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Chemistry World
March 7, 2013
Manisha Lalloo |
Elusive water dimer detected at last Water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, with a crucial role in the radiative and chemical processes taking place on Earth. Scientists have long debated the presence of water dimers.   |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Fukushima disaster predicted to raise cancer rates slightly Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will put people living nearest to the nuclear power plant at a slightly elevated risk of cancer in the coming years. |
Chemistry World
March 4, 2013
David Bradley |
Microbial mobilization may offer arsenic solution Contamination of groundwater by naturally occurring arsenic salts has been an insidious environmental problem affecting millions of people across the Indian sub-continent for decades. |
Chemistry World
February 27, 2013
Anthony King |
PharmaSea to scour ocean depths for new drugs A new project will soon see scientists trawling the ocean bottoms for new bioactive compounds. Scientists on the PharmaSea mission will haul samples of mud and sediment from the deep sea, isolating marine organisms in the hunt for novel drug candidates. |
Chemistry World
February 19, 2013
Patrick Walter |
Bacteria clean-up after Gulf of Mexico disaster After the Deepwater Horizon disaster at Macondo prospect spilled 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, bacterial communities made a significant and little noticed contribution to the clean-up. |
Chemistry World
February 14, 2013
Patrick Walter |
Drugs to blame for anti-social fish Swedish scientists say that low levels of psychotherapeutic drugs can change the way fish behave and could be altering the balance of entire aquatic food webs. |
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