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  A TCD researcher makes the first use of X-rays to capture structural images of proteins that are essential for health, writes Dick Ahlstrom p
  

• Poisons could point to cures

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• Gas-guzzling US in denial on link to looming global-warming crisis

  Under the Microscope:   I am very worried about our warming world. Unless we successfully tackle this situation right away, we will bequeath a nightmare world to our children. There is now no doubt that what I say is scientifically valid, so why is there no great sense of urgency about this matter? asks Prof William Reville p
  

• Copper is the key to quality of sea water

  Necessity is the mother of invention, and the quest of one marine chemist to measure copper levels in Atlantic coastal waters has led her to some unusual working arrangements, including an impromptu lab in a van. Her experiments' results suggest trace copper levels can provide important information about local water mixing patterns and contamination. p
  

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