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2008

 

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Dec. 2008

(7/70)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 24 (22.12.), 29
    review of "Nickel and its surprising impact in Nature" by A. Sigel, H. Sigel, and R.K.O. Sigel, eds.
    [book review]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 23 (09.12.), R1073
    Bee gloom deepens
    As the loss of bee colonies continues with no remedy in sight, British beekeepers have asked their government for a five-fold increase in spending on bee research.
    [environment]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 24 (23.12.), R1112
    Acid tests
    Researchers warn that the excess carbon dioxide we produce increases the acidity of the oceans much faster than expected.
    [climate change]
    [restricted access]

  • Groß M:
    Chemie in unserer Zeit 42, Nr 6, 374
    Ein schlumpfblaues Protein
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 12, 1227
    Ausgeforscht: Moleküle, Menschen, Marketing

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 12, 1256
    Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Neues aus dem Reich der Viren
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Groß M:
    Spektrum der Wissenschaft Nr 12, 14-15
    Grünes Licht für Biologen
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Nov. 2008

    (3/63)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World No 11, 24 (online: 30.09.)
    Cracking wood gently
    [biofuel]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 21 (10.11.), 30
    review of "The ubiquitous roles of cytochrome P450 proteins" by A. Sigel, H. Sigel, and R.K.O. Sigel, eds.
    [book review]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 22 (24.11.), 31
    From persistence to luck: review of "The drunkard's walk - how randomness rules our lives" by Leonard Mlodinow
    [book review]

  • ...

    Oct. 2008

    (6/60)

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 20 (28.10.), R937
    Humboldt hopes
    A group of key universities is challenging market-driven targets.
    [education]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, published online on October 21, 2008, doi: 10.3354/esep00094
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Oxford Today 21, No 1 (Michaelmas 2008), 24-25
    Catalysing a brighter future
    [catalysis]
    [free access]

  • Groß M:
    Chemie in unserer Zeit 42, Nr 5, 307
    Pflanzeninhaltsstoffe: Warum Chilischoten scharf sind
    [Biochemie]

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 10, 998
    Ausgeforscht: Wie soll das Kind denn heißen?

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 10, 1032
    Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Leben im Salzstress
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Sep. 2008

    (2/54)

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 17 (09.09.), R722
    Palm reach
    Germany's Max Planck Society has secured funding for its first institute on US soil, due to open next year.
    [germany]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Education in Chemistry 45 No 4, 141-143
    Better than antibiotics?
    [medicine]

  • ...

    Aug. 2008

    (6/52)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 11.08. (online only)
    Hot chillis evolved to kill fungi
    [biochemistry]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 15 (11.8.), 29
    Microbe hunters become the hunted (review of "Deadly companions" by D. H. Crawford)
    [book review]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 16 (26.08.), R684
    Pesticides linked to bee deaths
    For the first time, a chemicals company has paid compensation to beekeepers for loss of colonies.
    [environment]
    [restricted access]

  • Groß M:
    Biologie in unserer Zeit Nr 4, 221
    Neue Wege für den Artenschutz in Afrika
    [Afrika]

  • Groß M:
    Chemie in unserer Zeit 42, Nr 4, 254
    Energieumwandlung: Lichtgetriebener Molekülmotor
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Groß M:
    Spektrum der Wissenschaft Nr 8, 16-17
    Laserskalpell mit Tiefenwirkung
    [Medizin] [organische Chemie]

  • July 2008

    (4/46)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 13 (7.7.), 28
    Right answers for wrong questions (review of "Ten questions that science can't answer (yet)" by M. Hanlon)
    [book review]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 14 (22.07.), R576-7
    Kenya's conservation challenge
    The world's thirst for biofuel and the recent political turmoil threaten conservation efforts in Kenya.
    [africa]
    [restricted access]

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 4, 733
    Ausgeforscht: Pisa, Bologna, Florenz ... ?

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 4, 447
    Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Reise zum Ursprung der Säugetiere
    [genome]

  • June 2008

    (9/42)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 12.06. (online only)
    Light drives plastic motor
    [nanoworld]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 11 (03.06.), R447-8
    Waste potential
    A small refinery in Saxony, Germany, may be the first step into a greener future for biofuels.
    [biofuel] [germany]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 12 (24.06.), R495-6
    French research split
    Life scientists are particularly worried by the recent announcement of reforms that will divide the CNRS into separate divisions.
    [france]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 12 (24.06.), R498-9
    Cocoa solid
    Conservationists in Ghana are pioneering new community-based approaches that boost incomes for local people from the outset.
    [africa] [earthwatch]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Oxford Today 20, No 3 (Trinity 2008), 12-14
    Swanning around, but with purpose
    [history of science]
    [free access]

  • Groß M:
    Chemie in unserer Zeit 42, Nr 3, 189
    Naturmaterialien: Spinnenseide durch Mikrofluidik?
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 6, 634
    Ausgeforscht: Sind wir bald entbehrlich?

