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Chemistry World November 19, 2009 Hayley Birch |
How HIV gives antibodies the slip New research helps explain why antibodies designed to disarm HIV don't work unless they hit their target spot on.  |
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Ironing graphene sheets flat Rather than leaving 'ripples' characteristic of graphene sheets, the technique produces 'ultra flat' graphene which could be very useful for electrical applications.  |
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
A pharmaceutical named desire A new drug being developed by Boehringer Ingelheim could give a boost to the sex drive of women with low libido.  |
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
NASA data point to icy moon Scientists operating NASA's LCROSS (lunar crater observation and sensing satellite) mission, part of which impacted the moon on live television last month, say that shadowy lunar craters almost certainly contain water ice.  |
Chemistry World November 15, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Bacteria turn carbon dioxide into fuel US researchers have genetically modified bacteria to eat carbon dioxide and produce isobutyraldehyde - a precursor to several useful chemicals, including isobutanol, which has great potential as a fuel alternative to petrol.  |
Chemistry World November 13, 2009 Hepeng Jia |
New methanol fuel standards for China These standards are expected to promote methanol use in more Chinese cars, but analysts say it is unlikely to replace gasoline use in the country to any large degree.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Tekla S. Perry |
Zink: Inkless Printing With Colorless Color A magical new inkless printing technology has risen from Polaroid's ashes  |
Chemistry World November 12, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Carbonic acid captured Scientists from Germany and Israel have caught a fleeting glimpse of carbonic acid, the simple yet elusive molecule that plays a key role in nature.  |
Chemistry World November 12, 2009 Hayley Birch |
New drug design looks top Notch against cancer A new type of drug that can block the switching on of certain genes in cancer cells has shown promise in mice.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2009 James Urquhart |
Structural snapshots of complex molecules US researchers have pioneered a new spectroscopy technique to uncover the precise sequence of atomic movements and structural changes that occur during complex chemical transformations.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2009 Anna Lewcock |
Three more scientists quit drugs council Three more members of the UK government's drugs advisory council have resigned, including renowned chemist Simon Campbell.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanotubes to soak up oil spills Chinese chemists have made sturdy nanotube sponges that can selectively absorb oil and volatile chemicals in preference to water.  |
Chemistry World November 10, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Biodegradable electronics dissolve after use Christopher Bettinger and Zhenan Bao from Stanford University in California, US, set out to fabricate a biodegradable and biocompatible transistor.  |
Chemistry World November 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Microscopic springs made from nanotube composite Researchers in the US have developed a way to rapidly make tiny 3D objects out of a carbon nanotube-enriched polymer, using UV light to quickly set the structure in place.  |
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Anna Lewcock |
Loss of senior chemist throws further doubt on future of UK drugs council David Nutt has insisted he has 'right on his side' following his unceremonious dismissal as chair of the UK Home Office Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.  |
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Nina Notman |
Monitoring asthma with mobile phones In the future, asthmatic children may be able to monitor their condition using breath analysing sensors built into their mobile phones.  |
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Boron-based compounds inhibit key HIV enzyme Researchers in the Czech Republic have shown that an unusual class of boron-containing compound can inhibit HIV protease, a key enzyme involved in replicating the virus that causes Aids.  |
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Enzyme binds both sides of the mirror European chemists have discovered that both mirror-image forms of a particular compound can bind at the same time in the same site of an enzyme, a phenomenon that has never been seen before.  |
Chemistry World November 5, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Playing with 'Russian-doll' fullerenes Chinese chemists have made 'Russian-doll'-style fullerenes, containing three distinct molecules trapped within one another.  |
Chemistry World November 2, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
New way to find drugs' unintended targets Researchers in the US have devised a new way to predict 'off-target' effects for pharmaceutical drugs.  |
Chemistry World November 1, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Acid solution for nanotube fibres US researchers have found new ways of dissolving carbon nanotubes without chemically modifying them.  |
Chemistry World November 1, 2009 Hayley Birch |
How light gave life a helping hand A new theory for how 'handedness' in organic molecules evolved has been proposed by Dutch scientists.  |
Chemistry World October 30, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Celebrating chemistry There's a big birthday celebration happening in Marburg, Germany, today, attended by about 800 chemists, to commemorate the birth of chemistry as an academic subject.  |
Chemistry World November 2009 |
Biology's Nobel molecule factory Three scientists who revealed the structure and workings of the ribosome have shared the 2009 Nobel prize in chemistry.  |
Chemistry World November 2009 Bibiana Campos-Seijo |
Editorial: Ringing in the Nobels This year the chemistry prize seems to have once again caused a bit of a commotion. The criticism? Well, some in the scientific community have suggested that the research had too strong a biological focus.  |
Chemistry World November 2009 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author advises opening your mind during the screening cascade taken by potential drug targets, and remaining goal orientated at all times  |
Chemistry World November 2009 |
Column: The crucible Could red light and green tea really give 'facial rejuvenation'?  |
