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Chemistry World
May 9, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Iron catalyst breaks the mold An iron catalyst that is not only greener than many of its precious metal competitors, but also catalyses reactions that they can't, could open new avenues in transition metal catalysis, say Chinese researchers.   |
Chemistry World
May 7, 2010
Rebecca Renner |
US oil spill testing ground for dispersants The operation to clear up the spill, and limit its environmental impact, has involved a massive and unprecedented use of oil spill dispersants - blends of surfactants and solvents designed to prevent oil slicks by breaking up the oil. |
Chemistry World
May 6, 2010
Andy Extance |
Nanotube chip creates bioelectronic link A protein coupled with a carbon nanotube has provided a previously unavailable direct biological-to-electronic interface, which its developers hope could lead to brain-controlled prosthetic devices. |
Chemistry World
May 5, 2010
Mike Brown |
Natural artificial muscles Scientists in Canada and the US have developed artificial proteins that mimic the elastic and mechanical properties of the muscle protein, titin. |
Chemistry World
May 5, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Nanoholes promise solar power Silicon solar cells with arrays of nano-sized holes could outperform their nanowire-based rivals, say Chinese chemists. |
Chemistry World
May 4, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Nanomachinery gets a spring in its step Molecular springs that always twist the same way are the latest addition to the nanomachinery toolbox. |
Chemistry World
May 2010
Emma Davies |
One extreme to another It takes a mix of ingenuity and engineering expertise to develop mass spectrometers for use in extreme environments. |
Chemistry World
May 2010
Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author wonders whether tagging molecules with fluorescent labels for assay is like tracking the members of a shoal of fish by tying each one to a whale. In the pharmaceutical business, our work absolutely lives and dies by assay results. |
Chemistry World
May 2010
Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic In the case of englerin A, the synthetic strategies used by Dawei Ma's group at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, 1 and Antonio Echavarren's team at Rovira and Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain, 2 are extremely similar. |
Chemistry World
May 2010 |
Column: The crucible Tradition has it that the test tube was invented by Michael Faraday, perhaps as a convenient replacement for the wine glasses commonly used by earlier chemists. The most familiar facet of the test tube's iconography today is its association with the 'test tube baby'. |
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