All articles by Jon Evans – Page 7
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23 June 2005: Waltzing lipids slow under heavy polymers
Membrane-bound lipids slow down - like heavily-laden porters - when large molecules land on top of them, report US chemists.
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17 June 2005: Depleted mantle has been around since the start
Current models for the formation of the Earth's mantle are probably incorrect, report US geochemists.
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17 June 2005: Nanospaces for molecular computation
Chemists have created what is probably the smallest ever computational device, by incorporating a molecular logic gate inside a sphere with a radius of only 3nm.
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13 June 2005: Scientists FRET over neurotransmitter measurement
Molecular biologists have developed a biological nanosensor that can accurately measure levels of the neurotransmitter glutamate in live nerve cells.
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9 June 2005: Fuel cells that don't feel the cold
US material scientists have developed a small, propane-powered solid oxide fuel cell that acts as its own heat source.
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3 June 2005: Chemical engineers strive for fuel efficiency
Chemical engineers have developed a novel method for generating large alkanes from plant-derived carbohydrates.
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1 June 2005: Gold glitters even at the nanoscale
Gold nanoparticles have been developed as fluorescent probes to image individual molecules.
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27 May 2005: Inhibitors for specific protein kinases
US chemists have developed a bioinformatics-based approach to successfully design inhibitors that target only two protein kinases.
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24 May 2005: Chemists celebrate happy accident
Researchers have stumbled across the perfect alkyne catalyst.
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23 May 2005: Strategy group highlights future infrastructure needs
EU scientists have put forward a wish list of 23 large-scale research infrastructures that will could be developed in the seventh framework programme.
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12 May 2005: Tuning nanoshells to kill cancer cells
By taking advantage of nanoshells' optical properties, researchers from Rice University, Houston, US, have developed a method to simultaneously image and kill cancer cells.
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It takes amino acids to catch a protein
Fusing proteins together as they interact means their actions can be analysed
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Antibiotic separates the good from the bad
Antibacterial polymers designed to distinguish between bacteria and human cells
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Enzyme complex exposed to oxidation
Novel Fe-S structure allows the development of more efficient catalysts
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It's half time, bring on the hydrogel
Damage to cartilage could be fixed with a gel based on hyaluronic acid
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Polymers without the bonds
Complex nanoscale structures could be snapped together with a microscope