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 6, 659
    Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Desoxyribonucleinsäure auf der Molekülbaustelle
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Groß M:
    Spektrum der Wissenschaft Nr 6, 19-20
    Selbstheilendes Gummi
    [organische Chemie]

  • May 2008

    (3/33)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 5, No 5, 26 (online: 01.04.)
    Aluminium's vaccine boost explained
    [medicine]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 30.05. (online only)
    Improving photodynamic cancer therapy
    [medicine]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No (20.05.), R397
    Televisuals
    Germany's national research council has started posting weekly videoblogs in the hope of reaching young audiences.
    [restricted access]

  • ...

    Apr. 2008

    (5/30)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 7 (7.4.), 28
    Digital takeover (review of "The chemistry of photography" by D. Rogers)
    [book review]

  • Groß M:
    Chemie in unserer Zeit 42, Nr 2, 70
    DNA-Kräne und -Baumaterial
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 4, 410
    Ausgeforscht: Am Fuß der Ranking-Leiter

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 4, 447
    Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Rund ums rote Blutkörperchen
    [Medizin]

  • Groß M:
    Spektrum der Wissenschaft Nr 4, 19-20
    Gecko im Operationssaal
    [Nanokosmos]

  • Mar. 2008

    (9/25)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 5, No 3, 26 (online: 18.02.)
    Nanofibre tape is sticky stuff
    [nanoworld]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 5, No 3, 27 (online: 11.02.)
    Machines get a taste for espresso
    [analytical chemistry]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 5, No 3, 40 (online: 23.01.)
    Turning gas into fuel cheaply
    [energy]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 11.03. (online only)
    Chemical wheel could boost computers
    [nanoworld]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 06.03. (online only)
    Sea cucumbers inspire switchable material
    [nanoworld]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 5 (10.3.),
    Not a mirror image (review of "Asymmetric synthesis: the essentials" by M. Christmann, S. Bräse, eds.)
    [book review]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 5 (11.03.), R181
    Polestar push
    In this International Polar Year, German researchers in the Antarctic are busier than ever.
    [climate change, life on the edge]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 6 (25.03.), R227-28
    Not in our backyard
    Many African nations have jumped at the opportunity to grow fuel crops to boost their export business, but now the backlash has started.
    [Africa, biofuel]
    [restricted access]

  • Groß M:
    Spektrum der Wissenschaft Nr 3, 19-20
    Molekulares Möbiusband mit Kippschalter
    [organische Chemie]

  • Feb. 2008

    (10/16)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 5, No 2, 29 (online: 16.01.)
    Chemists tame the uranyl ion
    [inorganic chemistry]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 29.02. (online only)
    Modified nanotubes catalyse fuel cells
    [energy]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 20.02. (online only)
    Rubber that heals itself
    [organic chemistry]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 3 (12.02.), R97-98
    Ranking wrangling
    German academics are publicly worrying about the best way of bolstering recent academic successes.
    [germany]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 3 (12.02.), R100-01
    New inputs
    A new project looks at ways to boost natural methods to help manage some of the most valuable agricultural land in the world.
    [earthwatch, wine]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Oxford Today 20, No 2 (Hilary 2008),
    Weaving webs of wonder
    [nanoworld]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Oxford Today 20, No 2 (Hilary 2008),
    100 years of engineering science
    [history of science]
    [free access: scroll down]

  • Groß M:
    Chemie in unserer Zeit 42, Nr 1, 6
    Pflanzenzüchtung: Ein Prosit dem Wein-Genom
    [Wein]

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 2, 120
    Ausgeforscht: Wo man singt ...

  • Groß M:
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 2, 148
    Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Bakterien am Schopf gepackt
    [Nanokosmos]

    reprinted in: Österreichische Apotheker-Zeitung 62, Nr 15, 778-9 (21.7.2008).

  • Jan. 2008

    (6/6)

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 5, No 1, 56-58
    Portable organs
    [medicine]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 31.01. (online only)
    A DNA crane for molecular building sites
    [nanoworld]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry World 14.01. (online only)
    Ice cream without the crunch
    [biochemistry]
    [free access]

  • Gross M:
    Chemistry & Industry No 2 (28.1.),
    Threat or promise (review of "What's science ever done for us" by P. Halpern)
    [book review]

  • Gross M:
    Current Biology 18, No 2 (22.01.), R46-47
    Algal biofuel hopes
    The US Department of Energy gave up a decade ago but the prospect of biofuel from algae is making a surprise return.
    [biofuel]
    [restricted access]

  • Gross M:
    Education in Chemistry 45, No 1, 22-23, 28
    Biosensors based on DNA
    [nanoworld]

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