News April 2007
Deadly beetles intercept bee's warnings
30 April 2007
Parasitic beetles invade the hives of honeybees in America with the help of the bees' own alarm pheromone
New superabsorbents to clean up future oil spills
30 April 2007
Lipophilic polyelectrolyte gel swells to hundreds of times its weight by soaking up nonpolar organic solvents
Amyloid protein seen to zip together
30 April 2007
Proteins found to zip together amyloid fibrils could provide a new therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases
Scientists clash over methane mystery
27 April 2007
Controversy around plants' greenhouse gas emissions compared to cold fusion furore
New HIV blocker prepares for trials
27 April 2007
Full-speed ahead for clinical trials of recently discovered drug hopeful
Water's surface is acidic
26 April 2007
Although neutral in the middle, pure water's outer skin is as acidic as beer
Nanoscale scales
25 April 2007
Sensor that detects mass of particles in a liquid to within one thousandth of a millionth of a millionth of a gram
Malaria drug cures mice with single dose
25 April 2007
New generation of antimalarials most potent ever
Tomatoes once tasted like cucumbers
25 April 2007
Wild tomatoes may have lost their unusual flavour when the fruit was domesticated
Interview: A material curiosity
25 April 2007
Jim Feast talks to Alison Stoddart about polymer science of the past, present and future
AstraZeneca scoops up $15.6 billion vaccine business
24 April 2007
UK drug company, AstraZeneca buy MedImmune in 'ferociously competitive' deal to boost vaccine portfolio
Researchers 'see' catalyst molecules at work
24 April 2007
Scanning tunneling microscope reveals how a porphyrin molecule catalyses oxidation of alkenes
Instant insight: Nanocrystals as sensors
24 April 2007
Rebecca Somers, Moungi Bawendi and Daniel Nocera of MIT, US, explain how to solve a paradox: making quantum dots both bright and sensitive
Forgers beware
24 April 2007
US scientists have developed a non-destructive method to detect possible forged documents.
Green tea's secret tunneling revealed
23 April 2007
Quantum mechanics explains why green tea is good for you
Hirsch index ranks top chemists
23 April 2007
Who's up? Who's down? Just check the chart of scientists' greatest hits
Instant insight: Organ printing
23 April 2007
Glenn Prestwich of the University of Utah, US, explains how to build living structures with self-assembling cells.
Light layers
23 April 2007
A simple process for preparing light-emitting layers of silica with wide colour variation has been developed by Italian scientists.
Catalytic complexity
23 April 2007
UK chemists have isolated an unusual type of solvent complex that might play a crucial role as an intermediate in catalytic reactions.
Pesticide filter debuts in India
20 April 2007
Water purifier uses metal nanoparticles to remove dissolved pesticide residues
Superhard material made at ambient pressure
19 April 2007
A synthetic material to rival the hardness of diamond
Storm in a buttercup
19 April 2007
Two research teams have solved a 70-year-old mystery: what makes plants flower? A third team has been forced to withdraw its publication proposing an alternative theory
Mixed-up inhibitors
19 April 2007
Dutch researchers have taken a mix-and-match approach to probing the proteasome.
A 'green' light for the future?
19 April 2007
The days of the traditional incandescent lightbulb may be numbered.
Beating nanorods mimic lung defence
18 April 2007
Hair-like polymer nanorods that wiggle and bend under magnetic fields illustrate how the lung defends itself
Bioethanol fuel 'as big a health risk as gasoline'
18 April 2007
Computer model suggests that 'clean' bioethanol has significant health and pollution risks.
Sulfurous but selective synthesis
17 April 2007
Making double bonds in a more selective and efficient way could open the door to a family of biologically active natural products.
Smallest pipette delivers zeptolitre volumes
16 April 2007
Alloy drops challenge crystallisation theory
A portable way to measure smoke
16 April 2007
Researchers in the US have developed portable equipment to measure tobacco smoke compounds in public areas.
Chemical test foils organic food fraud
13 April 2007
Nitrogen isotope ratios can distinguish some organic crops from conventionally-grown equivalents.
Molecular shrink wrapping
13 April 2007
A new family of porous metal-organic frameworks with flexible ligands has been created by UK scientists.
Preserved T. Rex proteins assist evolution studies
12 April 2007
68-million-year-old collagen matches proteins in modern chickens
Fatty acid factory revealed
12 April 2007
Structure of enormous multi-enzyme has finally been detailed
Genetic testing at a snip
12 April 2007
A cheap, rapid and portable point-of-care genetic test could be a step closer thanks to a team of scientists from Japan and Thailand.
Nanodiamonds for HPLC
12 April 2007
Diamonds show potential as column packing for high-performance liquid chromatography.
A dog's life
11 April 2007
'Life-long dog study' provides a unique data set showing direct links between diet and longevity in large animals.
Instant insight: A protective layer
11 April 2007
David Levy explores thin-film coatings that drastically reduce UV damage to materials.
Shrinking screening for drugs
10 April 2007
Scientists in the US have found a way to screen for potential drugs using just minuscule amounts of chemical reagents.
Hollow success
10 April 2007
Trapping C60 Buckyballs in lipid globes could deliver improved cancer treatments, say Japanese researchers.
Antibiotics in wastewater
10 April 2007
Sewage treatments don't remove antibiotics from our wastewater.
Ultrasonic waves to power future nanomachines
05 April 2007
Piezoelectric currents derived from flexing nanowires
Target for memory-enhancing pills identified
05 April 2007
Crucial enzyme changes memory-making abilities of mice
Gentlemen, plug in your engines
05 April 2007
The dream of environmentally friendly electric cars is a step closer to reality thanks to work by scientists in the UK and China.
Stressed sprouts hit back
05 April 2007
Researchers unravel the defence mechanisms of the Brussels sprout.
Safer storage of nuclear waste
05 April 2007
Nuclear waste repositories could be safer places thanks to UK chemists.
Joan of Arc 'relics' myth debunked
04 April 2007
French forensic scientists reveal remains' Egyptian origins
Exciting finding for conjugated copolymers
04 April 2007
Semiconducting polymers show some inexplicable behaviour.
Historic sunset regained
03 April 2007
Chemists are racing against time to recreate sunsets lost from a 19th century watercolour
Sensor finds failing leaves
03 April 2007
Detecting signs of leaf aging is a step towards more perky plants.
Sweet toothed sensors
03 April 2007
Medical researchers in the USA have made a sensor device that can potentially be used to measure sugar levels in the blood.
Nucleic acid aids clotting
02 April 2007
RNA proposed as mystery 'foreign surface' that mediates blood clotting in damaged tissue
European generics suppliers hit
02 April 2007
European patent office reinstates patent for Merck's third biggest drug, Fosamax
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