News March 2005
Catalytic trees improve selectivity
Size is important for catalytic dendrimers
Clandestine chemists at it again
Drug testers could be one step ahead of the latest attempt to add to the list of unsporting performance-enhancing drugs
Don't panic
UK reports of global warming are greatly exaggerated, say members of the Scientific Alliance
Genetic test for personalised prescriptions
When the human genome project was completed five years ago, many experts predicted that personalised medicine would swiftly follow
In Brief
Kilogram; Ministry for Natural Resources; Shire Pharmaceuticals; Gillette; Animal rights
Innovative collaboration
The future of the chemical sciences rests on increasing support for innovation
More power to China
High temperature gas-cooled reactor to be built in Shandong
Moving to Manchester
Researchers are still waiting in the wings to take up positions at the all-new University of Manchester
Nature's mosquito repellent
Stressed out individuals deter blood-sucking pests
Risky business
The chemical industry and its customers are at odds in the way they view risk
Robert Grubbs wins prestigious award
The 2005 Paul Karrer Gold Medallion has been awarded to Robert H Grubbs
Technology pushes fuel-cell vehicle development
Fuel cell powered vehicles must have the same, or better, performance than those driven by a conventional internal combustion engine
Terrorism illuminated
German chemists say they have developed a system for aerial detection of possible sabotage
A nozzle for easy introduction
Pneumatic nebuliser offers a much improved route for sample introduction
An economical transformation
The way that molecules arrange themselves as solids can be changed with just a drop of solvent
Anthrax under attack
A first step to rapid anthrax detection in tap water has been made
Drug delivery branches out
Dendrimers have been designed to deliver drugs on target
Elemental analysis goes organic
The possibility of detecting organic compounds by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been opened up by a team of UK scientists
Enzyme complex exposed to oxidation
Novel Fe-S structure allows the development of more efficient catalysts
Harvesting solar energy at the right dose
Researchers are shedding light on the photosynthetic mechanism
Heart disease test within spitting distance
US researchers have come up with a novel microchip-based assay with the potential to help diagnose heart disease and associated inflammatory conditions.
Icy response to isotope ratios
Icy response to isotope ratios
Illuminating the inside of cancer cells
Fluorescence studies show up zinc complexes in human cancer cells
Ionic liquids clean up
A greener way to extract metal ions from water is being developed by US chemists.
Isomeric surprise
New drugs could be on their way after a fortuitous discovery
Keeping chirality under control
Inorganic layers hold drug molecules in place
Molecules of mental disorder
Researchers close in on a molecular target for schizophrenia
Nano speedboat
Nanomachines have been developed to swim like bacteria
Nature's warning signs
Prey avoid predators by looking the same but tasting different
Oxygen detection lights up
Trap-and-trigger method traps singlet oxygen
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