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• • Structural biology bags chemistry prize - Premium content

    Chemistry Nobel for trio who described the ribosome.

    14 October 2009

  • Ribosome clinches the chemistry Nobel - Premium content

    Three researchers share the prize for revealing the workings of the cell's protein-making machine.

    7 October 2009

  • Research chief steps down over fake data - Premium content

    Peter Chen's integrity 'undamaged' by incident, says boss.

    22 September 2009

  • Ozone threat is no laughing matter - Premium content

    Nitrous oxide poses a growing atmospheric problem.

    27 August 2009

  • Q&A: Beyond petroleum? - Premium content

    BP's chief chemist talks about balancing the company's commitment to renewable energies with profit.

    7 July 2009

  • University fined after researcher's death - Premium content

    Safety failures to be addressed at University of California, Los Angeles.

    6 May 2009

  • Snapshot: Green ham (no eggs) - Premium content

    This year's chemistry Nobel.

    15 October 2008

  • Q&A: Glowing with pride - Premium content

    Nature catches up with freshly-minted Nobel laureate Martin Chalfie.

    13 October 2008

  • Great glowing jellyfish! It's the Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Premium content

    Green fluorescent protein bags the biggest gong in science.

    8 October 2008

  • From fibre to fuel in a flash - Premium content

    Chemists convert cellulose to potential biofuel without enzymes.

    11 September 2008

  • Greedy molecules could be behind the emergence of life - Premium content

    Artificial system shows how a molecular soup could be exploited by a single self-replicating complex.

    26 August 2008

  • Scientists rally to Mexican researchers' plea - Premium content

    Dispute threatens to tear physical-sciences institute apart.

    9 July 2008

  • Chemists spin a web of data - Premium content

    Chemspider website provides free information on millions of molecules.

    7 May 2008

  • Chemical weapons agency shifts focus - Premium content

    Diplomats ponder the dangers posed by the drug industry.

    8 April 2008

  • A tonic for quinine chemistry - Premium content

    1940s re-enactment helps to verify old chemical claim.

    4 February 2008

  • Huge crystal baffles chemists - Premium content

    Molecular cluster defies accurate analysis.

    23 January 2008

  • Model predicts structure of crystals - Premium content

    Software solves long-standing chemical frustration.

    5 December 2007

  • Where have I seen that before? - Premium content

    103-year-old chemical reaction pops up again.

    4 December 2007

  • Worth its weight in platinum - Premium content

    Booming mineral prices leave car makers scrambling to eke more catalytic performance out of precious metals. Jeff Tollefson reports.

    14 November 2007

  • Small-scale technique hits the big time - Premium content

    Mini-explosions under a cell sample could help to identify disease.

    24 October 2007

  • Chemistry Nobel makes a great birthday gift - Premium content

    Solid-surface chemist wins plaudit on seventy-first birthday.

    10 October 2007

  • Clothes launder own fabric - Premium content

    Catalytic cotton chows down on dirt.

    14 June 2004

  • Chemists engineer solution to gas problem - Premium content

    Process may cut bills for turning natural gas to raw ingredient for industrial chemistry.

    5 November 2003

  • NanoKids made in lab - Premium content

    Man-shaped molecules help students learn chemistry.

    14 October 2003

  • Chemists' constant hangs in the balance - Premium content

    New silicon tally may change Avogadro's number.

    22 September 2003

  • Chemists shrink beakers into drops - Premium content

    Floating droplets could make biosensors.

    10 September 2003

  • Oestrogen chemistry hints at HRT harm - Premium content

    Metabolism might explain cancer risk of hormone-replacement therapy.

    9 September 2003

  • Geologists' periodic table designed - Premium content

    Clever graph shows how Earth's chemicals are linked.

    2 September 2003

  • Chemistry Nobel crosses the spectrum - Premium content

    Trio scoop prize for shedding light on protein identity and structure.

    10 October 2002

  • Steel's fatal flaw found - Premium content

    A few nanometres of weakness spell doom for stainless steel.

    14 February 2002

  • Letters from nowhere - Premium content

    Alphabet spelt out spontaneously in mixing chemicals.

    5 November 2001

  • Smelling trouble at sea - Premium content

    Sea-mines might be detectable before they are reached, using a new chemical sensor.

    4 June 2001

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