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News
Note book: January 2009
India’s basic research fund Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a new independent agency will be set up to fund the country’s basic science and engineering research. The National Science and Engineering Research Board will begin funding operations from 1 April 2009, and is expected to control a ...
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Business
Business roundup: January 2009
EU slams pharma delaying tactics Pharmaceutical manufacturers have been criticised by the EU competition commission for slowing the entry of generic medicines to the market. It says that such practices cost EU taxpayers €3 billion between 2000 and 2007. The accusations come in a preliminary report on the Commission’s inquiry ...
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Podcast
January 2009
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 ...
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Podcast
December 2008
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-- ...
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News
Keeping women in science
RSC reports suggest ways to improve the PhD experience for female chemists
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Opinion
Letters: December 2008
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. ...
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Business
Business roundup: December 2008
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 ...
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News
Traditional Chinese medicine firm struggles for approval
China's drug regulator asked to reconsider decision to reject anti-HIV herbal drug
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Podcast
November 2008
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 ...