All articles by Jon Evans – Page 2
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Synthetic chemists print labware to order
Chemists threaten to put glassblowers out of work using a 3D printer to produce dynamic reaction vessels
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Novel mass sensor is off the scale
The world's most sensitive balance has been created, capable of measuring the weight of a single proton
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DNA walker strides towards the light
Nucleic acid machines powered by light could one day transport cargo or help synthesise novel nanomaterials
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Two become one for bio-oil upgrade
A zeolite-metal catalyst combination will make transport fuels from biomass a more realistic prospect
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Water repellent polymer slows down drug delivery
Superhydrophobic dopant allows polymer mesh to slowly release drugs over months rather than days
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New microbe turns sugary seaweed into fuel
Engineered E coli uses genes from a marine bacterium to turn seaweed into bioethanol
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Cancer diagnosis goes for gold
Using the natural properties of gold nanoparticles could lead to a sensitive test for cancer
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Carbon nanotubes detect flipping modified DNA
Epigenetic modification of DNA can be spotted by measuring changes in its conductance
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Twisted self-assembly may lead to artificial bone
Bacteriophages have been coaxed into three different arrangements that possess a tooth and bone-like microstructure
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Bacteria: the ultimate secret agent
Chemists have hidden secret messages in fluorescent bacteria using colour couplets to encode letters and punctuation
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Pitcher plant inspires ultimate non-stick surface
Scientists have created a surface so slippery that oil, jam and even insects just slide straight off it
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Membranes for an ancient mariner
Membrane engineers are developing ways to filter drinkable water out of polluted, salty and contaminated supplies. Jon Evans reports
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Manufacturing the carbon nanotube market
Bayer MaterialScience has opened a new carbon nanotube (CNT) production facility at Laufenburg
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Multinozzle to speed up lab-on-a-chip proteomics
Lab-on-a-chip technology meets conventional mass spectrometry
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Better, stronger, faster
Now we have bionic eyes and limbs, and chemists are creating artificial bodily tissues to rival nature's own, as Jon Evans discovers
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Molecular pH sensor inspired by relay runners
pH detection range is widest yet for a precise chemical test
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Hafnium oxide helps make chips smaller and faster
New transistor materials keep 'Moore's law' on track
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A change in focus
David Brennan, chief executive officer of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, is taking the company on a new course towards biologic drugs.
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Microfluidics: wet and potentially wild
Lab-on-a-chip technology is finally seeing widespread use in analysis and synthesis. Jon Evans catches up with the progress of microfluidics research