All articles by Chemistry World – Page 29
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News
US oil spill testing ground for dispersants
The possibility of using surfactants to treat oil on the ocean floor, at the source of the leak in BP's well in the Gulf, is being tested
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Business
Business roundup: May 2010
Comparative effectiveness With the US coming to terms with the biggest changes to its healthcare system in 60 years, a measure hidden deep within the 2400-page law has come to light - that of comparative effectiveness. The measure will create an institute funded by around $500 million (£335 million) a ...
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Podcast
April 2010
Chemistry World Podcast - April 2010 00:12 - Introduction 01:15 - Striking algal oil 03:56 - Cause of thalidomide deformities uncovered 06:54 - Nadarajah Narendran of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York talks about white LED lighting for the home 14:18 - Silver sputtered nano chips mimic brain synapse ...
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Opinion
Letters: April 2010
I was quite outraged to see the article about the ’golden age of trickery’ surrounding alchemy (Chemistry World, February 2010, p80). David Jones perhaps does not know, or has failed to research, the fundamentals of the sulfur, mercury and salt that are the core of alchemy. He does not appear ...
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Business
Business roundup: April 2010
Merck joins the cost-cutting crowd Following its $41 billion (£27 billion) merger with Schering-Plough, US drug giant Merck & Co. has announced a ’merger restructuring plan’ that in its first phase will see 17,500 jobs cut. At the time of the merger announcement, the company said it aimed to shave ...
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News
All aboard the DNA nanotube
Cargo-carrying DNA nanotubes that can rapidly release their load on demand have been made for the first time by Canadian researchers
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Podcast
March 2010
Chemistry World Podcast - March 2010 00:12 - Introduction 01:47 - Male fertility exam at home 04:07 - Cancer risk from 'third-hand smoke' 07:20 - Mark Korsmit from paint company AkzoNobel discusses paint used on McLaren Mercedes 2010 Formula 1 car 14:00 - How spider silk soaks up water 16:30 ...
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Opinion
Letters: March 2010
The headline Nuclear waste research resurface s (Chemistry World, January 2010, p12) better profiles my concerns than I could have imagined. In my opinion, and subject to an understanding of tolerability of risk, no toxic material should ever be left to the vagaries of uncertain isolation and abandonment. The public ...