News January 2006
Reaction system that measures, mixes and reacts
31 January 2006
Small-scale device that generates, mixes, and reacts droplets in one place is an important step towards a miniature laboratory, say US researchers.
Sharing out the lab measurement billions
31 January 2006
Agilent has updated over 40 per cent of its high pressure liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry ranges.
Nanoencapsulation paves the way to perfumed pants
30 January 2006
High street fashions and products to clean them could soon use nanotechnology to deliver distinctive fragrances.
Complex geometry affects magnetism
30 January 2006
Molecular computer technology will benefit from a breakthrough in single molecule magnetism, say Australian researchers.
Stark warning for science education
27 January 2006
The first statistical analysis of UK school science teaching in a decade highlights serious gaps in the physical sciences.
Water: the solvent for organic chemists?
27 January 2006
Aqueous reactions could be the answer to the future of organic chemistry, say scientists in Canada and the US.
Science minister stands by predictions on China and India
26 January 2006
UK Science minister Lord Sainsbury says rapid development in China based on cheap labour, not superior Chinese science.
Bacterial light harvesting antennae models
26 January 2006
Man-made mimics of light harvesting bacteria antennae are bringing Japanese researchers closer to making photoactive nanodevices.
Following photosynthetic energy pathways
26 January 2006
Researchers in the Netherlands and Russia have come a step closer to understanding how certain photosynthetic molecules convert solar energy.
Understanding failures in fuel cells
26 January 2006
Researchers in Japan have obtained key evidence concerning failures in proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells.
MEPs take a dip at Europe's water resorts
25 January 2006
The European Parliament has updated its 30-year old Bathing Water Directive, to protect swimmers and water-sports enthusiasts
Sparks fly over jet processing of cells
24 January 2006
The latest publication on jet processing of living cells has revealed a highly competitive research field.
UK considers nuclear option
24 January 2006
The UK government yesterday launched a major consultation to determine energy generation for the next 50 years.
Sniffing out garlic in gilded artworks
24 January 2006
The presence of garlic in early gilded artworks has been confirmed.
Is antimony the new lead?
24 January 2006
Rising levels of antimony contamination in the northern hemisphere could be due to increased industrial usage, say scientists.
Surfactant allows separation of hydrophobic molecules
24 January 2006
Hydrophobic peptides associated with neurodegenerative conditions could now be separated using a microfluidic device technique that utilizes a common surfactant.
Rapid reactions using microfluidic devices
24 January 2006
A glass microchip has been used for the first time to carry out fast carbonylative cross-coupling reactions of arylhalides to form secondary amides.
Eurozone researchers see through fake banknotes
23 January 2006
Fake euro notes can be detected quickly and accurately with a spectroscopic technique.
Is water the answer to nature's handedness?
23 January 2006
Water molecules cause biological systems to prefer left-handed chiral centres, say scientists from Israel and the US.
Revealing peptide conformation for drug design
23 January 2006
Drugs designed to treat diseases like Alzheimer's, type II diabetes and Parkinson's could soon be improved thanks to chemists from Sweden and Thailand.
Waste seaweed mops up heavy metals
20 January 2006
Waste seaweed from the alginate industry could decontaminate water from disused mines.
Using custom-made polymers to detect neurotransmitters
20 January 2006
Materials that recognise neurotransmitter molecules, important for neurological disorders research, have been made.
Toxic risk in bottled water?
19 January 2006
Plastic bottles continuously leach antimony into drinking water, geochemists in Germany claim.
Helical hosts for selected guests
19 January 2006
Iron-containing triple helicate hosts that are a potential first step towards anion sensors have been designed by chemists in Ireland.
PCR in your pocket
19 January 2006
A lab on a chip system, based on the detection of nucleic acids, has been developed by researchers in the US and the Netherlands.
Making cell signalling proteins in their native state
19 January 2006
The study of cancer causing proteins could now be improved thanks to researchers in Germany who have synthesised fully functional lipid modified K-Ras proteins.
Titanium dioxide crystals might have helped trigger life on earth
18 January 2006
TiO2 crystals could have played a central role in establishing life on Earth, say NZ chemists.
Mechanistic insights into triterpene synthesis
18 January 2006
Quantum mechanics could help explain a long-held mystery surrounding triterpene compounds.
Rubella vaccines for the former USSR
17 January 2006
The Wistar Institute, US, has licensed the seed stock for its rubella vaccine to Russian state-run company Microgen.
Polymer surface modification during processing
17 January 2006
Being able to change a material's surface properties during its manufacturing process will provide commercial benefits and open up new applications according to UK researchers.
Handheld microfluidic chip
06 January 2006
A microfluidic system that enables maintenance-free, portable, handheld cell culture over periods of up to weeks has been prepared by US engineers.
New dyes for DVDs
17 January 2006
A new class of dyes for use as the recording layer in DVDs has been developed by a group of scientists from the Fuji Photo Film Company in Japan.
Sun damage deregulates cell death causing skin cancer
17 January 2006
Deregulation of the pathways involved in the death and survival of sunburn cells leads to the development of UV-induced skin cancer say Belgian researchers.
Polyphosphate crucial for clots
16 January 2006
The linear polymer polyphosphate plays an important, but previously unsuspected, role in blood coagulation.
Synthetic muscle powers hopes of building nanorobot
13 January 2006
A molecular muscle with the power to move nanorobots large and small has been developed by researchers in the UK.
Understanding biomimetic supramolecular assembly
13 January 2006
Research into non-covalent interactions of nucleobases might hold the key to the development of materials for medical and molecular science applications.
Advances in platinum chemotherapy
13 January 2006
Side-effects of platinum containing antitumour drugs could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new series of platinum compounds developed by researchers in the Netherlands.
Trees implicated in greenhouse gas conundrum
12 January 2006
An unexpected discovery has shown that plants emit millions of tonnes of methane every year
Biological junk finds use in cancer detection
11 January 2006
Small peptides found in blood serum can act as effective biomarkers for cancer, US medical researchers have found.
Small molecules control stem cells
11 January 2006
Small molecules are the key to directly controlling stem cell development and could contribute to the advancement of tissue repair and regeneration say researchers in the US.
Creation of rare earth oxide thin films
11 January 2006
Thin films of YScO3, a potential next generation material that could be used in ever-shrinking electronic devices, have been made by scientists in Finland and Estonia.
Chemistry World ed-board member gets gong
10 January 2006
Chemistry World ed-board member Tony Ryan was awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year honours list.
Exposing arsenic in Europe
10 January 2006
Arsenic exposure through drinking water in Hungary, Romania and Slovakia has been monitored by European researchers.
X-ray scattering of biological systems
10 January 2006
Studying biological materials by x-ray scattering has been made possible by advances in synchrotron radiation (SR) sources and instrumentation.
Grammatical analysis for protein annotation
09 January 2006
A linguistic approach could revolutionise the analysis and annotation of complex proteome data, an Italian protein expert has argued.
Same components, two elaborate structures
09 January 2006
Two different molecular cages, made from the same metal salt and bridging ligand, could aid the development of controlled self-assembly.
Beating back pain
09 January 2006
A swelling spinal implant promises relief from back pain for sufferers of degenerative disc disease.
Isotope ratio analysis to resolve environmental conflict
06 January 2006
Analysis of carbon and nitrogen isotopes contained in the hair on an elephant's tail is helping explain the animals' feeding behaviour.
Atomised alloy for stronger, lighter, cheaper aircraft
05 January 2006
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed an aluminium alloy they say could significantly improve jet aircraft design and reduce costs
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