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Features
Silver soils
Nanosilver is filtering into the environment in ever-increasing quantities. But is it the nano or the silver component we should be worrying about, asks Hayley Birch
Damage limitation?
Emma Davies investigates attempts to stem the flow of potentially harmful fluorinated chemicals into both our environment and our bloodstreams
Keeping the tap on
James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth
The future of cool
Magnetocaloric materials reveal their magnetic charm to Andrew Turley
Opinions
Editorial: The energy conundrum
Switching on the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Column: The crucible
To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball
Column: Totally Synthetic
Asteriscunolide D
Column: In the pipeline
Derek Lowe wonders what the lab lingua franca might be in the years to come
Profiting from privatisation
The private sector offers significant benefits to public sector labs hampered by bureaucracy and financial constraints, argues Quentin Maxwell-Jackson
Navigating the stormy seas of pharma
Manoj Mehrotra discusses the rapid rise of outsourcing strategies in research, development and manufacturing
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Molecule mimics molybdenum catalyst
09 February 2012
Analogue of hydrogen-evolving catalyst will help to study how it works and how to improve its efficiency
Polyrotaxanes zip themselves up
09 February 2012
The power of pi stacking overcomes entropy and links up polyrotaxanes with high yields
A new generation of tuberculosis drugs
09 February 2012
Antibacterial drugs that can discriminate between human and bacterial enzymes to target TB
Pressurising red blood cells for information
09 February 2012
A microfluidic device that can distinguish between stages of malarial infection
Tiny pump senses chemical changes and acts
09 February 2012
A polymer pump that works better the more it breaks could deliver drugs or detect disease
Obama urged to cut FDA ties with Monsanto
08 February 2012
Petition pressing President Obama to oust FDA's deputy commissioner for foods goes viral, garnering over 380,000 signatures
DNA walker strides towards the light
08 February 2012
Nucleic acid machines powered by light could one day transport cargo or help synthesise novel nanomaterials
Treating hospital wastewater
07 February 2012
Bioreactors could be part of the solution to the problem of drugs entering the water supply
Nano-welding with a light touch
07 February 2012
Researchers weld nanowires using just white light as a route to simplify electronics manufacturing
10 out of 10 for boron's coordinated effort
06 February 2012
Chemists create a boron compound with the most coordination linkages ever seen in a planar species
NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants
03 February 2012
Research council plans to improve grant success rates by getting universities to screen out 'uncompetitive' proposals
Whistleblowers accuse FDA of spying, persecution
03 February 2012
US FDA employees sue agency, saying they were subjected to secret surveillance for expressing safety concerns about medical devices
Toxic mushroom behind Chinese deaths unmasked
03 February 2012
The killer chemicals that have claimed hundreds of lives in China have been identified in a new species of fungi
Ultrafast NMR shows the way
02 February 2012
Scientists working in Israel and Spain have used two-dimensional NMR to monitor a reaction in real time
AstraZeneca to cut 7300 more jobs
02 February 2012
The cost cutting trend is set to continue as big pharma reels from patent expiries
UK chemistry student numbers hold steady
02 February 2012
Chemistry degrees predicted to buck the trend of a 9% drop in applications to UK universities
Magical microwaves
02 February 2012
When a reaction speeds up in a microwave, is it down to the heat or the microwaves?
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The world's strongest fibres
01 February 2012
A polymer fibre that combines carbon nanotubes and reduced graphene oxide is stronger than spider silk and Kevlar
Two become one for bio-oil upgrade
01 February 2012
A zeolite-metal catalyst combination will make transport fuels from biomass a more realistic prospect
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01 February 2012
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