Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 10
October, 2006, Issue 10
Application Highlights
Probing oxygen levels in the body
12 September 2006
An oxygen-sensing probe for the emerging medical technology in vivo EPR has been made by scientists in the US and India.
Switch to a brighter future!
07 September 2006
A fluorescent switch that can be made to turn on and off merely by changing the voltage across it has been prepared by a collaboration between French and South Korean scientists.
Resistance tracks cell mobility
21 September 2006
A downscaled geophysical technique could be used to study biological processes such as wound healing, according to Swiss bioengineers.
Microfluidic device could help doctors to fight malaria
26 September 2006
A microfluidic imaging method that could be incorporated into a hand-held microscope may be a significant step forward for medicine in the developing world.
Bigger and better batteries
05 September 2006
A material for large-scale lithium ion battery applications has been studied at the atomic level to explain exactly how it works so well.
Wobbling gels deliver drugs
28 September 2006
A gel that shrinks in the heat and swells in the cold has been used as a valve in a microchip drug delivery system by Japanese researchers.
Biochemistry goes digital
14 September 2006
Digital design is set to revolutionise biochemical analysis, according to US scientists.
Removing herbicides from water
19 September 2006
A potentially harmful herbicide can be removed from water with improved efficiency using a method developed by US scientists.
Essential Elements
A warm reception across the globe
RSC members, authors, referees and readers met at three separate events on three continents in as many weeks, recently.
Chinese medicine ... naturally
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports, guest edited by Professor R X Tan, Nanjing, focuses on 'Natural Product Chemistry in China'.
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