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Issue 11
Application Highlights
Jens Nørskov and a team from the Technical University of Denmark have produced a fuel cell pellet which can hold over nine per cent hydrogen by weight.
Mark Burns at the University of Michigan, US, has made a device to perform genetic analyses including the detection and subtyping of the influenza virus.
Drug delivery makes nano sense
European researchers have shown that nano-sized particles can be used to carry drugs and release them when they sense the presence of glucose.
Nanoscavengers - a simple approach to metal extraction
Alan Howard and Nezar Khdary from the University of Southampton have modified nano-sized silica particles for the extraction of metals from aqueous solutions.
Stopping pathogens in their tracks
A novel microsystem capable of detecting very low concentrations of pathogenic bacteria has been developed by scientists in California.
Fabricating nanomembranes with novel properties
US scientists have developed an efficient method for fabricating freely suspended nanomembranes containing novel organized arrays of nanostructures.
Hard graft for new bone cement
A new stronger bone grafting cement has been made and its setting kinetics studied by X-ray diffraction.
Strecker intermediates scavenge for cyanides
A novel route for the non-polluting scavenging of cyanides has been reported by scientists in Mexico.
A personal rotating cup bioaerosol sampler, the CIP 10-M, for measuring human exposure to microbiological agents in the air has been developed.
A new way of generating hydrogen gas continuously from timber waste is a promising start towards sustainable energy.
Essential Elements
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Dalton shows the way in inorganics
Dalton Transactions has made a significant impact in the field of chemistry
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