All articles by Chemistry World – Page 23
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Opinion
Letters: September 2011
In his Last retort article on chemical words (Chemistry World, June 2011, p72), David Jones comments that the chemical name of DDT is the only one he knows of which fits perfectly into a poem. Paul Ehrlich’s anti-syphilis drug Salvarsan has also been set to poetry. The following limerick ...
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Business
Business roundup: September 2011
Challenges for the drugs to help you quit Source: © Shutterstock Tobacco kills six million people every year The share price of US-based Nabi Biopharmaceuticals has fallen by 70 per cent after it announced that its nicotine addiction treatment, NicVax, failed to reach its endpoint in the ...
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News
Chemical profits nibbled by oversupplies
Although China's chemical industry posted good figures in their mid-year reports, there could be a shadow looming on the horizon
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Podcast
August 2011
Chemistry World Podcast -August 20111:33 - Rollerball writes electronics straight to paper 3:30- Dinosaur smile reveals secret to staying cool 6:05- Julie Forman-Kay reveals that disordered, unfolded proteins are much more functional and much more common than previously thought 13:00- Cells turned into living lasers with fluorescent protein 15:27- A ...
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Opinion
Letters: August 2011
I read with interest and some trepidation your recent article on UK copyright laws (Chemistry World, July 2011, p11). The Digital Opportunity report mentioned in the article recommends that the UK Government introduces an exception to its copyright law to allow text and data mining of copyright works for non-commercial ...
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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