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#34
October 2003

From David Bradley Science Writer and
Advanced Chemistry Development

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  The end of spectacles?  A technique for forming a gel inside the eye under physiological conditions has been developed by US researchers.
  Puzzling over pollution solution  The surprising combination of sunlight, the oxidizing power of heme, the heart of our blood's hemoglobin, and the white pigment titanium dioxide as a catalyst can break down some of the most persistent and environmentally damaging pollutants - the organohalides.
  Sandwiched nanotubes  By adding functional groups to carbon nanotubes, researchers working in the US and Italy have taken the first step towards an entirely new type of solar cell.
  Slugs à l'ail  Garlic could be the unlikely source of a new environment-friendly pesticide for eradicating slugs from the vegetable patch, according to researchers at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne speaking at the British Association Science Festival in September.
 
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