leads to another
At the hands of Ernst Beckmann, two major chemical developments came from isolating some very simple compounds.
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Signatures of time
Richard Corfield explains how stable isotopes are helping to pinpoint geologic time.
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Cold comfort
Want some relief for a cold? A hot spicy curry might be as good as anything, the experts tell Victoria Ashton.
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Dynamite cure
Nitric oxide may have been used to treat angina in China since about 800 AD, says Anthony Butler.
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Going with the flow
Two medical doctors have won this year's chemistry Nobel prize, while a chemist and a physicist have won the medicine prize.
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Naturally blonde, brunette...
Designer 'therapies' could one day be helping to restore our hair to its former colour and texture.
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Carbon nanotubes sorted
New methods allowing researchers to sort metallic from semiconducting carbon nanotubes and to connect them to nanowires bring us a step closer to nanotube computers.
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Making history - RSC journals archive goes live
The complete publishing history of the Royal Society of Chemistry will soon be available electronically.
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All wrapped up
Food packaging, and the chemistry behind it, is getting ever smarter, say David Birkett and Alan Crampton.
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Sequence specific
Detecting specific sequences of DNA quickly and cheaply is a prerequisite for developing widely usable gene sensors.
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Mapping migration
Isotopic ratios in the feathers of birds hold evidence of their comings and goings, and may explain some of the mysteries of migration.
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NewsA quantum paintbox
Depending on their size, quantum dots come in many different colours, says Jonathan Cox.
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Disease detectives
A disposable polymer microchip promises to make medical diagnostics easier and more convenient.
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Encapsulating chemistry
Self-assembling molecular capsules can serve as containers, separation tools and even as reaction vessels and catalysts.
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Enterprise and electrolysis...
William Nicholson, born 250 years ago this year, founded a new journal and discovered electrolysis. Colin Russell elaborates.