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Chemistry World August 28, 2008 Victoria Gill |
Floral scents trick pollinators Flowers make a finely tuned mix of scents that attract birds and insects but also repel them in time to stop all their nectar being taken by a single pollinator, according to a new study by researchers in Germany.  |
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Drug uptake rule challenged A study by UK scientists apparently contradicts a 100-year-old rule thought to govern the rate at which molecules cross biological membranes.  |
Chemistry World August 26, 2008 |
Photonic crystal drug detective A new high-throughput screening system based on photonic crystals could quickly and cheaply detect molecules that disrupt binding between proteins and DNA.  |
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Conveyor belt hydrogel Chemists in Japan have developed an oscillating polymer gel that produces 'waves' which can push or pump a cargo along its surface.  |
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Emma Davies |
Biofuels coming to a town near you? A new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst could offer the potential for agricultural waste to be turned into biofuel at small local plants  |
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Hepeng Jia |
Chinese sewage plant study raises concerns Many water treatment facilities in China are failing to remove toxic organic chemicals and levels of some chemicals are actually increasing during treatment, according to researchers from Nankai University  |
Chemistry World August 21, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Double bonding with silicon In a landmark for silicon chemistry, US researchers have reported the first stable silicon (0) compound to contain a silicon-silicon double bond.  |
Chemistry World August 21, 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Skin cancer's unique smell mapped US researchers mapping the volatile chemicals emitted from skin cancers have found that the levels of just two compounds could differentiate diseased from healthy tissue.  |
Chemistry World August 21, 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Human trials for dyes that make cancers glow An imaging system that makes cancers glow brightly under infrared light has entered human clinical trials, US researchers reported at the American Chemical Society's Fall 2008 meeting  |
Chemistry World August 20, 2008 |
Gold's Magic Number A new gold catalyst developed by UK chemists can catalyse hydrocarbon oxidation, using O 2 as the only oxidant. But catalyst particle size is critical - above 2nm diameter, the catalyst loses all activity.  |
Chemistry World August 20, 2008 |
Grasslands Emit Greenhouse Gas Chinese researchers have found further evidence that plants emit significant quantities of methane - a potent greenhouse gas. But the latest findings also show that methane emissions depend not just on the species of plant, but the conditions in which they are growing.  |
Chemistry World August 20, 2008 |
Spying on Self-Assembly Proteins attaching to gold nanoparticles don't mill around randomly, but organise into clusters, according to UK scientists who say they have for the first time spied in detail peptides assembling on a surface.  |
Chemistry World August 19, 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Flask synthesis promises untainted heparin US researchers have created milligrams of pure heparin using enzymes and chemicals - a practical laboratory synthesis that could avoid the contamination issues surrounding the blood-thinning drug  |
Chemistry World August 18, 2008 |
Patterning Promise for Next-Gen Computers Breakthroughs in controlling the way polymers self-assemble on surfaces could be key to making the next generation of computer components, say two teams in the US.  |
Chemistry World August 18, 2008 |
Exclusive Interview: Cal Dooley Cal Dooley, the American Chemistry Council's next president and CEO, is no stranger to controversies over industry's use of chemicals.  |
Science News August 30, 2008 Davide Castelvecchi |
Carbon Tubes, But Not Nano New filaments could be more practical than nanotubes.  |
Science News August 30, 2008 Davide Castelvecchi |
Fingerprints Go High-tech Chemists reveal traces of explosives and drugs and, potentially, signs of disease.  |
Chemistry World August 15, 2008 |
Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Rewrite Photosynthesis Rules Bacteria that photosynthesise using compounds of arsenic, rather than water, have been discovered in Mono Lake, California.  |
Chemistry World August 15, 2008 |
Furfural Fuels Straight From Cellulose US scientists have developed a simple chemical process to convert cellulose to furfural molecules - an alternative biofuel source.  |
Chemistry World August 14, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Colorful Waterproofing for Anything Materials scientists in China have developed a simple process to add an extremely waterproof coating to a variety of materials.  |
Chemistry World August 13, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Buckyball synthesis under control Researchers in Spain have developed a highly efficient, surface-catalysed route to fullerenes.  |
Chemistry World August 12, 2008 |
Reach Regulator Faces Resource Stretch The process of pre-registration of chemicals under Reach is now accelerating amidst concerns that the Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency, which is responsible for running the EU scheme to regulate the production and use of chemicals, may not have enough resources to do its job properly.  |
Chemistry World August 11, 2008 |
Hot Chillis Evolved to Kill Fungi Wild chilli plants produce spicy chemicals in their fruit in order to deter fungal invaders, US researchers have shown.  |
Chemistry World August 8, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Uncovering uranium's unusual bonding Delving into the exotic world of f-block chemical bonding, US researchers have successfully isolated the first unsupported uranium-aluminum bond within an organometallic framework.  |
Chemistry World August 8, 2008 |
