All Feature articles – Page 27
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FeatureGood lab practice
Students who want to work as analytical chemists in industry need to be introduced to the basic regulatory requirements of 'good laboratory practice'
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FeatureCF3SF5 - a 'super' greenhouse gas
Trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride - a byproduct of the electronics industry - has been named a 'super' greenhouse gas by physical chemists
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FeatureBiosensors based on DNA
Chemists are developing new medical and environmental sensors based on DNA sequences which have been selected to bind certain targets such as cancer markers in blood
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FeatureBelladonna, broomsticks and brain chemistry
Poisonous plants such as deadly nightshade produce toxic tropane alkaloids. These chemicals have been exploited in magic, murder and the design of a host of useful therapeutic drugs
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FeatureHalogenating enzymes in organic synthesis
The use of haloperoxidases, from seaweed, in organic syntheses is simple and cost-effective and offers more environmentally-friendly routes to a host of compounds
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FeatureI can see clearly now...
Thanks to advances in polymer chemistry contact lenses are now more comfortable and fashionable
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FeatureEarly pain-free days
Towards the latter part of 19th century cocaine provided the lead for chemists to develop effective local anaesthetics for dental surgery
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FeatureFuelling the future: solid phase hydrogen storage
The portable and safe storage of hydrogen will be fundamental to the success of fuel cell-powered cars
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FeaturePolymers on the move
Fuel prices and the impact transport has on the environment are leading car and aircraft manufacturers to use more lightweight plastics and composites in their products
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FeatureBuild your own spectrophotometer
By designing and building their own visible-light spectrophotometers, students get to grips with the underlying principles of this widely used analytical tool
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FeatureHarnessing solar energy with Grätzel cells
Chemists from the Universities of Loughborough and Bristol have teamed up to take a research-based project into local schools
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FeatureCocaine - a short trip in time
In the latter half of the 19th century chemists started to investigate the properties of cocaine. Elucidation of its molecular structure followed some 30 years later
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FeatureNanotechnology update
The past 10 years have witnessed myriad R&D programmes in nanotechnology around the world
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FeatureUnderstanding our changing atmosphere
Research by chemists into the chemical processes occurring in the troposphere could help to predict the likely impacts of climate change upon atmospheric conditions
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FeatureExperimenting with biodiesel
The synthesis of biodiesel is exploited to teach general chemistry principles and as a way of fostering a 'green conscience' within undergraduate chemistry students
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FeatureHistorical highlights in organoarsenic chemistry
Organoarsenic compounds have given insight into important theoretical topics in chemistry and proved to have beneficial pharmacological effects
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FeatureInvestigating commercial sunscreens
Commercial sunscreens provide the basis of an industry-linked investigation suitable for students at various levels
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FeaturePesticides - keeping one step ahead
Organic chemists have developed myriad agents to kill pests
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FeatureFighting skin cancer with prodrugs
Prodrugs - selective chemical agents - are beginning to show potential as a cure for skin cancer
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FeatureWhich chemistry course?
Selecting the right chemistry course and the right institution are paramount in a prospective chemist's life