March 2005

Vol 2, no. 3

Chemistry World Letters, March 2005

Chemistry World Reviews, March 2005

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March 2005

News and analysis

Stressed out individuals deter blood-sucking pests

The future of the chemical sciences rests on increasing support for innovation

Drug testers could be one step ahead of the latest attempt to add to the list of unsporting performance-enhancing drugs

German chemists say they have developed a system for aerial detection of possible sabotage

New university building heralds success for chemistry department

Fuel cell powered vehicles must have the same, or better, performance than those driven by a conventional internal combustion engine

Researchers are still waiting in the wings to take up positions at the all-new University of Manchester

When the human genome project was completed five years ago, many experts predicted that personalised medicine would swiftly follow

Size is important for catalytic dendrimers

The world's largest class action lawsuit has been launched in the US

The chemical industry and its customers are at odds in the way they view risk

Yorkshire now plans to lead the way in analytical services

High temperature gas-cooled reactor to be built in Shandong

The 2005 Paul Karrer Gold Medallion has been awarded to Robert H Grubbs

UK reports of global warming are greatly exaggerated, say members of the Scientific Alliance

Kilogram; Ministry for Natural Resources; Shire Pharmaceuticals; Gillette; Animal rights

Highlights in Chemical Science

Researchers are shedding light on the photosynthetic mechanism

Nanomachines have been developed to swim like bacteria

Novel Fe-S structure allows the development of more efficient catalysts

Researchers close in on a molecular target for schizophrenia

Protein nanotubes could act as drug delivery vehicles

New drugs could be on their way after a fortuitous discovery

Inorganic layers hold drug molecules in place

Bacterial gene insertion could improve pro-vitamin A activity of common staple

Prey avoid predators by looking the same but tasting different

Destroying banned pesticides provides a useful blasting agent

Trap-and-trigger method traps singlet oxygen

Luminescence of tethered ruthenium complexes detects self-structuration

Fluorescence studies show up zinc complexes in human cancer cells

A first step to rapid anthrax detection in tap water has been made

Pneumatic nebuliser offers a much improved route for sample introduction

Icy response to isotope ratios

Dendrimers have been designed to deliver drugs on target

Stable silicon-silicon triple bond discovered

US researchers have come up with a novel microchip-based assay with the potential to help diagnose heart disease and associated inflammatory conditions.

A new approach to improve the performance of electrolytes in dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) has been developed by Japanese scientists.

A greener way to extract metal ions from water is being developed by US chemists.

Magnetic fields have been used to flip the chirality of liquid crystals

Crystals of helical polymers are helping to understand their own structures

The possibility of detecting organic compounds by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been opened up by a team of UK scientists

Japanese researchers are a step closer to developing biocompatible liquid crystals for use in membranes or sensors

Evenly-sized silver colloids have been produced in a single simple step

The search is on for alternative treatments to combat bacterial infections that have become resistant to antibiotics

The way that molecules arrange themselves as solids can be changed with just a drop of solvent

Features

Ionic liquids have long been hailed as the future of green chemistry but can they live up to their promise? Andrew West investigates

David Haddleton, founder of Warwick Effect Polymers, has won the 2004 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the year award. Karen Harries-Rees reports

Energy consumption is a key challenge for BASF. The company is working to manage its own energy use and to develop energy saving products, reports Bea Perks

Vikki Allen looks at the ways both global and small analytical instrument companies get a new product to the market

Bill Griffith introduces us to the colourful characters behind the discovery of four rare metals 200 years ago

Regulars

With the Kyoto protocol in force, we now need to focus on how to reduce emissions further

Which country has the best system for educating professional chemists and why?

As the Kyoto protocol comes into force will a new market in carbon emissions be effective?

UK science minister Lord Sainsbury presents the government's case on science funding

Last September the RSC lost a much-valued member. Eric Voice probably had more intimate knowledge of plutonium than anyone alive in the UK today.

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