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Opinion
Letters: November 2009
I read Microwaving myth s (Chemistry World, October 2008, p40) and subsequent letter by Frank Smith, a pioneer in microwave-assisted reactions (Chemistry World, July 2009, p39). It appears that 1985 was the beginning of microwave-assisted chemical reactions based on Smith’s as well as our published work. Our group ...
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Business
Business roundup: November 2009
A new hope for HIV vaccines For the first time ever, a Phase III clinical trial of an HIV vaccine has seen some success. Initial results from the trial, dubbed RV144, showed that a combination of Sanofi-Pasteur’s Alvac and VaxGen’s AidsVAX B/E cut the risk of HIV infection by 31 ...
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News
Paper pesticide sensor
Researchers have developed a paper-based sensor to quickly detect pesticide residues in food and drink samples
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Opinion
Letters: October 2009
We feel obliged to respond to Prof Morel-Desrosiers’ criticisms (Chemistry World, August 2009, p36) of an earlier article highlighting a paper of ours (Chemistry World, May 2009, p5). This paper (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 3129) describes the formation, in an aqueous mixture, of unusual clam-like species in ...
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News
News in brief: October 2009
Electron clouds unveiled For years, undergraduate chemists have been shown pictures depicting the atomic orbitals of atoms as described by the Schrödinger equation. But now, researchers from the Kharkov Institute for Physics and Technology, Ukraine, have gone one better and managed to directly image the electron density surrounding a ...
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Opinion
Finding new ways to feed the world
Decades of underinvestment in agricultural research have taken their toll but now is the time to bring in young scientists to find new ways to feed the world, says Ian Crute
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Business
Business roundup: October 2009
Bayer bows to safety concerns One year after an explosion that led to two fatalities, Bayer CropScience is to eliminate 80 per cent of the methyl isocyanate (MIC) stockpile at its Institute, West Virginia site. Bayer will also spend $25 million (£15 million) on further safety improvements at the site ...
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Podcast
October 2009
Chemistry World Podcast - October 200900.11- Introduction 02.02 -Sniffing out the chemical profile of death 04.42 - Are antioxidants always good for you? 07.53 - James Galloway on concerns that humans are upsetting the nitrogen cycle 14.55 - Is nitrous oxide now the biggest threat to the ozone layer? 17.45 ...
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News
Renaissance artworks analysed
Researchers have combined two ion-beam analysis techniques to obtain more detailed information about the paints used in Renaissance works of art
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Podcast
September 2009
Chemistry World Podcast - September 200900:11- Introduction02:23-- Researchers find first liquid protein04:54-- Fuel cell catalysts go sub-nano06:46-- Paul Docherty talks oxidation with a reducing agent and live blogging13:54-- Sticky nanotubes detect bacteria16:32-- Computational chemistry predicts flu mutations19:50-- Kelly Chibale on drug discovery in South Africa26:10-- Origin of water on Saturn's ...