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Chemistry World January 20, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Tomography allows ancient texts to rise from the ashes X-ray tomography has let scientists make out letters on this papyrus that was caught up in the eruption that destroyed Pompeii. |
Chemistry World January 19, 2015 Jenny Lovell |
Chitosan bioelectrode sustains metabolic power to medical implants Researchers in France have used compounds extracted from shrimp shells and gardenia fruits to extend the lifetime of medical implants attempting to run on bodily fluids. |
Chemistry World January 16, 2015 Emma Stephen |
Caddisfly silk gets shocked into self-recovery The tough, extendable, energy-dissipating properties of the casemaker caddisfly's adhesive silk are down to a self-recovering network of calcium cross links, new research shows. |
Chemistry World January 16, 2015 John Hudson |
Fred Sanger -- double Nobel laureate: a biography Fred Sanger, who died in 2013 aged 94, is one of only four people to have won two Nobel prizes, and the only person to have received the chemistry prize twice. |
Chemistry World January 14, 2015 Karl Collins |
Alkynes reverse reactivity Coupling together thiols and alkynes -- both inherently nucleophilic species -- is a tricky prospect. |
Chemistry World January 15, 2015 Katrina Kramer |
Chemistry's toughest total synthesis challenge put on hold by lack of funds How many chemists does it take to synthesize a molecule? The answer is 20, at least when it comes to maitotoxin, quite possibly the toughest total synthesis challenge around. |
Chemistry World January 15, 2015 Andrea Sella |
Le Blanc's electrode Max Le Blanc, German chemist (1865 -- 1943), investigated the chemistry of electrolysis and invented the hydrogen electrode |
Chemistry World January 14, 2015 Melanie White |
Super-dipoles linked to chloroform's outstanding solvent properties Super-dipoles uncovered in chloroform by chemists in the UK could explain the solvent's powerful ability to dissolve a large range of substances at high concentrations. |
Chemistry World January 14, 2015 Linda Zajac |
Veterinary painkiller threatens Europe's vultures When India, Pakistan and Nepal banned veterinary use of the painkiller diclofenac in 2006, the region's vultures finally had a chance to recover. The rapid decline in their numbers slowed significantly. |
Chemistry World January 14, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Pheromone trap will not let the bed bugs bite A cocktail of pheromones from bed bug feces can be used as a chemical lure to catch them, making it easier to deal with infestations, say scientists in Canada. |
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