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We’ll drink to that

June 3, 2019
Insight
Dr Leonardo Chiappisi and Dr Isabelle Grillo are fascinated with the popular Italian liquor limoncello and its distinct milky appearance. But how, exactly, could this help them develop speciality chemicals?...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Interviews
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Essex glassblowers announce £1.2M expansion

May 31, 2019
News
Scientific equipment manufacturer Radleys has invested more than £1.2 million in a new glassblowing manufacturing facility.
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Living the single life

May 27, 2019
Feature
Scientists are increasingly taking advantage of microfluidic technology for single cell applications to understand individual cells and their role in health and immunity. Here we look at latest advances in...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Brexit causing pesticide regulatory fears

May 23, 2019
News
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union includes the removal of a blanket ban on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), according to the UK Trade Policy Observatory, which would weaken regulation...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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The secret microbiome

May 21, 2019
Feature
Auto-immune disease, obesity and even cancer… the microbiome is clearly involved in much of human health. No surprise really, we are as much microbe as we are human. What is...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Brexit bomb

May 15, 2019
Insight
In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them feels to me worryingly like the first real casualty for...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Forensics, Geology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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Putting your finger on it

May 14, 2019
Feature
Nanoparticles could well be the future of fingermark detection. Not only do they promise sensitivity and selectivity, says Dr Sébastien Moret but they have also furthered our understanding of the...
Chemistry, Materials
Forensics, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Endlessly recyclable plastic

May 8, 2019
News
By separating plastic monomers from chemical additives, researchers may have created fully recyclable plastics. Molecular scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a new type of plastic: polydiketoenamine, or...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Making a value judgement

May 7, 2019
Feature
Bioethics has become a global endeavour – and a good thing too says Catherine Joynson. As we push the boundaries of what we do with biology, we need to ask...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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House of Lords calls for urgent forensics revamp

May 1, 2019
News
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called for urgent reforms to forensic science in England and Wales, which it says is in a state of crisis and...
Chemistry
Forensics, Policy
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