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23 November 2005
Nature produces a seemingly limitless number of compounds that are valuable for treating disease. Over 30% of the top-...
18 May 2005
Photo-therapy is the term used to describe treatments which use light to achieve their effects. But how do these work...
11 May 2005
The recently discovered traces of ricin in a makeshift laboratory in a flat in London have caused a media frenzy over...
16 March 2005
Claire McLoughlin describes the chemistry of cooking including what chemical changes occur in food when we cook it, and...
26 January 2005
A report was published warning that Britain's prosperity will suffer if the government does not come up with new...
22 September 2004
Water, with its incredible properties, is considered an essential ingredient for life. But how does it contribute to...
08 September 2004
By the year 2020, the number of people in the world suffering from blindness will have risen to 45 million. The vast...
18 August 2004
Nanomedicine, nanotechnology and nanoengineering are the future of science and medicine. Barry Gibb describes how the...
11 August 2004
I am organising a public event in Oxford entitled "The Science of Wine Tasting"...