Fast and furious – Tucking into a casserole straight out of the domesticmicrowave can be a searing experience. But for chemists the effects of superheatingare pure magic. Gavin Whittaker investigates
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Hot Rocks - There's a secret to cooking up the perfect fake diamond or emerald. Whatever your brand of alchemy, throw in a few flaws, says Amy Adams, or the gem police will get you
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Land of the loveless - Three years ago Curtis Abraham set out for the northeast corner of Uganda to find out for himself the truth about the infamous Ika people. This is his story
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In brief : No sex please
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This week at the AAAS : You can look but you can't touch...
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This week at the AAAS : Seek and destroy - Eliminating problem cells improves prospects for transplants
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This week at the AAAS : Now you can find out who owns your genes
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This week at the AAAS : Mummies' curse - Codebreakers hold the key to ancient diseases
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Newswire : Dearth of babies
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Newswire : Animal fears
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This week at the AAAS : What chance we've got the wrong man?
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This week at the AAAS : Fierce wind from space warms the Earth
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Newswire : Asia burns again
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Triumph of the old
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Lost at sea - Seawater launders the evidence after a plane crash
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Netropolitan :
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Netropolitan :
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It's a goal! - Stay tuned to your PC and you need never miss a match again
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Netropolitan : Meet the neighbours
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Rubbing takes the pain away
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Clear as mud
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Focus : Deadly secrets - Random inspections of factories are essential in the global fight against biological weapons. So why won't the US allow them?
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Ringing the changes - The hard slog of making steroids should soon be a distant memory
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About turn - Is there genuine hope of treating malaria at last?
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Brighter future
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Shared roots - Hormones took control long before plants and animals went their separate ways
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AIDS drugs release trapped immune cells
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Gone with the wind - The maths of optics explains what every old sea dog knows
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Patents : Quick brew
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Patents : DIY patents
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Patents : Fast work
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Catalysts for change - Could some cunning chemistry make hydrogen the fuel of the 21st century?
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Follow that pike - A Lycra skin could reveal how a fish cuts hydrodynamic drag
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Technofile : Jet-powered laptop
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Technofile : Bend me, shape me
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Technofile : Spot the arsenic
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Technofile : New rugs for old
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Living dangerously - Standard radiation safety limits used around the world may have to be revised to protect the young and old
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Bearing false witness - Chance matches are much more likely with mtDNA tests
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Naked into battle - Preparations for war in the Gulf have highlighted a major hole in the West's defences
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Plague's progress - A deadly mosquito-borne disease is poised to enter Australia
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Dubious organs
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Opinion
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Fast and furious – Tucking into a casserole straight out of the domesticmicrowave can be a searing experience. But for chemists the effects of superheatingare pure magic. Gavin Whittaker investigates
Features
Hot Rocks - There's a secret to cooking up the perfect fake diamond or emerald. Whatever your brand of alchemy, throw in a few flaws, says Amy Adams, or the gem police will get you
Features
Land of the loveless - Three years ago Curtis Abraham set out for the northeast corner of Uganda to find out for himself the truth about the infamous Ika people. This is his story
Features
Technology
Take a spin...
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Australasian : Manufacturing gathers intelligence - Bob Johnstone tracks a Japanese initiative
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Washington diary : - Andreas Frew reports from the heady heights of Capitol Hill
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Forum : Palms in peril - A fabulous tree in Columbia could be in serious danger, warns Eric Boa
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Forum : Invasion of the space farmers - Today's astronauts are no dazzling wits, but tomorrow's could be worse, says Michael Cross
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Review : Bright light
Books & Arts
Review : Dust down
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Review : Chill out
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Review : Farseers
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Review : Right stuff in the sky
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Review : First, Brain . . .
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Review : . . . then sense
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Review : . . . finally, nonsense
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Bestsellers : from California
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Review : Collected works - Elizabeth Sourbut considers the usefulness of even the most antisocial aliens
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Review : Untangling the Net
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Review : Nitpicking Newton
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Review : Look like a mathematician
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