All articles by Simon Hadlington – Page 22
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Dual organometallics enhance zinc reactivity
Zinc loses its shyness at the organometallic party when accompanied by sodium or lithium
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New route to C-glycoside creation overcomes earlier drawbacks
One-pot process for creating C-glycosides could help prepare robust analogues of naturally occurring carbohydrates.
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Pharmaceutical promise in the desert
Two molecules that inhibit a protein linked to cancer pathogenesis have been discovered in the Arizona desert.
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Remarkable health claims leave nutritionist unimpressed
Nutritionists warn against exaggeration of preliminary food-related findings.
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Nanoparticles detect cell suicide plans
Nanotechnological assay for detecting programmed cell death.
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High throughput screening for kinase inhibitors
A colorimetric assay for kinase activity based on the aggregation of gold nanoparticles.
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Waste seaweed mops up heavy metals
Waste seaweed from the alginate industry could decontaminate water from disused mines.
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Extreme crystallography
Scientists at the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions in Edinburgh, UK, are subjecting crystals to immense pressures, with surprising results. Simon Hadlington reports
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Models of proton transport in fuel cell membranes
Quantum modelling is helping explain how protons are transported through the polymer membranes used in fuel cells.
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Methanoic acid could be key in hydrogen economy
UK researchers are investigating the feasibility that methanoic acid could play a key role in a low carbon emission economy
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Chemical vapour deposition makes glass smarter
Smart glass that could slash the cost of keeping buildings cool in summer has come a step closer.
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Cartography of catalysts
UK researchers are creating a definitive road map of the internal structure of porous supports for catalysts.
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A challenging toxic legacy
Iraq's natural environment is in a dire state, but the security situation is seriously hampering the clean-up operation, as Simon Hadlington reports
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19 September 2005: Peer review analysts lay into industrial sponsors
The pharmaceutical industry has come in for severe criticism over its role in clinical research sponsorship.
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15 September 2005: Grid accelerates binding calculations
The Grid - a global network of research computing resources - has been used for the first time to calculate the free energy of the binding of peptides to a protein domain.
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1 August 2005: Hydrophobic aromatics recovered with record efficiency
Researchers have developed a new polymer membrane for recovering valuable aromatics from waste streams.
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29 July 2005: Experts call for more balanced debate on climate change
Politicians and the media need a better understanding of the nature of uncertainty, argue climate change experts.
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18 July 2005: New nuclear institute aims to address skills shortage
The UK is taking a step to restore its battered capability in nuclear research with today's launch of a new institute at the University of Manchester.
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4 July 2005: Controlling conductivity in doped lithium nitrides
It is now possible to control substitution of transition metals in lithium nitride and the level of lithium ion vacancies within the doped structure, report UK chemists.
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Catalyst recycling on tape
Chemists in Germany have demonstrated that certain classes of catalyst can be efficiently and simply recovered from and released into reaction mixtures by using cheap, commercially available Teflon tape.