All articles by Chemistry World – Page 26
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News
Merry Christmas
Chemistry World is taking a break over the festive period and will be back in the new year
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News
Ferrofluids help you see better
Ferrofluids could help optometrists determine prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses
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Podcast
December 2010
Chemistry World Podcast - December 201000:12- Introduction01:26- Using host-guest chemistry as molecular velcro04:45- Nanotubes defuse explosives08:09- University of Bayreuth's Thomas Scheibel untangles the web of research on artificially reproducing the properties of spiders silk ...
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Opinion
Letters: December 2010
I was interested to read Harry Kroto’s account of graphite losing its lubricating properties in a vacuum (Chemistry World, November 2010, p37). When I was working for Morganite Carbon in the early 1960s I saw a demonstration of an electric motor running inside a bell jar. When pressure was ...
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Business
Business roundup: December 2010
Polished performance from Pradaxa The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pradaxa (dabigatran), made by Boehringer Ingelheim, for the prevention of stroke and blood clots in patients with abnormal heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation. Source: © Paul Gunning / Science Photo Library ...
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News
News in brief: December 2010
Hydrogen bond to be redefined The familiar definition of the H bond is set to be overhauled The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s (Iupac’s) Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division is preparing to scrap the familiar hydrogen bond definition, in light of recent evidence about ...
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Podcast
November 2010
Chemistry World Podcast -November 201000:12- Introduction01:20- Non-stick chewing gum hits the market 03:33- Graphene scoops the physics Nobel 07:18- University of Bristol's Richard Evershed explains how isotope ratios in bone collagen can give away the diet habits of ancient populations ...
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Opinion
Letters: November 2010
Clifford Jones proposes that the world’s trees, taken collectively, absorb large amounts of atmospheric CO2 (Chemistry World, October 2010, p34). How can this be true? Any climax ecology, whether forest, peatbog, savannah, or ocean will, if it is dimensionally constant, contain the same amount of ageing, dead and decaying organic ...
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Business
Business roundup: November 2010
Sanofi gets hostile Sanofi-Aventis has taken its $69-per-share (£44-per-share) bid to the Genzyme shareholders, signalling its intent to acquire the US biotech with or without the support of its board - which has unanimously rejected the offer and advised shareholders to hold fast. The Sanofi offer, which values Genzyme ...
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Podcast
October 2010
Chemistry World Podcast -October 201000:12- Introduction01:20 - Cement chemistry partly to blame in BP oil spill 04:33 - In full flight: making cruise emissions count 06:55 - Universityof Essex's Chris Cooper gives us an overview of the current research into artificial blood 14:38 - Oyster glue's secret ingredient 17:38 - ...