News July 2005
29 July 2005: Experts call for more balanced debate on climate change
Politicians and the media need a better understanding of the nature of uncertainty, argue climate change experts.
28 July 2005: Trehalose puts life on hold
Researchers are discovering how an apparently ordinary disaccharide helps plants and animals survive extraordinary environments.
27 July 2005: Carbon nanotubes receive support for metallisation
Carbon nanotubes have been fixed to metal surfaces to increase the range of metals that can be coated by electroless deposition.
26 July 2005: Nanoparticle delivery sends viruses packing
Gene therapy might have been given a much needed boost. Researchers have shown that silica nanoparticles can efficiently deliver genes into mouse brains.
26 July 2005: 'Pen' detects peroxide-based explosives
Researchers have developed a pocket-sized device for detecting sub-milligram quantities of peroxide-based explosives such as those reportedly used in the recent bomb attacks in Lon...
25 July 2005: Fireflies light the way for capillary NMR
A rare American firefly has acted as a test case for the discovery of new natural products from a largely untapped source.
22 July 2005: Doping fears haunt Tour de France
Organisers of the 2005 Tour de France hope that tighter controls and more anti-doping tests will have led to fewer suspensions than in previous years.
22 July 2005: Mars stays cool while getting its rocks off
Two US geochemists have poured cold water on the idea that water flowed over the surface of Mars for long periods.
21 July 2005: Focus on chemical sector carbon emissions ignores growing threat elsewhere
Good news on carbon dioxide emissions released today by the UK Chemical Industries Association isn't necessarily good news for the environment.
20 July 2005: Dusting keeps flame-retardants at bay
If you want to prevent flame-retardant chemicals accumulating in your body, reach for a feather duster, say researchers in Canada.
20 July 2005: Acetone peroxide - ordinary ingredients for an extraordinary explosive
A UK government clamp-down on internet abuse is being rushed through parliament following the apparent ease with which bomb-making instructions can be found.
19 July 2005: Co-op cuts out artificial colours
Natural food colour suppliers are set to benefit from a decision by UK supermarket chain Co-op to ban 12 food colourings.
19 July 2005: Silicon mimics aromatic carbon compounds
Japanese chemists have made the first full silicon analogue of an aromatic hydrocarbon.
18 July 2005: New nuclear institute aims to address skills shortage
The UK is taking a step to restore its battered capability in nuclear research with today's launch of a new institute at the University of Manchester.
15 July 2005: Explosive acetylene leads to blocked pores
Japanese chemists and physicists have discovered the most effective known material for adsorbing and storing acetylene.
15 July 2005: Air can be bad for your health
The use of nitrogen instead of compressed air for inflating vehicle tyres can save lives and money, according to latest figures from UK motoring organisation the RAC.
14 July 2005: The brains of tomorrow
Drugs that enhance cognition and new treatments for addiction could be with us in less than twenty years, according to a UK government-commissioned report.
14 July 2005: Road kill assists pollutant monitoring
An animal-friendly scheme for monitoring the spread of toxic brominated fire retardants in the environment relies on the analysis of mammalian hair rather than post mortem tissue.
13 July 2005: Chemical technique separates the sheep from the goats
A protein biosensor for discriminating between meat juices from the flesh of different animals has been developed by Swedish scientists.
12 July 2005: Lo-tech beats hi-tech in hydrogen storage
Canadian and German researchers have discovered that a relatively lo-tech material - graphite - might help solve the hi-tech problem of hydrogen storage.
12 July 2005: Opportunities for chemists worldwide
Tremendous opportunity awaits chemists over the next 10 years, predicts Bill Carroll, president of the American Chemistry Society (ACS).
11 July 2005: Lighting up time for lead
A chemosensor that selectively lights up when it complexes lead is being developed by Korean chemists.
11 July 2005: Water pollution the natural way
Environmentalists have confirmed high levels of toxic hexavalent chromium in the source of Santa Cruz County's drinking water, echoing the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster.
8 July 2005: EU pollution register on its way
The European Union has found that signing environmental treaties is one thing; verifying compliance is quite another.
8 July 2005: PDT wants to be a millionaire
British celebrities have joined forces to help raise £100 million for research into photodynamic therapy (PDT).
Learn chemistry, fight malaria
Chemists at British universities are getting children interested in chemistry by asking them to help develop a treatment for malaria.
6 July 2005: Male dominance under the armpits
Women can tell the dominance of a prospective partner just by sniffing his body odour, suggest researchers.
6 July 2005: Mass spec ensures crime doesn't pay
Heroin-contaminated banknotes can be identified quickly and cleanly using tandem mass spectrometry, report chemists at the University of Bristol, UK.
6 July 2005: Bioremediation mechanism discovered
Researchers further the understanding of bacterial clean-up of nuclear waste
5 July 2005: Peptides redesigned for drug development
The exchange of just a few amino acids, chosen using a novel algorithm, can create unusually stable proteins suitable for pharmaceutical applications, report UK researchers.
5 July 2005: Catalyst gets the best of both worlds
A catalyst that is soluble at high temperatures and solid at room temperature has been developed, incorporating both efficiency and recyclability.
4 July 2005: Controlling conductivity in doped lithium nitrides
It is now possible to control substitution of transition metals in lithium nitride and the level of lithium ion vacancies within the doped structure, report UK chemists.
4 July 2005: Chemists send organic particles to print
US chemists have developed a lithography process for generating organic particles of any size and shape, and produced some of the smallest ever drug delivery particles.
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