All articles by Hayley Bennett – Page 6
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microRNAs may hold key to cocaine addiction
Molecular mechanism seems to protect against uncontrolled intake of cocaine in rats, providing potential targets for anti-addiction therapies
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DNA sticks at flick of switch
An electrochemical switch that enables precision DNA deposition could help lay the foundations for DNA nanostructures
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Keeping the heat up for super-efficient solar cells
The efficiency of solar cells could be doubled via a method that keeps heat loss to a minimum
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How to disappear completely
Animals use all sorts of optical trickery to make themselves invisible to predators. Hayley Birch finds out how the natural world can help develop new camouflage materials
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The first synthetic cell
The Venter Institute unveils its man-made microbe - a chemically synthesised genome housed in a naturally grown cell
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Could rising graduate debt hit science hard?
Suggestions that graduates should pay higher fees and a greater rate of interest on loans have rattled student groups
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Filming fullerene formation
Atomic resolution microscopy enables researchers to see fullerene formation in action
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All clear for e-paper
A new nano-structured approach to creating electronic paper devices could produce clearer images
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New strategy yields best ever catalyst for ammonia decomposition
Computational studies using quantum calculations could provide a framework for identifying the best catalysts
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A catalytic collaboration
In a new collaborative effort to develop better catalysts for energy applications, computational and experimental chemists are joining forces. Hayley Birch reports
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The key to colloid assembly
Lock-and-key assembly system could open up a 'galaxy' of possibilities for colloid researchers
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Accumulation of acid in atmosphere explained
Better particle detectors have helped explain why sulfuric acid is so prevalent in the Earth's atmosphere
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Marine microbes wired up
Bacterial 'nanowires' could allow marine microbes to cooperate through electric circuits that power metabolism
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Soil switches on antibiotic genes in bacteria
Production of a new antibiotic active against MRSA can be triggered by soil extracts
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First sugars needed silicates to survive
Stabilising silicate ions might have helped the sugars in RNA to form in prebiotic organic synthesis
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Decades-old meteorite gets holistic treatment
Non-targeted analytical approach uncovers chemical complexity of 40-year-old meteorite, and reveals the presence of millions of organic compounds
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How spider silk soaks up water
What causes water to collect on spider webs on dewy mornings? New research probes the structure of spider silk to find out
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Stabilising RNAs enhances gene silencing in tumours
Chemically modified, stabilised RNA molecules find their way into cells more easily, claim researchers
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Hydrogel self-heals in seconds
New tough hydrogel heals itself after a cut in just three seconds and is a cinch to prepare