All articles by Steve Down – Page 2
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18 August 2005: Liquid crystals enter an extended blue phase
Liquid crystals with blue phases that exist over a surprisingly wide temperature range will lead to new applications in photonics, say researchers.
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10 August 2005: Recreational drugs down the drain
The discovery of cocaine by-products in an Italian river challenges official figures on national cocaine consumption and has prompted similar analysis of other drugs.
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27 July 2005: Carbon nanotubes receive support for metallisation
Carbon nanotubes have been fixed to metal surfaces to increase the range of metals that can be coated by electroless deposition.
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25 July 2005: Firelies light the way for capillary NMR
A rare American firefly has acted as a test case for the discovery of new natural products from a largely untapped source.
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14 July 2005: Road kill assists pollutant monitoring
An animal-friendly scheme for monitoring the spread of toxic brominated fire retardants in the environment relies on the analysis of mammalian hair rather than post mortem tissue.
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13 July 2005: Chemical technique separates the sheep from the goats
A protein biosensor for discriminating between meat juices from the flesh of different animals has been developed by Swedish scientists.
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20 May 2005: Tear proteins altered by eye disease
Proteomics study flags up biomarkers for the chronic eye disease blepharitis
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18 May 2005: Sustainable hydrogen storage
Hydrogen (H2) offers a sustainable energy carrier to replace fossil fuels, but storing the large volumes of H2 needed provides a serious challenge.
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17 May 2005: This product may contain nuts
New rapid immunochemical test detects nut allergens fast
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Analysis to age an Amontillado
The age of vintage sherries can be authenticated using statistics
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Markers for irradiated food
Gamma-ray treated food can be distinguished from untreated equivalent
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Indigoid dyes in artworks
Analysing organic dyes should improve the restoration of historic paintings
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Radioactive discharge measurement
New methods for detecting radioactive output from nuclear power stations
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