Chemistry World November 2009 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic The hunt for anticancer therapies is inextricably linked with natural products (such as taxol), and more specifically with macrolides.  |
Chemistry World November 2009 |
Column: Undercover academic Good laboratory techniques are key skills for a chemistry graduate. All chemists need an appropriate level and range of practical skills.  |
Chemistry World November 2009 |
Poetic science A year as a Royal Literary Fund fellow based in the chemistry department of Edinburgh University, UK, has made me ponder the connections between science and poetry.  |
Chemistry World October 29, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Two metals are better than one UK chemists have developed reagents that can metallate ethers and ethene at room temperature without them disintegrating.  |
Chemistry World October 29, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Changes in atomic-scale structures observed in real time The method relies on an electron beam being focused to a spot on the sample material only a few tens of nanometres across and pulsed at a rate of femtoseconds.  |
Chemistry World October 29, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Cascading reactions in artificial cells Dutch researchers have started performing multi-step reactions inside artificial cells made from enzymes and polymers.  |
Chemistry World October 28, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Profile: Life in the cage Had Jens Reich's family lived just a few dozen kilometres west after the second world war, in free West Germany instead of the communist east, he might not have become a scientist.  |
Chemistry World October 25, 2009 Hayley Birch |
New evidence for toxic effects of inhaled nanotubes Further evidence for the asbestos-like effects of carbon nanotubes has emerged from a new study in mice.  |
Chemistry World October 23, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Methane all bound up US chemists have characterized the first stable sigma-methane complex in which methane binds to a metal without breaking its C-H bonds.  |
Chemistry World October 22, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Carbenes catalyse metal-metal bonds in organometallics Chemists in the US have discovered a novel way to transform organometallic compounds so that new metal-metal bonds are created.  |
Chemistry World October 22, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoscience brings artworks back to life Italian chemists have developed a new polymer-based cleaning system to remove old residues from the surface of valuable works of art.  |
Chemistry World October 21, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Trillions for CCS to fight climate change Without carbon capture and storage, the International Energy Agency says that costs associated with cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 are likely to be 70 per cent higher.  |
Chemistry World October 20, 2009 James Urquhart |
Gold nanoparticles give super sensitive cancer test The recurrence of prostate cancer could soon be spotted years earlier thanks to a new highly sensitive test developed by US and Austrian researchers.  |
Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
DNA stretching mystery solved A detailed understanding of the elastic properties of DNA can give scientists key insights into interactions of DNA and the proteins that carry out these manipulations.  |
Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoparticles brought to order US researchers have developed a process that could bring the unusual properties of nanoparticles to a larger scale, by using small molecules to evenly space nanoparticles in a polymer composite.  |
Chemistry World October 18, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Conducting MOFs make membranes for fuel cells New crystalline compounds could yield better materials for fuel cell applications, according to Canadian scientists.  |
Chemistry World October 16, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Colorful polymers on demand Electrochromic compounds are those which can change color in response to electrical signals, but they have previously come with a high price tag and slim range of available colours.  |
Chemistry World October 15, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Optical conveyor belt gathers up molecules Researchers in Germany have developed a novel way to 'round up' biological molecules that are freely suspended in solution and trap them in a confined space using nothing more than light.  |
Chemistry World October 14, 2009 James Urquhart |
New route to amino acids US scientists have found a new way of making a class of non-natural amino acids that are widely used as components of pharmaceuticals and chiral catalysts.  |
Chemistry World October 14, 2009 Phil Taylor |
Tracing amyloid in Alzheimer's A diagnostic compound that allows researchers to look into the brains of Alzheimer's patients will be used for the first time to gauge the effects of an experimental therapy for the disease.  |
Chemistry World October 13, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
Formaldehyde politics block research chief joining EPA Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter is blocking Paul Anastas' nomination because he wants the EPA to submit to a review of its formaldehyde risk assessment by the US National Academy of Sciences.  |
Chemistry World October 11, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Diode breakthrough in molecular electronics Researchers from the US and Russia have shown how it is possible to measure the diode properties of a single molecule and how the orientation of the molecule between two electrodes can be controlled.  |
Chemistry World October 9, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
New catalyst converts waste CO2 to useful molecules Super-efficient catalysts for conversion of waste carbon dioxide from power stations into useful cyclic carbonate molecules could help reduce emissions and the petrochemical industry's dependence on fossil fuels, say UK chemists.  |
Chemistry World October 7, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
Chemistry of life wins Nobel This year's chemistry Nobel prize has been awarded to scientists working on the chemistry of life - the translation of DNA information into proteins by the ribosome.  |
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Jennifer Michalowski |
Sticky DNA Problem-solving chemists begin to build three-dimensional tissues.  |
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