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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 ...
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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 ...
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Business
Business roundup: March 2010
Air Products makes hostile bid for Airgas Air Products has launched a $7 billion (£4.47 billion) hostile takeover bid for rival gas supplier Airgas to gain access to the US bottled gas market. If shareholders take up the $60 a share bid, the combined company would become the largest industrial ...
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Podcast
February 2010
Chemistry World Podcast - February 201000:12- Introduction01:58-- Molecular walker takes a stroll 05:18-- Why ancient Egyptians put lead in their eye make-up07:30-- Mike Edwards explains what's bugging the bees 14:20 -- A copper catalyst to grab CO2 from the air 17:00-- A two-faced catalyst to turn ...
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Opinion
Letters: February 2010
Source: © BETTMANN/CORBIS C P Snow - author, physicist, diplomat C P Snow, the subject of Mathew Waugh’s ’Last retort’ (Chemistry World, December 2009, p88), knew and greatly admired J Desmond Bernal. Snow’s first novel The Search (1934) included a character modelled on Bernal and tells the ...