Instant Insight: Developing diagnostics

15 January 2007

Samuel Sia, of Columbia University, US, outlines the challenges in bringing cheap diagnostic devices to developing countries.

Interview: Dedicated to detection

23 January 2007

Alison Stoddart talks to a master of mass spectrometry, Graham Cooks.

Cocaine found on all Irish bank notes

12 January 2007

Low levels of cocaine have been found on all the Irish bank notes tested in a recent survey.

Stopping ID fraud

24 January 2007

Your identity could be made safer thanks to Canadian scientists.

Fingerprinting bacteria

04 January 2007

Rapid and highly specific detection of disease-causing micro-organisms is now possible thanks to US scientists.

A sensitive touch

17 January 2007

A sensor in the tip of a needle can distinguish between different body tissues, offering more accurate samples for biopsies.

Better fuel through chemistry

19 January 2007

It would be cheaper and cleaner to produce fuel from Fischer-Tropsch syncrude than from crude oil, according to a South African researcher.

Polymers inhibit paracetamol crystallisation

10 January 2007

UK materials scientists have found that polymers in solution can block the formation of the technologically favourable crystal form of paracetamol.

Breakthrough for metal cation-free alkaline fuel cells

08 January 2007

Cheap and effective fuel cells are achievable using alkaline anion-exchange membranes, according to a UK chemist.

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