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Chemistry World January 2007 Yfke Hager |
Careers: Spin-Out Sense Craig Banks is passionate about his chemistry research. In his short academic career he has already co-founded a spin-out firm to make cannabis detectors. |
Chemistry World July 25, 2013 Rowan Frame |
Nanomagnets clean blood Nanoparticles that never have to enter the body can capture harmful components in blood, scientists in Switzerland have shown. |
Chemistry World April 10, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Silicon chip spots dangerous pathogens in human blood Scientists in China have developed a silicon chip doped with silver nanoparticles that can rapidly detect different pathogens in blood samples. |
Reactive Reports David Bradley |
Integrated Biochips A new microfluidic device that can perform sample preparation, polymerase chain reaction, and microarray detection functions on a single device has been developed by US researchers. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2013 Emma Eley |
Sustainable iron catalyst for clean hydrogenation An international team of chemists has reported a clean and green way to perform one of the most important industrial reactions for pharmaceutical and petrochemical synthesis. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2011 Russell Johnson |
Detecting Plasticisers in Drinks A simple red-to-purple color change test could detect food or drinks contaminated with phthalates, say Chinese scientists. |
Reactive Reports Issue 67 David Bradley |
Attractive Changing Colors Chemists have discovered that a simple magnet can be used to change the color of nanoparticles of iron oxide in aqueous suspension. |
Chemistry World July 17, 2012 Harriet Brewerton |
Pinning down cancer US scientists have synthesized pin-shaped nanoparticles with magnetic and optical properties. The nanoparticles could be used for magnetic resonance imaging, early detection and photothermal therapy of cancer and other diseases. |
Chemistry World January 6, 2011 Rachel Cooper |
Toxin sensor for drinking water A green and simple method to make a sensor to detect one of the most toxic cyanotoxins, microcystin-LR, has been devised by scientists from China. |
Chemistry World April 25, 2007 Victoria Gill |
Nanoscale Scales Scientists at MIT have designed a device able to accurately weigh single nanoparticles within a liquid. The new technique is based on the ultra-sensitive mass detection made possible by nanomechanical resonators. |
Chemistry World November 2, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Nanoparticle detector promises fast virus identification The technique, developed by US researchers, can discriminate between different viruses and is sensitive enough to detect the presence of a single virus particle. |
Chemistry World August 19, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Gold nanoparticles detect cancer Chinese scientists have used gold nanoparticles as ultrasensitive fluorescent probes to detect cancer biomarkers in human blood. |
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Jessica Cocker |
Biological fate of nanoparticles in the body Nanoparticles are extremely difficult to detect and measure once they are distributed in a biological system. Now, Spanish scientists have developed a novel way for measuring their biodistribution. |
Chemistry World April 7, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Cells get in line Magnetic nanoparticles that 'shepherd' cells into neat lines have been designed by American scientists. |
Chemistry World January 11, 2012 Hayley Birch |
Drive towards detecting drugs at the roadside The UK government is setting up an advisory panel that will assess the feasibility of roadside testing for drug driving, similar to testing for drunk driving. |
Chemistry World February 14, 2011 Rachel Cooper |
Small and sensitive nanoparticles A new highly sensitive nanoparticle contrast agent for imaging in the body stays in the bloodstream longer and is better at targeting tumors than other nanoparticle contrast agents, say Chinese scientists. |
Chemistry World July 25, 2011 Harriet Brewerton |
DNA Toxic Gas Detector Scientists in the US have developed a sensitive and simple sensor that could be used to detect toxic gases occurring in urban areas. |
Chemistry World May 13, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Combination nanoparticles to fight cancer Korean chemists have assembled a multitalented nanoparticle that can hunt down, treat, and illuminate cancerous cells. |
Chemistry World February 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanomaterials Blossom US researchers have found a new way to use magnetic fields to encourage nanoparticles to self-assemble into unique shapes. |
Chemistry World June 4, 2010 Manisha Lalloo |
Antibacterial nanoparticles from bacteria Scientists have found that silver nanoparticles made using bacteria have better antibacterial properties than their chemically synthesised counterparts. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown. |
Chemistry World October 7, 2011 Sarah Farley |
Detecting diseases with DNA sensors DNA sensors detect pathogenic and genetic diseases by binding to target DNA strands that are related to the disease and giving a signal that shows how much of the DNA is present. |
Chemistry World February 12, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Nanoparticles slow iron absorption in the gut Nanoparticles used in food and pharmaceuticals could have unintended physiological effects. |
Technology Research News July 27, 2005 |
Bacteria drive biochip sensor Researchers are working to connect living cells to computer chips to gain the best of both worlds. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2012 Fiona McKenzie |
Protein sorting within cells US scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles with specific ligands to latch on to and visualize specific proteins in living cells. |
Chemistry World October 15, 2014 Andy Extance |
Fluorescent DNA becomes versatile metal detector Researchers at Stanford University in the US have devised a cheap DNA-based system able to detect and identify an unprecedented number of metals in water. |
Chemistry World April 8, 2014 Powell & Lancaster |
Strength in numbers Analytical science in all its forms makes an enormous contribution to the bottom line and we need a body of analytical chemists capable of both developing new measurement techniques and of applying those that already exist in new ways. |
Chemistry World June 15, 2010 Manisha Lalloo |
Colour change test for brain chemicals Chemists in China have devised a system which uses gold nanoparticles to detect glucose in the brain, based on a simple colour change test. |
Chemistry World February 28, 2006 Jon Evans |
Magnetic Appeal of Shape-Change Polymer Polymer scientists developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field by incorporating magnetic iron(III)oxide nanoparticles into a shape-memory polyetherurethane compound known as TFX. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2010 Emma Shiells |
No stone left unturned in oil hunt Polymer coated nanoparticles could be used to detect unrecovered oil in mature oil fields, say US scientists. |
Chemistry World September 2, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoparticles Paint a Finer Picture Swiss scientists have developed a process that can print detailed images using nanoparticles as 'ink', while maintaining their catalytic and optical properties. |
Chemistry World March 13, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
New Way to Produce Heavy Rare Earth Metals Chemists have for the first time demonstrated the electrochemical reduction of a solid oxide of a heavy rare earth metal into its metallic state. |
Chemistry World April 24, 2013 Rebecca Brodie |
DNA, Russian opera and blue suede shoes Duncan Graham is professor of chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was recently appointed chair of the editorial board for Analyst, and will take up the role in 2014. His research areas include nucleic acid chemistry and synthetic chemistry for bioanalysis. |
Chemistry World July 9, 2013 Daniel Johnson |
Stealthy nanoparticles gather to take on tumors A team of Chinese scientists have created nanoparticles that respond to changes in pH, clumping together in acidic conditions. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2007 Michael Gross |
Nano-Clots Target Tumours Researchers have created nanoparticles that form clots within the blood vessels of tumors. They hope that with further improvements these could be used either to starve tumors or to target them with cytotoxic drugs. |
Chemistry World May 1, 2012 David Bradley |
A colorful way to size up nanoparticles Researchers in China have now developed a straightforward light-scattering technique to estimate the size of gold nanoparticles in the 35 to 110nm range. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles allow remote control of cells In an experiment reminiscent of the mind-control rays that featured prominently in B-movies from the 1950s, scientists in the US have used a magnetic field to alter the behavior of an animal. |