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Features August 2005


china flag

A Chinese education

China's universities have been through several periods of reform. With government investment, they are now producing internationally recognised research. Vikki Allen looks at key u...


microtubules

Deciphering cell division

Microtubules play an important role in cell replication and information about the structure of these polymers might shed light on new cancer treatments. Andrew West investigates


fats

Health concerns drive change

Eating too much trans fat is bad for your health and manufacturers are working to lower the levels in foods. Fiona Case explores some of the techniques that chemists, biologists an...


crop research

Helping the garden grow

Developing new chemical crop protection agents is an expensive and lengthy process. Globally, only six companies invest in exploratory research and each year only five to 10 new ag...