All articles by Chemistry World – Page 37

  • Podcast

    January 2009

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    Chemistry World Podcast - January 200900:12 -- Introduction01:58 -- Chemists take control of robo-moths 04:27 -- Did meteorite strikes seed life on earth?07:18 -- Fraser Stoddart discusses the impact of Richard Feynman's famous 'Plenty of room at the bottom' talk, fifty years on 13:54 ...

  • Podcast

    December 2008

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    Chemistry World Podcast - December 200800:10 -- Introduction02:18 -- Forest fungus makes diesel direct from cellulose05:12 -- Schemes to trap carbon dioxide in rock 08:04 -- Al Darzins describes the potential biofuel bonanza that is quick-growing microalgae 14:40-- ...

  • News

    Keeping women in science

    2008-11-27T15:09:00Z

    RSC reports suggest ways to improve the PhD experience for female chemists

  • Opinion

    Letters: December 2008

    2008-11-27T11:18:00Z

    There is a great deal of interest in the dissolution of cellulose in ionic liquids at the moment (Chemistry World, November 2008, p24). It is a commonly held view that this is new science, and the use of imidazolium based ionic liquids for this purpose is certainly new. ...

  • News

    Chinese premier pushes for innovation

    2008-11-27T11:14:08Z

    Hints at increase for basic research funding

  • News

    News in brief

    2008-11-27T08:55:49Z

    Short items, December 2008

  • News

    In the papers

    2008-11-27T08:55:47Z

    Short items

  • Opinion

    Column: Undercover Academic

    2008-11-27T08:55:46Z

    'Twas the night before lectures.

  • News

    China News in brief

    2008-11-27T08:55:00Z

    Short items

  • Business

    Business roundup: December 2008

    2008-11-27T08:55:00Z

    GSK snaps up hepatitis expert In a bid to strengthen its position in the race to develop new hepatitis therapies, UK pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to buy Genelabs Technologies in a deal worth $57 million (£35 million). Source: © ISM / Science Photo Library Liver cells ...

  • News

    Traditional Chinese medicine firm struggles for approval

    2008-11-14T09:45:00Z

    China's drug regulator asked to reconsider decision to reject anti-HIV herbal drug

  • Podcast

    November 2008

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    Chemistry World Podcast - November 200800:10 -- Introduction02:40 -- Better than geckos: the glue that clings to walls05:00 -- How to cure wrinkles with LEDs07:45 -- Martin Chalfie, one of this year's three chemistry Nobel prize winners tells us how his research ...

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-10-29T10:06:33Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Letters: November 2008

    2008-10-29T10:06:00Z

    From Alan Dronsfield Norman Nicholson asks about the introduction of uranium as the catalyst for the Haber process (Chemistry World, September 2008, p42). In 1908, Haber and Le Rossignol realised that it would be possible to synthesise ammonia in an 8 per cent yield at about 600°C and 200 atmospheres ...

  • News

    China News in brief

    2008-10-29T10:00:00Z

    Short items

  • Opinion

    Column: Undercover Academic

    2008-10-29T09:33:54Z

    On diversity

  • News

    In the papers

    2008-10-29T09:25:01Z

    Chemistry in the news papers, November 2008

  • Business

    Business roundup: November 2008

    2008-10-29T09:23:00Z

    Huntsman wins Hexion court fight Huntsman has won its legal battle to force Hexion to honour its $10.6 billion (?5.4 billion) takeover deal, originally agreed in July 2007. In June 2008, Hexion declared that it was taking legal action in a bid to back out of the deal, claiming that ...

  • News

    Note book

    2008-10-29T09:18:25Z

    Short items, November 2008

  • News

    News in brief

    2008-10-29T09:18:23Z

    Short items, November 2008