Features – Page 13
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Iron ocean seeding
Carbon sequestration - the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - is an active area of research
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Lead in the environment
Interest in lead pollution has tended to focus on the environmental consequences of the use of tetraethyl lead in petrol and of lead compounds in paint
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Single molecule sequencing
The first draft sequence of the human genome, announced 10 years ago, was time-consuming and expensive
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The medicinal history of phosphorus
In the early Middle Ages 'physicians' treated most illnesses ineffectually, with herbs and plant extracts
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House party: could you float a house with helium balloons?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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Black paper
Flexible carbon nanotube paper is now available for use in high-tech electronics
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Have your coal and burn it
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and allow us to continue using fossil fuels to generate electricity
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Look who discovered caesium...
Although Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff are often credited with the discovery of caesium, this honour belongs to Carl Setterberg
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Recycling plastic bottles
Recycling plastic bottles prevents the plastic from going to landfill, saves energy and reduces our dependency on oil. But what do we have to do to put the bottle back on the supermarket shelf?
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Mass spectrometry - the early days
1912, physicist Joseph John (J. J.) Thomson discovers mass spectrometry
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Modern mass spectrometry
Advances in mass spectrometry (MS) technology over the past 30 years have pushed this technique into the hands of biologists and biochemists
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Synthetic vaccines
The design of synthetic vaccines offers a more systematic approach to vaccine therapy for many illnesses, including cancer, and even drug addiction
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Hot particles: could you blow up the Vatican with antimatter?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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Five 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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Aromatase: a target for cancer treatment
The enzyme aromatase plays an important role in the growth of human tumours. Its recently solved structure should lead to new anticancer drugs.