All articles by Katharine Sanderson – Page 9
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Bringing supercritical fluids to the masses
New technology removes the need for dangerous gas-handling equipment.
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Growing smarter
Materials are becoming increasingly smart and now, by utilising known biological applications, a 'smart Petri dish' is being developed.
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Haute-couture catalysts
Tailor-made ligands have allowed researchers to develop a unique catalytic system.
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Chemical bounty in the bargain basement
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), Philadelphia, US, has acquired a priceless collection of textbooks chronicling the past 600 years of chemistry.
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Voice of the future
The next major challenge facing UK researchers is to persuade society that scientific method should be at the core of scientific debate, and to diminish the influence of minority protest groups in the public perception of science.
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Joining forces to understand ozone
Three different groups provide new insight into atmospheric reactions.
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Fine tuning cancer-killing molecules
New cancer-beating molecules may be a step closer, thanks to collaboration between chemists and biomedical scientists in Australia.
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Back to batteries
Chemists are turning their hand to solving the world's electrical energy crisis.
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Giant holes on a tiny scale
Giant voids conjure up space-age images of huge expanses of nothing, but everything is relative.
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Creating a stir in microfluidics
Andrew deMello has come a long way in a short time. Katharine Sanderson went to meet him to find out how doing reactions on a tiny scale has made such a huge impact on his career.
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Unravelling the secrets of biosynthesis
Bacteria and toxic plants don't sound like the most helpful of things, but in studies into the biological formation of fluorine containing compounds, they seem to be very useful.
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Recognising radioactive potential
Sorting out which radioactive isotope of an element can be used.