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The oil question: nature and prognosis.
December 22, 2008... ABSTRACT A review is given of the nature and origins of crude oil (petroleum) along with factors relating to its production and demand for it. The modern globalised world economy and its population has grown on the assumption of limitless supplies of cheap crude oil. Almost all...

How to study DNA and proteins by linear dichroism spectroscopy.(Report)
December 22, 2008... ABSTRACT The technique of linear dichroism (LD) is a simple absorbance technique that uses two polarised light beams. Since only oriented molecules show different absorbances for different polarisations, LD detects only oriented molecules. In aqueous solutions, flow orientation is an...

Professor Sir Howard Dalton FRS: (8th February 1944-12th January 2008).(Obituary)(Obituary)
December 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The untimely death of one of the UK's leading microbiologists was marked by a Memorial Event at the University of Warwick on 19th May 2008 attended by his wife and family and a very large number of his former colleagues and students. A number of lectures were given...

A tribute to Howard Dalton and methane monooxygenase.(In memoriam)
December 22, 2008... ABSTRACT This is a brief account of the scientific contribution of Professor Sir Howard Dalton FRS, who died in January 2008. It starts with his important study of the physiology of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, but concentrates on his work on methane oxidation. This started with the...

The myth of the boiling point.
September 22, 2008... ABSTRACT Around 1800, many reputable scientists reported significant variations in the temperature of pure water boiling under normal atmospheric pressure. The reported variations included a difference of over 1[degrees]C between boiling in metallic and glass vessels (Gay-Lussac), and...