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Features October 2004


Beam me up

It sounds fantastical, but Philip Ball explains how teleportation may one day make it out of the realms of science fiction and become a reality.


A centre of excellence

The Irish government has highlighted biotechnology as key to creating an innovation and knowledge-based economy. Mark Whitfield reports.


peat bog

Digging up evidence of metal pollution

Katharine Sanderson finds out how the truth about human influence on the environment has been dug up from the depths of a peat bog.


Burn baby burn

Summer may be over in the northern hemisphere, but the damage that sunbathers have done to their skin will last a lifetime. Maria Burke explains how chemists are tackling the probl...


Scoping for doping

Following the Athens Olympics, Henry Nicholls finds out if chemists are beginning to close on the athletes still determined to use performance-enhancing drugs?


Recovering after the bubble burst

German biotech euphoria and stock market boom have been replaced by disillusionment and insolvencies, but a clear-out of the market has begun, writes Holger Bengs.