All articles by Chemistry World – Page 40

  • Podcast

    May 2008

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - May 2008 (Promo) Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry, this is the Chemistry World Podcast. (End Promo)(00:10 -- Introduction) Interviewer - Chris Smith Hello Chemistry World podcast with Mark Peplow, Victoria Gill, Richard Van Noorden, Ananyo Bhattacharya and I'm Chris Smith. ...

  • Review

    In brief

    2008-04-29T14:26:19Z

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  • News

    In the papers

    2008-04-29T11:09:51Z

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  • News

    Stock market blow for traditional medicines

    2008-04-28T15:44:00Z

    China's Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) industry has suffered a setback

  • News

    China News in brief

    2008-04-28T15:31:30Z

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  • Review

    The baskets are back

    2008-04-28T13:26:10Z

    In 1989, David Gutsche's book Calixarenes launched the RSC's Monographs in supramolecular chemistry series

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-04-28T12:55:32Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Business

    Business roundup: May 2008

    2008-04-28T10:55:00Z

    Experts’ damning Vytorin verdict Already troubled by disappointing clinical trial results and an ongoing investigation, US drug giants Merck and Schering Plough’s combined cholesterol treatment Vytorin has now received a damning review from leading cardiologists. Source: © MERCK / SCHERING-PLOUGH PHARMACEUTICALS Trials show Vytorin’s dual action works ...

  • News

    Note book: May 2008

    2008-04-28T10:41:00Z

    EU funding opportunities The European parliament has given the green light to a €400 million Eurostars programme aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) conducting market-oriented R&D (see also Chemistry World, March 2008, p46). Meanwhile, the European Commission has developed a draft guide to help researchers select and combine ...

  • Podcast

    April 2008

    2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - April 200800.10 Introduction02.05 How ants tell friend from foe with chemistry04.48 Your hair knows where you've been 06.53 The battle against malaria; Joe Cohen from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals and Tom McLean from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine explain how industry has joined ...

  • News

    China News in brief

    2008-03-27T11:08:19Z

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  • Review

    In brief

    2008-03-26T14:50:53Z

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  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-03-26T14:20:50Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Letters: April 2008

    2008-03-26T14:01:00Z

    From Jeremy Tomkinson, Adrian Higson and Geraint Evans We found the article ’Flawed policies encourage damaging biofuels’ (Chemistry World, February 2008, p6) to be disappointingly unbalanced. The provocative titles used for the piece do little to stimulate a reasoned and scientific debate in this immensely complex subject. The RSC has ...

  • Opinion

    Letters: March 2008

    2008-03-26T14:00:00Z

    From Martin Humphrey A group of scientists in New Zealand recently announced that they had genetically modified onions in such a way as to eliminate the lachrymator. Having spent many years studying the chemistry of this phenomenon, I would like to assure them that they will also have removed the ...

  • News

    In the papers

    2008-03-26T12:57:43Z

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  • Business

    Business roundup: April 2008

    2008-03-26T12:56:00Z

    Declining dollar yet to bite The chemicals industry has yet to feel the impact of the slowing US economy, and rising costs of energy and feedstocks (see Chemistry World, March 2008, p19). Some of the biggest players in the industry, including the world’s largest chemical company BASF, have now added ...

  • News

    Note book

    2008-03-26T11:55:39Z

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  • News

    News in brief

    2008-03-26T11:53:36Z

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  • Podcast

    March 2008

    2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - March 200800:10 -- Introduction02.30-- Pernod still baffles chemists04.30-- Robots wake up and smell the coffee07.08-- Debate: Paul Burton from the Senlis Council think-tank and Thomas Pietschmann from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime discuss ...