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Ball games
Orderly arrays of microscopic balls can make light behave in unusual - and often useful - ways, Philip Ball reports.
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Sensory science
Sensory and consumer scientists ensure that our food tastes as it should and is good to eat, says David Kilcast.
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Spin doctors
Lionel Milgrom describes his personal experience of two years in the life of a biotech spin-out company.
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Surfactants: the ubiquitous amphiphiles
The surfactant industry is a huge and dynamic business, and soap is just the start, says Tony Hargreaves.
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Fishing for new materials
If you want to develop high performance materials with nanometre-scale designs and environmentally friendly production processes, you should look to nature for inspiration.
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From log cabin to high society
Sir Henry Wellcome, founder of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, was born 150 years ago this year.
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A policy worth waiting for?
The European Commission has finally published the draft legislation for its proposed new chemical policy.
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Nitroso know-how
Computational chemistry provides new insight into the mechanism of stereochemical control in the nitroso ene reaction. Jeremy Harvey reports.
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Rainbow makers
Tony Campbell's fascination with 'living light' - the bioluminescence responsible for the glowing colours of fireflies, glow-worms and jelly fish - has led him to develop a range of colourful proteins.
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Images of chemistry
Changing opinions of chemistry should give us something to think about for the future, Colin Russell contends.
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A lucky man
Fifty years ago, Sir Hans Krebs was awarded a Nobel prize for his contributions to biochemistry. Elizabeth Willcocks reflects on his life.
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A silver lining
Luminous silver nanoclusters could hold the key to the next generation of computers, reports Jon Evans.
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Special delivery
Molecular 'combs' with a soluble polymer backbone and hydrophobic pendant molecules as the teeth promise to improve drug delivery.
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The father of physical chemistry
Wilhelm Ostwald, best known for his work on catalysis and chemical affinity, was born 150 years ago this year. Michael Sutton describes the life of this energetic man.
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The weekend effect
Why is it that when pollution emissions fall, ozone levels often rise, asks Peter Borrell. It's an issue that bedevils European air quality policy-makers.
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Cleaner waters
How do water companies ensure that the water that we drink is wholesome and our waste water is clean enough to be released into rivers and seas? Martin Kimber explains all.
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Making it with polymers
As the RI Christmas lecturer, Tony Ryan brought polymers to the nation's TV screens. Emma Davies caught up with him.
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Problems cracked
Knowing how and why materials fracture means finding out what's going on at the atomic scale, says Hans-Rainer Trebin.
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Rough diamonds
Diamond fingerprinting techniques should make it easier to enforce new trade controls on diamonds.