Funding Carbon Capture As the UK inches towards a 2014 large-scale demonstration of carbon capture and storage, scientists and MPs are urging for more incentives to get the costly technology commercial by 2020.  |
Chemistry World August 7, 2008 |
Elastic Conductor Stretches Electronics Scientists have printed organic transistors onto elastic conducting materials to create stretchy electronic sheets.  |
Chemistry World August 7, 2008 |
Making Seawater Easier to Swallow Researchers based in the US and Korea have developed a membrane that cuts the costs of filtering salt from seawater.  |
Chemistry World August 1, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
High hopes for new UK neutron source The ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK, has launched a second target station for neutron beams which will allow scientists to study a range of new systems  |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Cold chemistry Intrepid researchers will brave the harshest conditions in the name of science. Ned Stafford talks to some of Antarctica's chemists  |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Editorial: Balancing up the equation Academic chemistry is a less welcoming environment for women than it is for men.  |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Putting women in their place It's in all our interests to promote the career progression of women in chemistry, says Annette Williams  |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Column: In the pipeline Problems develop when there are too few workhorse reactions, which may well generate compounds that are too similar to each other. Are we at that stage now?  |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Column: The crucible If DNA polymerisation is reversible, why don't we end up with some static equilibrium?  |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Column: Bench Monkey Dylan Stiles touches on the 299 ways to convert an alcohol to an aldehyde or ketone  |
Chemistry World August 2008 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic Impersonating nature isn't easy, and biomimetic syntheses are remarkable in two senses.  |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 Kira Welter |
Cooler fuel cells Solid oxide fuel cells, which generate electricity at around 700 C, may be able to operate at room temperature - thanks to a new layered material that is remarkably efficient at conducting oxygen ions.  |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 |
Breakthrough Catalyst for Splitting Water Scientists say they have solved a fundamental problem hampering renewable energy generation - how to split water cheaply into oxygen and hydrogen, under benign conditions, so that the gases can be stored as fuels.  |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 |
Nanostructures Made Easy Scotland-based chemists have invented a new way to build nanoscale arrays of molecules over a large surface area: a technique that may be key to making nanostructures in sophisticated sensors, catalysts, and tiny computer parts.  |
Chemistry World July 30, 2008 Sarah Houlton |
A metal trap to stop Alzheimer's Trapping metals could prove a key to curing Alzheimer's disease, according to the promising results of early clinical trials on a compound called PBT2.  |
Chemistry World July 30, 2008 Ruth Tunnell |
Bourbon's blueprint revealed Researchers based in Germany have picked out the molecules responsible for the aroma of Kentucky bourbon, in order to understand - and perhaps control - the spirit's flavor.  |
Chemistry World July 29, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Air freshener chemical concerns revived A long-running controversy over the safety of scented household products has flared up once again, with the publication of a US study.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
EU food agency finds BPA safe The EU has affirmed the safety of the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a common ingredient in plastic baby bottles and food storage containers.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Structure of hydrogen splitting enzyme revealed Scientists in Germany have brought the prospect of generating cheap electricity from hydrogen a step closer by taking a snapshot of an elusive enzyme that can split the gas as efficiently as a platinum catalyst.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Thermoelectrics doped for better performance Researchers have discovered how to boost the performance of lead telluride, a thermoelectric material that converts heat into electricity: just add thallium.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Olivia Walker |
Engineered antibodies could cut chemotherapy risks US scientists have cut the side-effects of cancer treatment in animal trials by carefully controlling the number of drug molecules attached to the antibodies used for chemotherapy.  |
Chemistry World July 24, 2008 Victoria Gill |
Go ahead for UK national nuclear lab The UK government has given the go-ahead to establishing a national nuclear laboratory (NNL), and launched a competition to find it a commercial operator.  |
Chemistry World July 24, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Nanotube mesh boosts plastic electronics Circuits on light, flexible surfaces could provide a range of products from paper-thin displays to intelligent food packaging and smart clothing.  |
Chemistry World July 23, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
'Acid soot' worsens smog Researchers in the US say soot particles in the atmosphere combine with other pollutants to pick up an acid coating that may worsen their influence on local smog and global warming.  |
Chemistry World July 22, 2008 |
Weighing Molecules with Nanotubes US scientists have made a nanoscale mass sensor which can weigh molecules with atomic precision.  |
Scientific American July 2008 Peter Forbes |
Self-Cleaning Materials: Lotus Leaf-Inspired Nanotechnology The lotus plant's magnificent ability to repel dirt has inspired a range of self-cleaning and antibacterial technologies that may also help control microfluidic "lab-on-a-chip" devices.  |
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