All articles by Vikki Allen – Page 2

  • News

    Technical trouble

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Paul Boateng, chief secretary to the Treasury in the UK, has called on politicians and scientists to recognise the importance of further education (FE) in the UK.

  • News

    Locating a poison

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    It's a diet of toxic beetles for some frogs and birds

  • Feature

    The changing image of chemistry

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The public face of chemistry has undergone many changes in recent times. Vikki Allen looks into some past and present perceptions

  • News

    Sweet centres

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Dendrimers with sugar interiors could be used as enzyme mimics

  • News

    Catalytic behaviour

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Small changes mean big effects for designer catalysts

  • Review

    ReSourCe

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Royal Society of Chemistry

  • News

    Macromolecules shape up

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Engineered, shaped molecules to act as designer devices.

  • News

    Crystal engineering networks

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The RSC has launched a new website for crystal engineers that will provide a central base for researchers worldwide and give them access to an array of services.

  • News

    In Brief

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Gordon F Kirkbright; BOC Group; National Cancer Institute; Sheffield University; Initiative for Science in Europe

  • News

    Bonding behaviour

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The first zinc-zinc bonded complex shown to be stable.

  • News

    Frying tonight?

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Eating fish is good for the heart, but watch how it's cooked.

  • News

    Global warming debate heats up

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Controversy over new method to cut atmospheric CO2 levels.

  • News

    The deep blue sky's the limit

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    True blue-sky research is becoming a thing of the past, fears Donald Braben, visiting professor at University College London, UK, who wants to see the trend reversed.

  • News

    Arthritis pain relief proves ineffective

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory creams are only helpful in the short term.

  • News

    The effects, if any, of antidepressants

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The most popularly prescribed class may only be marginally effective