All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 27
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Research
New antimalarial drug class resists resistance
Drug candidate looks promising as scientists draw on past failures to address toxicity problems
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NewsScience community urged to unite on open access
While many sticking points remain, these should not be allowed to derail changes to the publication of research in the UK, meeting told
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NewsFunding council backs doctoral training centres with £350m
Money will fund new centres and some existing ones, while others may slowly fade away
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ResearchSuperomniphobic surface sees off non-Newtonian fluids
Scalable production process for material that can repel almost any liquid holds promise for creating self-cleaning surfaces
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ResearchLaser guided maglev graphite air hockey
Levitating graphite discs that spin when exposed to light could be a new way to harness solar energy
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RSC to launch new Chemical Database Service
Society says that the main databases will be accessible in January after protracted negotiations on the future of the service
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Seeing the helix of DNA
Transmission electron microscope image shows direct visualisation of DNA bundle
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Platinum plating at the flick of a switch
A quick and simple way to create catalytic atom thick layers of platinum has been developed by US scientists
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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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NewsChemistry Nobel awarded for protein receptors
US scientists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka take prestigious gong for pharmacologically important breakthroughs
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PodcastBeta carotene
Phillip Broadwith explores the chemistry behind this bright and colourful compound