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Announcement of first academic to benefit from innovative scheme to raise the profile of UK research.
The first EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship has been awarded to Professor Tony Ryan of the University of Sheffield. The aim of the scheme is to enable top-flight UK researchers to raise the profile of their work through newspapers, television, radio and the internet. It was set up in June of this year... view more (2002-09-30)

Circumstellar space: Where chemistry happens for the very first time
Picture a cool place, teeming with a multitude of hot bodies twirling about in rapidly changing formations of singles and couples, partners and groups, constantly dissolving and reforming.   view more (2007-08-01)

New method edges closer to holy grail of modern chemistry
University of Chicago chemist David Mazziotti has developed a new method for determining the behavior of electrons in atoms and molecules, a key ingredient in predicting chemical properties and reactions.   view more (2006-10-13)

Triptolide: A potential drug for polycystic kidney disease
A treatment for polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a leading cause of fatal kidney failure worldwide, has been identified by a research team led by Yale biochemist Craig Crews, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   view more (2007-03-06)

Achieving top grades in science subjects more difficult, proves research
Schoolchildren studying science and technology subjects like Maths, Physics and Chemistry find it much harder to achieve the top exam grades than candidates of similar ability studying subjects like Media Studies and Psychology, proves a new report.   view more (2008-07-01)

Climate Models Overheat Antarctica, New Study Finds
Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Ohio State University.   view more (2008-05-08)

Catalyst mystery unlocked
Different keys are not supposed to fit the same lock, but in biological systems multiple versions of a catalyst all make a reaction go, according to a new study that explains the phenomenon.   view more (2008-08-19)

UF, Columbia scientists closer to new cancer detection method
University of Florida researchers say they are a step closer to a technique to easily detect a wide variety of cancers before symptoms become apparent.   view more (2005-11-30)

New fingerprint breakthrough by forensic scientists
Forensic scientists at the University of Leicester, working with Northamptonshire Police, have announced a major breakthrough in crime detection which could lead to hundreds of cold cases being reopened.   view more (2008-06-03)

Chemistry & Industry - 1 July Issue
NEWS Diseases linked to UV exposure (page 4) The potentially devastating effects of a depleted ozone layer are highlighted by two recent reports detailing the link between ultraviolet exposure and disease in both humans and animals. One shows that the incidence of melanoma can be influenced by... view more (2002-06-26)

Sunflower seeds, pistachios among top nuts for lowering cholesterol
Researchers have known for some time that nuts and seeds are rich sources of phytosterols, a class of plant chemicals that have been shown to reduce cholesterol levels and improve heart health.   view more (2005-12-08)

Tweaking Taxol points way to a greener, more productive future
As the effective cancer-treatment drug Taxol enters its next generation, Michigan State University announces discoveries which point to both environmentally friendly ways to produce more Taxol, and ultimately innovations to produce a more potent second-generation drug.   view more (2006-03-27)

Focus on functional materials development shortchanges opportunities for discovery
The current research focus on "functional polymers" can overlook the opportunity for important discoveries that can arise from basic research on how things work, said a distinguished chemist.   view more (2006-09-11)

NYU researchers decorate virus particles, showing potential to enhance MRI capabilities
Researchers at New York University have made chemical modifications to nanometer sized virus particles—a process that has the potential to improve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. Their results are reported in the latest issue of Nano Letters.   view more (2006-06-14)

Bologna process threatens UK physics degrees
Lack of government leadership in acknowledging the effects of the Bologna Declaration could damage British physics degrees. Chairing a joint meeting of the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Chemistry held at the Institute last week (20 October), Professor Peter Main, the Institute's... view more (2003-10-27)

Chemistry & Industry Magazine - 16 September Issue
NEWS Chemicals stakeholders must all talk and listen: CIA (page 4) Judith Hackitt, director general of the UK’s Chemical Industries Association (CIA), has used the annual UK Trades Union Congress meeting to call for greater trust between stakeholders and the UK chemicals industry, to ensure... view more (2002-09-12)

Researchers find new chemical key that could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics
Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria.   view more (2008-10-29)

Think green, UO's Hutchison says, to reduce nanotech hazards
The University of Oregon's Jim Hutchison already holds three patents in the emerging field of nanotechnology as well as leadership roles in organizations that promote the technology's potential in materials science and medicine.   view more (2008-04-01)

Marijuana-like compounds suppress the immune response
A group of Japanese scientists has discovered that cannabinoids can cause some white blood cells to lose their ability to migrate to the sites of infection and inflammation.   view more (2006-04-27)

Nobel Prize Winner says that to take Advantage of all the Government's work in Improving the Science Base it must act now to Bolster Chemistry Student Numbers
Nobel Laureate and new President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Professor Sir Harry Kroto today issued a stark warning of the economic consequences of the failure to attract more Chemistry students. He said that the present number of around 3000 new undergraduates per year must be increased by... view more (2002-11-13)

New light cast on key chemical reactions in interstellar space
A detailed understanding of key chemical reactions that take place in interstellar space has been provided by groundbreaking research at two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories and two European universities.   view more (2007-07-12)

Infrastructure award for integrated approach to bioscience research
A key feature of the new infrastructure will be a centralised Technology Facility. This will provide a world class technology base to serve both the Biology Department and the Structural Biology Laboratory of the University's Department of Chemistry, and to foster synergistic and multidisciplinary... view more (1999-12-07)

U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Drug Design have developed a new method to combat HIV/AIDS, potentially replacing the traditional cocktail drug approach.   view more (2007-07-24)

Basque Country University researchers publish two articles in Nature on latest discoveries on Venus
Nature journal has published a series of articles devoted to the new discoveries by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express space probe made on our neighbouring planet.   view more (2007-12-03)

Chemistry & Industry Press Release for Issue 24 - Cover Date 17 December
NEWS US Chemicals heading toward trade deficit (p783) The US is set to slide into its first trade deficit since the 1920s next year and the Republic of Ireland will run close to Canada in the race to be the largest exporter to the US in value terms. Cartels face EUR135M fines (p783) Citric acid... view more (2001-12-14)
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