July 2005
Vol 2, no.7
News and analysis
Chemicals firm won't play Russian roulette
State-of-the-art ammonia production safety training has arrived in Russia, where native chemical and fertiliser company JSC Acron has opened an integrated computer training facilit...
Future of nanotech on the high street is unclear
It is far too early to herald the arrival of a nanotechnological revolution on the high street
Union U-turn on boycott of Israeli universities
An academics' union in the UK has voted to overturn its highly controversial, widely publicised boycott of two Israeli universities
Kroto institute opens in Sheffield
RSC past-president Harry Kroto has opened a nanotechnology research institute. The Kroto research institute forms part of the UK's largest multidisciplinary research centre, said t...
Managing water and profits
Managing water more efficiently with innovative technology and better business processes is becoming imperative for chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical companies, a report c...
Europe describes future chemists
Ministers met in Bergen, Norway, in May to adopt an over arching framework for qualifications
Chemistry of space dust
Assumptions about how certain key molecules behave on the surface of dust grains in deepest space might be wrong, report UK chemists.
Scottish research institute faces falling funds
The Hannah Research Institute in Ayr, Scotland, faces an uncertain future
Non-scientists use their heads
A group of high school pupils, a retired railroader and three second world war veterans have created a self-sanitising varnish.
Chemical Science
Inhibitors for specific protein kinases
The means to switch off just one or two protein kinases has come a step closer
Molecular conductors gated by a single atom
Sensors with single-molecule sensitivity on the horizon
Catalyst recycling on tape
Chemists in Germany have demonstrated that certain classes of catalyst can be efficiently and simply recovered from and released into reaction mixtures by using cheap, commercially...
SARS vaccine grown in plants
An immunogenic virus particle has been expressed in tomatoes and tobacco
Blue light shines on polymer LEDs
Separate research groups have extended the lifespan of blue pixels in PLEDs
Gold glitters even at the nanoscale
Golden nanoparticles act as fluorescent probes to image individual molecules. Gold is demonstrating a wealth of interesting and unsuspected properties at the nanoscale.
Controlling nanoparticle aggregation
Shell-crosslinked nanoparticles with a remarkable rosette shape have been formed using a simple and elegant technique.
New chemosensor for mercury detection
A fluorescent sensor for detecting mercury in water has been developed by US researchers.
Chemical engineering for fuel efficiency
Large alkanes from plant-derived carbohydrates generate greener fuel
Scientists FRET over measurement
Nanosensor developed to measure the neurotransmitter glutamate
NOx data from satellite observations
Global emissions data is being gathered by taking measurements from space
Fuelling the molecular race
A chemically fuelled molecular motor that independently rotates and translates
Fuel cells that don't feel the cold
Solid oxide fuel cell developed that produces its own heat source
A third strand for DNA
The DNA double helix can under certain conditions accommodate a third strand in its major groove. Researchers in the UK have now presented a complete set of four variant nucleotide...
Soy source for green composites
Renewable materials produce mechanically strong composite materials
Deciphering diamonds' origins
Laser ablation ICP MS could help shed light on diamond formation
Bad breath - disease or cure?
Garlic extract offers an innovative treatment for patients with advanced gum disease, report UK researchers.
Molecular computation
Computational device stored in a nanosphere
Selecting sulfate ions with electrodes
Ion-selective electrodes can detect ions easily and quickly
Peroxide levels in cigarette smoke
Cigarette smoke has thousands of components but H2O2 can now be measured
Understanding bone growth
Bone regeneration and the role calcium ions play is being unravelled by chemists in the UK.
Tubes form in the wake of bubbles
Rising gas bubbles in a hi-tech 'crystal garden' have been creating tubes during precipitations
Carbohydrates click into place
Designer starches are closer than ever thanks to 'click chemistry'.
Fuel cell poisoning halted by CO oxidising catalyst
A gold catalyst that can be used in power-generating fuel cells has been prepared
Angling for core proteins in bacterial cells
Bacterium core enzymes have been easily identified, isolated and released
Controlling double droplets
Emulsion droplets with smaller droplets inside them
Building blocks for microelectronics
The latest addition to the nanotech revolution - 'nanocables' - could bring quantum computing a step closer. Nanowires combining magnetic and semiconducting materials have been mad...
Building a new twist on an old reaction
Rare reactions are being explored to find ways to make building blocks for organic synthesis
Features
Medicine gets personalised
Matching patients to treatments by screening their genetic makeup is the goal of some drugs companies. Andrew Scott explores the political, economic and scientific issues
Law-abiding industries
A chemist made some startling predictions 40 years ago that have driven the semiconductor and electronics industries ever since. Katharine Sanderson met Gordon Moore
The modus operandi of a forensic scientist
Jim Fraser has moved from police forensic work to academia. He talks to Bea Perks about the differences between analytical chemistry and forensic science and his plans for UK cours...
Saving a steam ship
Maria Burke discovers the chemical voyage being taken to rescue a once great ship and the state of the art home that will help preserve it
Reaping rewards from discoveries
Patents can protect your invention, generate income and be a mine of information for research. Bob Pidgeon explains the process and its advantages
Regulars
Comment: Harmonising European degrees
The Bologna process began in 1999 with the aim of setting up a European higher education area by 2010. Terry Mitchell looks at what still needs to be done
Your views...
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The chemist's guide to.
Biofuel
The last retort: Pedal power
Are chemists predestined to become cyclists?
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