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Features

Biology

Biology's Nobel molecule factory

Three scientists who revealed the structure and workings of the ribosome have shared the 2009 Nobel prize in chemistry. Phillip Broadwith unravels the story


A redesign for life

A redesign for life

Work in the fashionable new field of synthetic biology is gathering pace. Hayley Birch looks into some of the latest developments in a rapidly evolving area


Molecules made to measure

Molecules made to measure

HIV protease inhibitors have been one of the big successes of rational drug design. Clare Sansom looks at the impact of structural biology on drug discovery


Design for life

Design for life

A new drug for treating prostate cancer, developed by rational design and currently making its way through clinical trials, could improve the prognosis, says John Mann


40 years of crystal growth

40 years of crystal growth

The development of the British Association of Crystal Growth maps changes in the industry over the past 40 years. Hayley Birch caught up with members at this year's conference


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Opinions

Editorial

Editorial: Ringing in the Nobels

Gunnar von Heijne of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences didn't mince his words when he announced the 2009 winners of the Nobel prize in chemistry


Derek Lowe

Column: In the pipeline

Derek Lowe advises opening your mind during the screening cascade taken by potential drug targets, and remaining goal orientated at all times


Philip Ball

Column: The crucible

Could red light and green tea really give 'facial rejuvenation'? Philip Ball looks at the intriguing science behind this new claim


Irionmoteolide

Column: Totally Synthetic

Iriomoteolide


Lab life

Column: Undercover academic

Lab life


Comment

Poetic science

A year spent in a chemistry department led poet Diana Hendry to hunt out links between science and poetry. Are poets more open to science than scientists to poetry, she asks


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News

The Commercial Chemist

The Commercial Chemist

20 November 2009

Chemistry World gets down to business with our weekly round-up of money and molecules


Radioactive waste

Nuclear waste research resurfaces

20 November 2009

New enthusiasm for nuclear power by UK government has focused attention on the stockpiles of 50 years' worth of accumulated radioactive waste


Fractal pattern

Pretty peptide patterns

20 November 2009

The smallest building blocks to date have been used to make fractal patterns


Breath test

Breathe easy for cancer diagnosis

20 November 2009

A painless breath test can identify trace gases emitted by malignant cells


HIV virus

How HIV gives antibodies the slip

19 November 2009

New structural studies may help vaccine designers hit HIV where it hurts


Bayer

Bayer to reduce cost of chlorine production

19 November 2009

New chlorine production process uses 30 per cent less energy than current methods, says Bayer


Fuel cell

Portable power supply takes a step forward

19 November 2009

Chinese scientists have developed membranes that could improve direct methanol fuel cells


Graphene

Ironing graphene sheets flat

18 November 2009

Researchers use mica to form ultra-flat graphene sheets and show the material does not naturally ripple


Filbanserin

A pharmaceutical named desire

18 November 2009

A failed antidepressant has been shown to increase women's sex drive


Water on the moon

Nasa data point to icy moon

18 November 2009

Mission scientists say spectroscopic data show tell-tale signs of water in shadowy impact crater


Membrane in a microfludic chip

Making microfluidic membranes

18 November 2009

US scientists have made biocompatible membranes in microfluidic chips


Laureates push for open access to research

Nobel laureates appeal for open access

17 November 2009

More than 40 Nobel laureates urge US Congress to require federally funded research to be freely available, amid American Chemical Society objections


Virus and cancer cells

Modelling viruses to kill cancer

17 November 2009

Computational studies of virus behaviour in tumours could lead to more effective cancer treatments


Optical tweezers

Instant insight: Sensing the biological world

17 November 2009

Jonathan Cooper and Manilo Tassieri explain how mechanical phenomena in biological systems can be studied at very small scales


Chinese stock market

Chinese NASDAQ brings little to chemicals industry

16 November 2009

Chinese chemical industry misses out on bonanza brought by long-awaited Growth Enterprise Market, the Chinese version of the NASDAQ


Ian Manners

Interview: Beyond the inorganic boundaries

16 November 2009

Ian Manners talks about polymerisations, interfaces, and living in Wales


Genetically engineered bacteria produce fuel

Bacteria turn carbon dioxide into fuel

15 November 2009

US researchers engineer bacteria to photosynthetically convert carbon dioxide to useful biofuel


New methanol fuel standards for China

New methanol fuel standards for China

13 November 2009

New methanol fuel standards introduced in China expected to boost methanol use in vehicles, but unlikely to replace gasoline use to any large degree


Seeing inside droplets

Seeing inside droplets

13 November 2009

Single molecules trapped in tiny droplets can be detected and counted


Green tea

Green tea prevents kidney stones

13 November 2009

Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones claim Chinese scientists


Carbonic acid

Carbonic acid captured

12 November 2009

Researchers have caught a rare glimpse of carbonic acid - and it turns out to be much more acidic than the textbooks say


Stapled peptides

New drug design looks top Notch against cancer

12 November 2009

Cancer targets thought to be unblockable are blocked by 'stapled peptide' drugs


Polymer chip

Palmtop PCR

12 November 2009

Scientists in Korea are using convection to power a palmtop device for genetic point of care diagnostics


Magnetised yeast cells

Magnetic yeast cells

12 November 2009

A single step method makes magnetic yeast cells that are easy to position inside chips


Atomic movements of GFP

Structural snapshots of complex molecules

11 November 2009

New spectroscopy technique uncovers the sequence of atomic movements occurring during complex chemical transformations


Simon Campbell quits ACMD

Three more scientists quit drugs council

11 November 2009

Chemist Simon Campbell one of latest to resign from UK drugs council as science minister stresses need to move forward


Nanotube sponge

Nanotubes to soak up oil spills

11 November 2009

Low density 'nanotube aerogel' sponge can selectively absorb 180 times its own weight in oil from water surface


Nicole Pamme

Interview: Human on a chip

11 November 2009

Nicole Pamme talks about magnetism, microfluidics and the research rollercoaster


Biodegradable transistor

Biodegradable electronics dissolve after use

10 November 2009

Researchers make biodegradable and biocompatible transistor that could be used in medical implants that dissolve over time


Polymers

Polymers produce bright white light

10 November 2009

White light for colour displays can be produced from organic polymers


Nanocomposite microcoil

Microscopic springs made from nanotube composite

09 November 2009

Researchers make millimetre-sized springs from carbon nanotube-enriched polymers, using UV light to set the shapes in place


An array of water-in-oil droplets

Instant insight: Reactions in droplets

09 November 2009

Microfluidic droplets could become the reaction vessels of choice for much of biological research say Yolanda Schaerli and Florian Hollfelder


Nutt was dismissed after questioning government drugs policy

Loss of senior chemist throws further doubt on future of UK drugs council

06 November 2009

Former ACMD senior chemist Les King would join new independent drugs committee set up by dismissed scientist David Nutt


Mobile phone

Monitoring asthma with mobile phones

06 November 2009

A mobile phone-based sensor can be used in measure nitric oxide in breath, a indicator for airway inflammation


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