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Banned chemicals found in glacier melt

December 9, 2009
Glaciers melting due to the effects of global warming have become a secondary source of banned pollutants and free chemicals.

The future holds electric dreams

December 8, 2009
The future of the laboratory notebook is electronic according to John McCarthy, as laboratories begin to look for a chemically aware central data storage facility

Nano-scale drug delivery for chemotherapy drugs

December 7, 2009
Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drugs into nano-scale delivery vehicles which can eliminate tumours in one treatment.

Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance

December 4, 2009
Interactions between bacteria that form deadly shields against the body’s natural defences could lead to new ways of treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Good vibrations mean green power

December 3, 2009
An endless supply of free, environmentally sound power could be right under our noses – and all we need to harness it is a rather clever spring

The dominance of the flowering plant

December 3, 2009
Flowering plants gained an evolutionary advantage over rivals but how?

Using evolution to make antivenom

December 3, 2009
Scientists developing antivenom for one of the world’s most deadly jellyfish say that understanding its evolution is key to beating its venom.

Reducing the cost of solar cells

December 2, 2009
A new, less expensive grade of raw material for solar cells has been developed, and the new modules are just as efficient as current solar cells.

Christmas Science

December 1, 2009
We go all festive in the first of our new section where our girl Leila Sattary climbs atop her soap box and tells it like it is_It’s that time of...

Mission to Mars: François Bosquillon de Frescheville has the answer

December 1, 2009
As if getting to Mars wasn’t a big enough challenge to start with – it turns out the really hard part is keeping in contact with Earth – we chat...

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