News April 2012
Montenegro seeks international science park investors
30 April 2012
A failure to spark domestic interest in a new science park has led the science ministry to look further afield
EPA names new science adviser
27 April 2012
Glenn Paulson will take over from 'father of green chemistry' Paul Anastas at agency
Science's role in a sustainable economy
26 April 2012
There are no sustainability 'silver bullets' and science will have to work within social and economic frameworks to change the world, a new report claims
AstraZeneca seeks to refill dry pipeline with gout drug
26 April 2012
UK pharma giant splashes out $1.26 billion on US gout specialist Ardea Biosciences
Near-infrared spectroscopy illuminates medieval art
25 April 2012
Non-invasive technique sheds light on the materials used across the entirety of a 15th century manuscript
Two in one technique for biological imaging
24 April 2012
Combining scanning ion and fluorescence microscopy can give chemical and topological data about the same sample
Russia mulls plan for overseas study scheme
23 April 2012
Students that receive funding to study abroad will have to return and work in Russia
Sweden bans BPA in food packaging for under-threes
20 April 2012
Government says it is taking a precautionary approach to the chemical to protect children
Painting the mountains blue
20 April 2012
Vera Thoss tells Elinor Richards about her bluebell business and research, using her car in her experiments and analysing whale vomit
Nanocrystal probes mimic viruses to gain entry into cells
20 April 2012
Polymers deliver nanocrystal probes for non-invasive imaging directly into cells within an hour
Polymers perform non-DNA evolution
19 April 2012
Successful transcription of DNA to xeno-nucleic acids (XNA) and back again shows that life's chemistry could have very different
An invisible menace for solar cells
19 April 2012
Even minute impurities can affect bulk heterojunction solar cell efficiency by over 50%
Catalyst delivery and recovery using MOFs
19 April 2012
A new catalyst delivery system using a metal-organic framework
Controlling an organocatalyst with pH
19 April 2012
A catalytic group situated on a rotaxane can be switched on or off by altering where the macrocycle sits
Silicene grown for (probably) the first time
18 April 2012
Scientists present the most compelling evidence yet for a one atom-thick sheet of silicon
Homogeneous catalyst recovery made easier
18 April 2012
A solvent system that switches from one phase to two phases aids in catalyst recovery
Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot
17 April 2012
Immobilising pharmaceutically active ionic liquids onto solid supports for better handling, stability and dosing
Voluntary controls on antibiotics on US farms criticised
16 April 2012
The US Food and Drug Administration has introduced guidelines to try to cut antibiotic use in livestock
Giving drug dropouts a new lease of life
15 April 2012
Cucurbiturils improve drug's solubility by almost 3000 times offering ditched molecules another spin of the wheel
Synthetic chemists print labware to order
15 April 2012
Chemists threaten to put glassblowers out of work using a 3D printer to produce dynamic reaction vessels
Plant spores mop up oil
13 April 2012
Microcapsules made of plant spores have been used to recover oil from an oil in water emulsion
Confusion reigns over EPA green chemistry stance
13 April 2012
US Environmental Protection Agency suddenly cancels then reinstates two major green chemistry research programmes
Recruiting electrophiles for organic cross-coupling
12 April 2012
Cross-coupling with two electrophiles provides chemists with new ways to make carbon-carbon bonds
Nanoscale engineering of wound beds
12 April 2012
A peptide that binds to the frayed collagen in wounds to anchor drug molecules to improve wound healing
Croatian scientists call for chemical reagent regulation
11 April 2012
Government purchasing strictures means lab chemicals can cost up to 70% more than in other European countries
Microfluidic fuel cell powers forward
10 April 2012
Laminar flow eliminates expensive membranes, allowing higher power density and otherwise incompatible fuels and oxidants to be used
Graphene puts wet chemistry under the microscope
05 April 2012
A cover slip made of graphene allows chemists to visualise nanocrystal formation in unprecedented detail
Ukrainian scientists battle chronic underfunding
05 April 2012
Leading scientists call on the government to fulfil promises to keep Ukrainian science competitive on the world stage
From ink wells to solar cells
05 April 2012
Using everyday ink as a replacement for platinum in solar cells
Shining a light on fingerprint detection
05 April 2012
A serendipitous result led scientists to discover a simple method for visualising latent fingerprints
FDA backs use of BPA in food packaging
04 April 2012
Agency rejects petition to ban the use of BPA in food contact materials, citing insufficient research
Canada research budget boost costs the environment
04 April 2012
Greater support for industry and venture capital comes at a cost to environmental research
Speeding up wound healing
04 April 2012
Using the combined benefits of chitosan and graphene to make a wound-healing membrane
Queen bee compounds
03 April 2012
Environmentally friendly method to reproduce honeybee secretion compounds
Tuning into a radio solution to money forgers
03 April 2012
Banknotes with an organic conducting polymer radiofrequency identification tag provide an extra level of security against counterfeiters
Novel mass sensor is off the scale
03 April 2012
The world's most sensitive balance has been created, capable of measuring the weight of a single proton
Mass spectrometry imaging: the new tool in counterfeit security
03 April 2012
Scanning a nanoparticle signature by mass spectrometry imaging may have potential applications in anti-counterfeiting
Hydrogen that mimics graphene
02 April 2012
Dense, solid hydrogen forms six-atom rings under high pressure and could be a stepping stone to a metallic form
