In focus – Page 18
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Soundbite
Xenon dioxide
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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News
Big bangs and teacher fellows
Around 29,000 people flocked to the Big Bang at London's ICC ExCeL Centre
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The Mole
Rare earth elements
They sit at the bottom of the periodic table like they don’t belong, but these elements are vital ingredients in many gadgets and ‘green’ technologies. Tom Westgate finds out what makes them so versatile and valuable.
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The Mole
Alien planets
Last November’s discovery of an alien planet in the Milky Way will provide scientists and astronomers with a wealth of new information
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The Mole
Breaking Bad – poisoning gangsters with phosphine gas
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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Feature
Radium - a key element in early cancer treatment
An early example of how blue skies research by Pierre and Marie Curie led to the treatment of previously incurable cancers
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Feature
A sinister side to a synthetic sex hormone
The story of the discovery, synthesis and prescription of a synthetic hormone, and the effects on those who took it and their descendants
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The Mole
National Treasure: can lemon juice and hot breath reveal invisible ink?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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The Mole
Nanoparticle Protection
New inorganic nanoparticles that simultaneously restore and preserve ancient artworks have been developed by researchers in Italy