All Biology articles – Page 10
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FeatureFive rings good, four rings bad
Fifty years ago steroid abuse among sportsmen and women was a serious problem. Today, thanks to the skills of analytical chemists, the sporting cheats rarely win
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FeatureOcean Acidification
Recent evidence suggests that ocean removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is having serious consequences for marine life
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FeatureCatalysts for a green industry
Chemists are working to develop new, longer-lasting catalysts to ensure industrial processes are cleaner, greener and more efficient
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FeatureIf it smells - it's chemistry
Smell is the most chemical of all the senses - but what's the theory behind the practice?
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FeatureMicrobial iron scavengers
Medicinal and analytical chemists take their cue from micro-organisms' ability to bind to iron in the design of new drugs and sensors
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FeatureInvestigations get real
What real chemists do can be the basis of motivating investigations and learning in school chemistry
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Lesson planHow do scientists grow protein crystals? | 14-16 years
Discover the methods and conditions used by chemical scientists to grow protein crystals in this lesson plan with activities for 14–16 year olds.
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The MoleSoap: can you make it with body fat and is there an explosive spin-off?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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FeatureInvestigating activation energies
A challenge for post-16 students to investigate the activation energies of the enzyme-catalysed and the inorganic-catalysed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
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FeatureArtemisinin and a new generation of antimalarial drugs
Every year between one and two million people - mainly children - living in the tropics and subtropics die of malaria.
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FeatureSpicing up Chemistry
Spices have been used in cooking since Roman times, and were believed to be important as antiparasitic agents and as gastrointestinal protectants in the diet
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FeaturePercivall Pott, chimney sweeps and cancer
Over 200 years ago, doctor and writer Percivall Pott made the astute connection between soot and scrotal cancer, known then as the chimney sweep's cancer.
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FeatureChemistry, medicine and genetic analysis
In the near future, doctors will be able to carry out a 'while you wait' test, using genetic analysis, for chlamydia, the silent disease that can lead to infertility in women.