All articles by Jon Evans – Page 6
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27 September 2005: Sulfur and iron launch sneak attack on the Mary Rose
Henry VIII's warship, Mary Rose, is under threat from the sulfur and iron contained in its wooden frame.
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21 September 2005: Creative chemists win MacArthur money
A chemist and a biochemist are two of the 25 recipients of the 2005 MacArthur grants worth $500 000 (£276 000) to further their 'exceptional' work.
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20 September 2005: HLS continues to seek solution to NYSE delay
Embattled UK contract research organisation Huntingdon Life Sciences still plans to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange despite 'unprecedented' delay.
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16 September 2005: Air bags come to the aid of nuclear power
US chemists have used the propellant in car air bags to create some of the first stable uranium nitrides.
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2 September 2005: Catalysis crucial for hydrogen storage
Two teams of US chemists have unveiled findings highlighting the importance of catalysis in hydrogen storage.
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29 August 2005: Increased sensitivity with nano detection of clinical markers
A biosensor that incorporates carbon nanotubes and metal oxide nanowires can sensitively detect the main clinical marker for prostate cancer, report researchers in the US.
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25 August 2005: Smart solvents switch from ionic to non-ionic
Solvents with properties that can be adjusted to suit different stages of a reaction process could be just around the corner thanks to research by Canadian and US chemists.
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23 August 2005: Mussels flex their byssi
Mussels alter their binding behaviour in response to the properties of the surface to which they are binding, report British and American researchers.
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19 August 2005: Sticky tape pulls out a range of CNT applications
Nanotechnologists in the US and Australia have developed a simple process for creating metre-long sheets of carbon nanotubes.
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16 August 2005: Nasa and the falling foam
Nasa has appointed two engineering teams to investigate why a large piece of insulating foam broke off from the Space Shuttle Discovery during its launch at the end of July.
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9 August 2005: Amphibian skin chemistry reflects convergent evolution
Similar evolutionary forces have independently honed the chemistry of poisonous frogs on different sides of the world.
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3 August 2005: Grabbing proteins by the ELPs
A new method for protein purification based on self-cleaving polypeptide tags will be simpler and cheaper than current techniques, claim researchers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6 July 2005: Bioremediation mechanism discovered
Researchers further the understanding of bacterial clean-up of nuclear waste
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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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1 July 2005: Minding the nanogaps aboard a molecular circuit
Fully-functioning molecular circuits could be a step closer thanks to a new nanofabrication technique.
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27 June 2005: Protein synthesis under the spotlight
US chemists have developed a technique for investigating protein synthesis using light-responsive 'caged compounds'.