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How do I smell? Much the same as you see

December 2, 2014
Feature
As the International Year of Crystallography approaches its end, Dr David von Stetten explains how unique protein analysis has helped us understand the common mechanisms in our senses Every day...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Stand and deliver – effective antisense delivery

November 25, 2014
Feature
Before we can fully take advantage of antisense therapeutics, we first need to effectively deliver the RNAi agent to its target. When it comes to oligonucleotides, says Dr Catherine McKeen,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Getting a handle on the right gloves

November 18, 2014
Feature
Nick Gardner explores hand protection and chemical hazards in molecular biology Molecular biology by its very nature deals with biology at the smallest level. Coupled with this, is its relatively...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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TB or not TB? How NGS will win the battle against drug-resistance

November 11, 2014
Feature
The stats on TB are deeply worrying: one–third of the world's current population has been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; new infections occur at a rate of one per second – and drug-resistance is...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A quartet of proteomic surprises…

November 6, 2014
Feature
The draft map of the Human proteome is just the beginning of our understanding of the incredible complexity of the human machine. Here Paul Ko Ferrigno discusses some of the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Nobel round-up

October 8, 2014
News
In case you missed them, here is Laboratory News’ round-up of who won what in this year’s Nobel Prize announcements. Each prize is worth 8 million SEK (£0.7 million), and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics
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Chemistry Prize for microscopy technique

October 8, 2014
News
After a short delay, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for the...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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Star-shaped molecule created after 25 year effort

October 2, 2014
News
A complex star-shaped molecule of interlocking rings has been created at the University of Manchester following a quarter of a century of research. The molecule, dubbed the Star of David,...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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Superheavy element pairing probes Einstein’s relativity

September 30, 2014
News
Chemists probing the predictive power of trends in the Periodic Table have successfully established a chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom. The pairing, between seaborgium and...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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Extremophile key to nuclear waste disposal

September 19, 2014
News
A subterranean bacterium could solve the problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste say researchers at the University of Manchester. This is the first time a microbe capable of...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry
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