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Tobacco-smoke residue that lingers in furniture, curtains and house dust can still be harmful
Monday 18 September 2017
Dr Jacqueline Hamilton, Reader in the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) has written a piece on the harmful effects of tobacco-smoke residue for The Conversation UK.
York chemists pioneer new directional drug release gel
Friday 15 September 2017
Scientists in the Department of Chemistry have created a new smart gel that can be shaped by UV light and is able to control the direction in which drugs are released.
Could interstellar ice provide the answer to birth of DNA?
Friday 15 September 2017
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into the building blocks of DNA.
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