All articles by Chemistry World – Page 35
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Business
Business roundup: June 2009
Animal testing amendments The European parliament has voted in favour of ’watering down’ its directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes - enabling researchers to continue conducting animal experiments to assess the safety of new drugs and chemicals. Last year, the European Commission proposed a range of ...
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Podcast
May 2009
Chemistry World Podcast - May 200900:12- Introduction 01:57-- Tackling malaria by reinvigorating current drugs 05:44-- Gel detectors spot cancer biomarkers 09:01-- Harry McArdle discusses functional foods that could improve health 15:03 -- Force-sensitive catalysts could help damaged polymers self-heal 18:08-- Chemical ...
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Opinion
Letters: May 2009
Reading The changing shape of chemistry, 1998 to 2008, I am reminded of what never changes (Chemistry World, April 2009, p39). Nowhere is there any apparent attempt to define the purpose, or purposes, of a chemistry BSc. This is not a demonstration of ’academic freedom’, but, rather, of academic licence. ...
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Business
Business roundup: May 2009
Sanofi splashes the cash in Latin America Sanofi aims to be South America’s number one Sanofi-Aventis has gone on a South American shopping spree, buying two generics companies within the space of a week - and in the process has become Latin America’s leading generics manufacturer. On ...
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Podcast
April 2009
Chemistry World Podcast - April 2009 00:12 -- Introduction 02:11 -- Reading single strands of DNA, base by base 05:01 -- The new electrode material that promises speedy battery charging ...
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Opinion
Letters: April 2009
As Matt Brown is a ’freelance science writer based in London,’ it is perhaps not surprising that he missed out on reporting the first new pharmacy degree in the UK for around 30 years - that of the School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of East Anglia ...