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Chemistry World December 21, 2012 Laura Howes |
DNA hydrogel has a long memory It might look like a pink gloopy liquid to begin with but when you pour Dan Lou's DNA hydrogel into water it spontaneously reforms into its original shape. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Amy Middleton-Gear |
Early Alzheimer's diagnosis compound UK and US scientists have developed a labelled tracer compound that binds to plaques closely associated with Alzheimer's disease so that the plaques can be picked up by a medical imaging technique. |
Chemistry World December 18, 2012 Jennifer Newton |
Technique to measure chemotherapy effectiveness A technique to measure how effective chemotherapy is by studying the physical changes that occur in human cells has been developed by US scientists. |
Chemistry World December 17, 2012 Lee Cronin |
Element-centric In the new edition of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Robert Crichton has blended an element-centric approach to the subject with a biological thread that is engaging and helpful in exploring the topics in detail. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2012 Harriet Brewerton |
Is organic food more nutritious than non-organic food? Scientists in Denmark have compared how organic and non-organic diets affect dietary mineral uptake in humans, focusing on copper and zinc. They found that there is no difference between the two diets when it comes to uptake and how the minerals are processed in the body. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2012 David Bradley |
Cracking old cheese please, Gromit New evidence and chemical research suggests that early farmers made cheese to allow them to cope with the lactose found in raw milk. These farmers may have lacked the enzymes to digest to breakdown the sugar, so would have been lactose intolerant. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2012 Elinor Hughes |
Worried about food allergens? There's an app for that Building on their work on a mobile phone -- or cell phone -- app to detect bacteria, US scientists have now adapted the technology to detect allergens in foods. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Seeing the helix of DNA Italian scientists have developed a technique to improve the contrast of electron microscopy images of DNA fibers. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Susan Hassler |
The Pursuit of Corporate Happiness Biometric sensors can gauge worker productivity but carry real risks as well. There are other key issues related to privacy, control, ownership, and rights. |
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 Lucy Gilbert |
Bactericides reach new depths Scientists in the US and China have come up with a low-risk treatment for bacterial infections in a deep wound. |
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