News December 2008
Gallium and uranium join forces
23 December 2008
First ever uranium-gallium bond may shed light on the chemistry of nuclear waste separation
Looking at life label-free
22 December 2008
Raman imaging technique maps lipids and drugs in living cells
A raincoat that keeps us cool
22 December 2008
A new water repellent coating for aluminium foil could prolong the lifetime of air conditioning units, say researchers in China.
Carbonates confirmed on Mars
19 December 2008
Carbonate outcrop discovery gives new hope for finding life on the red planet
Uranium exposed
19 December 2008
US scientists have developed a way to tell if war veterans have been in contact with depleted uranium
A natural solution to man-made problems
17 December 2008
Biology could provide us with cheap and biodegradable gas-storage materials for energy applications, say Italian scientists
Following drugs into the brain
17 December 2008
MRI tracks anticancer drug across the blood-brain barrier
Lights on for drug delivery
17 December 2008
Chinese scientists have developed fluorescent drug delivery vehicles that can be used to monitor drug release
What's in store for the chemicals industry?
15 December 2008
Forecasters assess the prospects for 2009 and beyond
Interview: Fast cars, skydiving, new catalytic concepts...
15 December 2008
Joanne Thomson asks: are there no barriers to Scott Denmark's adventures?
EU coordinates research on measurement standards
12 December 2008
Research programme addresses Europe's 'metrology dilemma'
Dairy detection: monitoring melamine in milk
12 December 2008
Improved mass spectrometry methods may help keep babies safe from melamine contaminated milk
Protein threading paves the way for nanomachines
11 December 2008
By mimicking nature, researchers could create molecular scale motors
EPA's chemical risk assessments found lacking
11 December 2008
US agency chastened by criticism, but not surprised
Instant insight: A delicate balance
11 December 2008
Hiroko Kodama and Chie Fujisawa weigh up why copper regulation is so crucial in the body
Alcohol enantiomer conundrum cracked
10 December 2008
UK team shows how to make tertiary alcohols with tailor-made stereochemistry
New routes to gram-scale graphene
10 December 2008
Researchers produce graphene from sodium and ethanol, raising hopes of real-world applications
EPA tweaks hazardous waste rules for academic labs
09 December 2008
Universities offered more flexibility to manage unneeded chemicals
Trace molybdenum limits forest growth
08 December 2008
Trace metal molybdenum is the limiting factor restricting nitrogen uptake in tropical rainforests
Meteorites hitting oceans may have kick-started life
08 December 2008
New origin-of-life experiments mimic meteorite sea impacts and create organic molecules
Detecting cancer on the move
08 December 2008
Scientists are looking to the elements to detect cancer cells before they spread
Sun shines on a solution for hydrogen production
08 December 2008
UK scientists have made hydrogen from water in a simple experiment on a lab bench
Nacre-inspired composite is toughest ever ceramic
04 December 2008
Ice-based processing technique sees mother-of-pearl structure mimicked on large scale
Microreactor's holey coat improves syntheses
04 December 2008
A thin catalytic coating on the walls of chemical reactors could make a wide range of industrial processes more efficient, say a team of European researchers
Instant insight: Polymers move smartly
04 December 2008
Hans-Jörg Schneider and Kazuaki Kato introduce polymers that respond to chemical and biological stimuli through movement
Interview: An analytical diagnosis
04 December 2008
Maria Montes-Bayón talks about solving medical science problems and how analytical scientists must take the next big step
Interview: Discovering the Texas molecule
03 December 2008
Jonathan Sessler talks to Michael Brown about what motivated him to discover texaphyrin and about the aims of the companies he co-founded
Just add air for cleaner carbon bonding
02 December 2008
Reagent-free carbon-carbon bond forming reaction found
Crinkly tunnels aid gas storage
02 December 2008
Japanese scientists have found a new type of gas storage based on restraining gas molecules within narrow tunnels
A different approach to stem cell research
02 December 2008
Studies reveal what makes stem cells change and how to make them stay the same
US chemical industry wary of facilities danger list
01 December 2008
Think tank report names 101 most dangerous chemical plants and criticises security efforts
Instant insight: Digging deep with microtools
01 December 2008
Jaime Castillo, Maria Dimaki and Winnie E. Svendsen explain how micro and nano manipulation techniques are helping researchers understand biological systems
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