All articles by Chemistry World – Page 23
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News
Spinning webs to catch indoor pollutants
A 3D polyamide net structure as a highly sensitive sensor for detecting formaldehyde
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Business
Business roundup: August 2011
Companies making moves into Russia Several companies have made recent moves into Russia. Novartis has started building a new manufacturing site in St Petersburg. The site - to be completed by 2014 - will produce generic as well as branded drugs and create 350 jobs for local people. Novartis says ...
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NewsFormer RSC chief executive dies
Richard Pike, who led the RSC for five years and saw membership rise to record levels, has died at the age of 61
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Podcast
July 2011
Chemistry World Podcast -July 20111:03 - Electron remains stubbornly spherical4:15 - Chemical 'Scotch Tape' separates carbon nanotubes7:42 - Robert Mulvaney is in the British Antarctic Survey cold room talking about what the chemistry of ice can tell us about the atmosphere of the past14:50 - Coin isotopes unravel ancient inflation ...
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Opinion
Letters: July 2011
Many models of chemical bonding have been proposed over the past century and a half. The one clear concept that comes from all of these is the importance of the chemical bond, a localised interaction between two neighbouring atoms, but as Philip Ball pointed out (Chemistry World, March 2011, p33), ...
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Business
Business roundup: July 2011
World digs deep for cheaper vaccination Source: © Ben Fisher/GAVI/2011 UK Prime M inister David Cameron talked of a ’vital issue’ World leaders have pledged $4.3 billion (£2.6 billion) over the next five years to vaccinate 250 million people in developing countries with the help of the ...
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News
Traditional Chinese medicines hampered by EU regulations
The strict registration process in the EU for traditional Chinese medicines could lead to medicine shortages in clinics across Europe
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Podcast
June 2011
Chemistry World Podcast - June 20111:20 - Fish in chips: growing embryos in microfluidic systems3:20 - DNA origami yields tiny flask5:42 - How similar are generic biological drugs to their patented counterparts, and how does that affect how they work? Pauline Rudd explains13:20 - Nanodiamond aerogel hammered out on anvil15:39 ...
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Opinion
Letters: June 2011
In reference to your recent editorial (Chemistry World, May 2011, p2) where the ethics of biofuels are discussed, we believe it is misleading to suggest that deforestation and the displacement of indigenous people are a result of biofuel production. It is accepted that logging is the primary cause of these ...
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Business
Business roundup: June 2011
Succinic acid plans Dutch life and material sciences company DSM and French starch company Roquette Frères are together planning to build what they say will be the largest European plant for the production of succinic acid from biological sources. To be built on the Roquette site at Cassano Spinola ...
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News
Eastern European research blighted by funding shortfall
Funding for science in eastern Europe continues to be overlooked, despite years of economic growth
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News
BASF chemical plant gets the go-ahead in China
Chemical giant gets green light for largest MDI plant in China after vowing to protect the environment
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News
Animal testing alternatives for China
Chinese researchers are starting to investigate alternatives to animal testing in a bid to modernise and cut costs
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Podcast
May 2011
Chemistry World Podcast -May 20111:16 - Battery turns entropy into electricity3:35 - Antibacterial clays kill with iron5:54 - Yi-Fang Chu from Kraft Foods explains the potential health benefits and pitfalls drinking coffee13:06 - Origin of life experiments revisited15:53 - Cleaning up nuclear storage ponds19:16 - Katherine Holt from University College ...