All articles by Jon Evans – Page 4
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Viruses display liquid crystal control
Researchers in the US have discovered that viruses can control the orientation of liquid crystals
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Chemists bring alien molecule down to Earth
US and German chemists have recreated an alien molecule in the laboratory
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Nanotechnology tackles chemotherapy
US researchers have developed nanoparticles that target chemotherapy drugs directly at tumours.
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Buckyballs enter the fast lane
A team of US chemists has developed a practical use for buckyballs: as wheels on a nanoscale car
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Explosives go unleaded
Explosives could become safer following the synthesis of lead-free environmentally-friendly primary explosives, by US researchers
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Polymer matches silicon in semi-conductor stakes
Semi-conducting polymer conducts electricity similarly to conventional silicon-based semi-conductors.
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Previous research can be a bad influence on molecular biologists
Molecular biologists could be reporting false experimental data because they are being overly influenced by previous findings.
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Brownian motion slips into reverse
An electrical device for suppressing Brownian motion traps proteins, viruses and semiconductor nanocrystals.
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New catalyst for methanol fuel cells
Cheap and efficient catalyst for methanol oxidation could accelerate adoption of methanol fuel cells.
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Magnetic appeal of shape-change polymer
German polymer scientists have developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field.
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Information free-for-all
Could the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia could become the main source of chemical information in 5-10 years?
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Nanotechnologists set viruses to work
Viruses employed as construction workers to help build lithium-ion batteries and solar cells.
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Successful collagen synthesis comes to a sticky end
US chemists have synthesised collagen fibres with dimensions similar to natural collagen, predicting the advent of 'bionic man'.
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Medical future for tiny quantum dots
US researchers have crossed a milestone in biological imaging by developing quantum dots small enough to pass from the blood stream into bodily tissue.
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To boldly go where no chemist has gone before
Studying the interactions between different molecular fragments is taking researchers to the uncharted regions of chemical space.
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Plant-derived drug approved in US
First US regulatory approval for plant-derived drug developed by Dow AgroSciences.
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Head-to-tail monomers improve solar cell efficiency
British and South Korean researchers have improved the efficiency of polymer-based solar cells.
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Researchers put bioenergetics into biomagnification
Mathematical model could predict how industrial pollutants accumulate in different animal species.
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Titanium dioxide crystals might have helped trigger life on earth
TiO2 crystals could have played a central role in establishing life on Earth, say NZ chemists.