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Chemistry World
June 27, 2013
Paul Docherty |
Bolivianine The still-growing and insanely diverse class of terpene natural products is probably responsible for a considerable number of undergraduate headaches.   |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2013
Andria Nicodemou |
Date rape drug sensor The first fluorescent sensor for known date rape drug gamma-butyrolactone has been developed in Singapore. It emits orange fluorescence in alcoholic drinks containing GBL when irradiated with a green laser. |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Glucose-sensing contact lens could run on power of tears Diabetics could one day be able to monitor their blood sugar levels using bionic contact lenses. Researchers have developed a fuel cell that runs on tears, which they say could power lens-mounted glucose sensors. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2013
Michael Gross |
A foaming protein from the horse's mouth Researchers in the UK have solved the structure of this protein, yielding tantalizing hints to a novel kind of surface activity and to evolutionary connections to other examples. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2013 |
Press P to print Much of the headline-grabbing scientific 3D printing has been in biotechnology, where body parts have been printed using biological polymers. But why stop at replacement body parts? Why not go beyond biology and use 3D printing to enhance the human body? |
Chemistry World
June 24, 2013
Matthew Smith |
Human enamel mimic whitens teeth Fluorapatite, polyethylene oxide and a polymer derived from the neurotoxin acrylamide have been combined by Chinese scientists to make a film that can restore teeth to their natural color. |
Chemistry World
June 19, 2013
Robert Skelton |
Biodiesel: production and properties There is a shortage of books on biodiesel and this book by Amit Sarin tries to fill that gap. Like the curate's egg, it is good in parts. |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2013
Sarah Houlton |
US supreme court rules genes can't be patented In a long-running case against Myriad Genetics, the court decided the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are a 'product of nature, and not patent eligible merely because [they have] been isolated.' |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Students develop antivenom in high school lab A US high school teacher and nine of his students have made nanoparticles that can neutralize venom from one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa. These nanoparticles could offer a way to make cheaper and more practical antivenoms. |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2013
Jim Al-Khalili |
Change: the only constant Today, there is much interest in a wide range of biological phenomena that may have a quantum origin, from our sense of smell to photosynthesis and mutations in DNA. |
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