All articles by Chemistry World – Page 31
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Business
Business roundup: February 2010
Haiti’s helpers The horrendous magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti has prompted many companies to provide what assistance they can. The earthquake has destroyed roads and buildings and claimed thousands of lives - the Red Cross has estimated that at least 50,000 people have lost their lives to the quake ...
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News
News in brief: February 2010
Molecules replace mice in mazes We have all heard of psychologists training mice to solve mazes, but researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois, US, have found that molecules can do the same trick. Source: © Journal of the American Chemical Society Molecules can solve simple mazes ...
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News
The Royal Institution: two centuries of impact
A former director of research says the Royal Institution's key role in cutting edge research should not be forgotten
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Opinion
Letters: January 2010
I do not recognise the picture of dug discovery at the ’coal-face’ painted by Clare Sansom and her sources in the article Molecules made to measure (Chemistry World, November 2009, p50) I worked at Roche UK (Roche Research Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts) as a young medicinal chemist in the ...
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Business
Business roundup: January 2010
Bayer to reduce cost of chlorine production German chemicals giant Bayer is commercialising a new way of making chlorine that it says uses 30 per cent less energy than current production methods. Better still, the company plans to make it possible to retrofit the technology to existing plants. Around ...
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News
News in brief: January 2010
Flexible organic flash memory In international team of researchers has made an elusive component of organic electronics - a flash memory transistor that can be incorporated into a thin, flexible plastic sheet. Source: © Science A flexible, flash memory transistor opens the door to new appliances ...
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Podcast
January 2010
Chemistry World Podcast - January 201000.11 - Introduction02.08 - Non-protein antifreeze helps Arctic beetle chill out 04.22 - Mussel proteins inspire new diabetes treatment 06.53 - Ben Feringa on the future of molecular machines 14.15 - Carbonic acid captured16.36 - Breaking the strongest bonds 19.18 - Marco Leona on analytical ...
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News
New approach for EU research called for
Experts call for EU leaders to make 'radical improvements' in research policy following an assessment of the current state of European science
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Podcast
December 2009
Chemistry World Podcast - December 200900.11 - Introduction01.52 - Nanoscience brings artworks back to life04.30 - Monitoring asthma with mobile phones07.00 - Mike Barlow on spectroscopy opening windows on the universe14.03 - Acid solution for nanotube fibres16.09 - New evidence for toxic effects of inhaled nanotubes19.02 - Sigurd Hofmann on ...
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News
China's war on food additives a difficult task
A year on from the melamine contamination that aroused wide public concern and caused thousands of children to fall ill, the Chinese authorities have launched a new round of campaigns to clean up the food additives market
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News
Heavy metals cause further troubles
Despite governmnet crackdowns, further cases of heavy metal pollution and poisoning have been reported across China
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News
Liang Zicai: brewing Chinese siRNA dream
Small-interfering RNA landed in Liang Zicai's sights a decade ago, and has remained his focus ever since
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Opinion
Letters: December 2009
So now (post 30 September 2009) you can’t buy sodium chlorate weedkiller, ostensibly as the result of a Brussels directive. Apparently it is too toxic. Or is it that it can be used as an oxidant in terrorism? (But I understand the commercial product contains fire suppressants, and in any ...