News November 2007
Crystal clear structure prediction
30 November 2007
Computer program scores full marks in Cambridge contest
China greens rules for foreign investment
30 November 2007
Renewables and clean technologies favoured over energy intensive sectors 
The viral production line
30 November 2007
Microfactory supplies retrovirus for gene therapy applications.
Researchers crack mystery of diamond's conductivity
29 November 2007
Surface film electrochemistry responsible for making diamond electrically conductive
Plants really do make methane
29 November 2007
Chinese chemists confirm contentious findings that plants emit potent greenhouse gas
Max Planck goes to Florida
29 November 2007
German research society plans bio-imaging institute in America
LIBS detects explosives at a distance
29 November 2007
Chemistry is helping scientists in the US to detect explosives from a safer distance
Drug release watched by NMR
29 November 2007
Controlled release of a beta-blocker from its silica host has been investigated by solid state NMR spectroscopy
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Promising compounds for diabetes treatment
28 November 2007
US biotech unveils drug leads 1000 times more potent than resveratrol, found in red wine
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Molecular traffic spied in nanoscale tube network
28 November 2007
Insight into movements could aid catalyst design
Magnetic field detectors for less than a penny
28 November 2007
UK scientists have discovered that a mass-produced electronic component can sense weak magnetic fields
Mastering molecular memory
28 November 2007
A new molecule that switches shape when triggered by light could lead to nanoscale memory devices, say chemists in Japan.
A model solution to depression?
27 November 2007
Scientists have finally calculated how to inhibit an enzyme linked to anxiety, pain and depression.
A flare for gene silencing
27 November 2007
Gold nanoparticles release fluorescent 'flares' as they silence genes
Scientists win cash to develop plastic x-ray detectors
26 November 2007
Cheap, flexible dosimeters a step closer thanks to funding boost for UK researchers
Big science for small sensors
26 November 2007
Lab-on-a-chip-sized ion sensors could be made more reliable thanks to work from Australia and Switzerland
OLED chemists have a bright idea
23 November 2007
New material makes OLEDs simpler, brighter, more colourful
From plant oils to polymers
23 November 2007
An efficient catalytic approach turns plant oils into precursors for polymers and detergents with very little waste, say chemists in Germany
Water splitting
22 November 2007
A team of Italian scientists has created a sunlight-powered cell that produces pure hydrogen from water
Turning up the heat on cancer
22 November 2007
Magnetic nanoparticles are being developed as a highly selective cancer treatment.
Proteins protect plants from sunburn
21 November 2007
In-built safety switch revealed that could inspire better solar panels
Female reproductive system can 'sense' sperm
21 November 2007
Presence of sperm cells triggers a protective cascade of proteins
African chemistry network launches
21 November 2007
RSC and Syngenta partner to support African science
The changing colour of gold
21 November 2007
DNA and gold nanoparticles provide a more sensitive way to detect copper ions in nature
Solving the insoluble problem for Parkinson's
20 November 2007
Electrochemistry could help us better understand Parkinson's disease.
Finding the right blend
20 November 2007
Non-invasive infra-red spectrometry can provide scientists with improved quality checks for pharmaceutical production.
Sorting droplets digitally
19 November 2007
A new lab-on-a-chip sorting technique is better, faster, cheaper than current methods
Spinning out stronger nanotubes
19 November 2007
Super-strong carbon nanotube fibres grown 100,000 times longer than their width
Tantalising boost for hydrogen storage
16 November 2007
First verification of predicted high-capacity storage claimed in titanium-ethylene complex
Instant insight: Holographic data storage
16 November 2007
Avtar Matharu and colleagues from the University of York, UK, explain how, when it comes to data, size matters
Computing goes into solution
15 November 2007
Molecular logic gates made from fluids for the first time
Cell culture and lysis on a chip is BASIC
15 November 2007
US researchers have come up with a general strategy to integrate several biological steps in one microchip reactor.
Pesticide persists in German rivers
15 November 2007
The pesticide terbutryn still contaminates tributaries of the Rhine, despite having been banned in 2003
Polymer chemists see double
14 November 2007
Canadian chemists synthesise novel co-ordination polymers with remarkable birefringence
Hydrogen from sewage hits production records
13 November 2007
Microbial fuel cells efficiently generate gas from wastewater
Instant insight: Mutants make more
13 November 2007
Andreas Kirschning explains how genetically modified microbes offer a short-cut to valuable derivatives of natural products
Chemistry reveals oldest known chocolate drink
12 November 2007
US scientists find evidence that ancient communities celebrated with an alcoholic chocolate drink
Coupled enzymes may spawn new catalysts
12 November 2007
UK researchers couple redox enzymes on a conducting graphite fragment
Ready-to-use enzyme reactors within minutes
12 November 2007
A fast multi-step microreactor for enzymatic synthesis has been developed by scientists in Germany
Interview: Plasma screening
12 November 2007
Norbert Jakubowski talks to Laura Howes about childhood experiments, element-omics and what he'd like to learn from Einstein.
Watching cells in action
09 November 2007
Chemists in Canada are using scanning electrochemical microscopy to image cells and follow their metabolic activity.
Interview: Relatively challenging
09 November 2007
Pekka Pyykkö talks to Caroline Moore about relativistic effects and the thrill of theoretical chemistry
Catalysis in a cavity
08 November 2007
Chemists in the US have created a molecular vase that mimics an enzyme's catalytic activity
First Mg(I) complex made
08 November 2007
Scientists have created the first stable magnesium(I) compounds - a metal ruled, to date, by the +2 oxidation state
Radiation damage puzzle cracked
08 November 2007
Two studies reveal how radiation damages materials at the nanoscale
Microbes fuel the way to better water treatment
08 November 2007
Microbial fuel cells for detecting pollutant levels in wastewater have been developed by Korean scientists.
Shortest metal bond
07 November 2007
Chemists in the US have made a quintuply-bonded dichromium complex with the shortest metal-metal bond ever isolated
Breast is best for IQ - if your genes say so
06 November 2007
Gene for fatty acid metabolism linked to the beneficial effects of breast milk on IQ
I capture the catalyst
06 November 2007
The largest transition metal-catalysed process in the chemical industry could soon get an efficiency boost, thanks to the isolation of a key catalytic intermediate.
Joining up nanocircuits
05 November 2007
Strings of porphyrin molecules covalently bonded together for the first time
Solid state NMR technique takes on Taxol
05 November 2007
US scientists have developed a new technique for investigating the biologically active forms of the anticancer drug Taxol
UK nuclear waste disposal plans too soon and too scanty
02 November 2007
Scientists urge Defra to amend plans for nuclear waste repository
Nanospikes stick out from the crowd
02 November 2007
Laser texturing maximises surface area for cooling, absorption and adhesion
GSK blocks US patent law changes
02 November 2007
Pharmaceutical company wins injunction against proposed patent streamlining
Bringing warhead efficiency to light
02 November 2007
US scientists can now compare molecular warheads that inactivate proteins.
Interview: The fascination of catalysis
02 November 2007
Ferdi Schüth talks to Madelaine Chapman about rockets, catalysis and law
Step change for organic synthesis
01 November 2007
Iron catalyst selectively oxidises unreactive C-H bonds, unaided
Shaking up nanofriction
01 November 2007
The vibrational frequency of surface atoms is key to friction at the nanoscale
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