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Chemistry World May 19, 2014 Emma Stoye |
UK researchers pledge transparency in animal research Seventy-two research organizations in the UK have signed the new Concordat on Openness in Animal Research -- a pledge to offer the public more information about studies involving animals. |
Chemistry World May 19, 2014 James Urquhart |
'Heavy' mouse helps out tissue engineers UK researchers have developed a tissue molecular mapping method that could help make lab-grown tissue much more like the real thing. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Patrick Walter |
Three glowing mice Mice injected with quantum dots are helping scientists understand how nanoparticles can accumulate in the body. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2014 Jenifer Mizen |
Freeze-dried cells make better biocatalysts A biocatalytic cascade using mashed-up cells has overcome extraction and solubility problems associated with using enzymes in chemical syntheses. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2014 |
It's life, but not as we know it A US team at The Scripps Research Institute in California, has unveiled the first living Escherichia coli cells with non-natural base pairs in their DNA. |
Chemistry World May 14, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
3D printing reveals shark skin secrets The mystery of how -- and indeed if -- the tiny tooth-like projections on a shark's skin improve the animal's swimming efficiency has come a step closer to being solved, thanks to 3D printing. |
Chemistry World May 14, 2014 Rebecca Brodie |
Hair elements distinguish ethnicity and gender A new forensic tool, being developed by scientists in Canada, uses a combination of spectroscopy and statistical analysis to determine a person's gender and ethnicity from a thread of head hair. |
Chemistry World May 14, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Fingertip sweat pore maps to catch criminals The technique uses a water-sensitive polymer to detect the unique pattern of sweat pores on fingertips and may one day help the police to identify fingerprints left on surfaces that are impossible to scrutinize with current techniques. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2014 David Bradley |
Elemental discoveries at the cellular level A combination of two high-power analytical techniques -- synchrotron radiation microscopy and atomic force microscopy -- has allowed Italy scientists to map vital elements in a single cancer cell. |
Chemistry World May 7, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Bacterium survives unnatural DNA transplant The first organism that can grow and replicate with an unnatural base pair in its DNA -- giving the cell six nucleotides instead of the usual four -- has been created by scientists in the US. |
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