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#27
October 2002

From David Bradley Science Writer and
Advanced Chemistry Development

  Reactive Science News sciencebase science newsfeed
 
  Diamonds of the river  A new source of diamonds could soon be unearthed in central Russia thanks to a novel isotope-hydrogeochemical technique developed by Russian scientists.
  Oxygen therapy for terpenes  An innovative approach to the oxidation of terpenes could open up new ways of making perfumes, flavourings, and pharmaceuticals, according to chemists in the UK.
  Greener ionic liquids  A greener-still class of room temperature ionic liquids to replace toxic and flammable organic solvents has been devised by German chemists.
  Sport and paté don't mix Eating pork before a sporting event could put the athletes at risk of testing positive for the outlawed drug nandrolone, according to Portuguese researchers.
 
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View our recent presentations online:

  SMASH 2002, September, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
ACS Fall 2002, August 19 - 21, Boston, MAFL, USA

Robert S. DeWitte: Accelerating the Drug Discovery Process with Analytical Informatics (PPT, 7.08 Mb ZIP file)

Michael McBrien, Daria Jouravelva, Ed Kolovanov: High Throughput Chromatographic Method Selection (PDF, 931 Kb)
  ACD/Labs has developed a method to select between generic methods based on expected chemical structures. A database of successful separations is used to link generic methods to the sample types for which they are best suited. Continue...
 
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