All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 25
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Chemical reactions in hot water
Growing body of research reveals that to hurry reactions along in water and replace reagents all that's needed is some heat
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NewsEnd of the road for h-index rankings
Criticism leads US group to stop collating ranked list of living chemists
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Calculations correct natural product structure
NMR predictions solve the structure of a chemical isolated from a member of the daisy family
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Finding a substitute for methyl isocyanate
Replacement for the chemical behind the Bhopal disaster developed – at least for in the lab
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FeatureA signal honour
The 2012 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors. Phillip Broadwith looks at the molecular machinery underpinning cell signalling
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Taming erythropoietin through synthesis
Chemists create protein drug from scratch to try to understand how different sugars change its potency
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PodcastBeta carotene
Phillip Broadwith explores the chemistry behind this bright and colourful compound
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NewsChemistry Nobel awarded for protein receptors
US scientists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka take prestigious gong for pharmacologically important breakthroughs
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Business
Bayer and Evotec team up on endometriosis
German collaboration aims to develop three drug candidates in five years
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Business
Teva pulls generic antidepressant
FDA rules that Budeprion XL is not equivalent to Wellbutrin XL
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Polystyrene depolymerisation: new recycling option
Continuous conversion of polystyrene back to styrene could make recycling of the plastic more viable
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Caffeine crystals with an elastic bent
Discovery could help researchers engineer flexibility into designer molecules
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ResearchFunky fruit glitters for decades
The first plant displaying structural colour has been discovered
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Joining the unjoinable
Chemists develop molecular 'staples' to hold two non-stick polymers together
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Beating the heat with camouflage makeup
Face paint could protect soldiers from the heat of a bomb blast
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Synthetic platelet helpers set to save lives
Nanoparticles that help to rapidly build clots could save many lives by buying doctors valuable time at the scene of an accident