All articles by Chemistry World – Page 41
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Opinion
Letters: April 2008
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 ...
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Opinion
Letters: March 2008
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 ...
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Business
Business roundup: April 2008
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 ...
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Podcast
March 2008
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 ...
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Business
Business roundup: March 2008
Can biologics go generic? US President George Bush has called for legislation to enable the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve generic versions of biologic (typically protein-based) drugs (see also Chemistry World, January 2008, p16). But a key lawmaker, Representative John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and ...
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Podcast
February 2008
Chemistry World Podcast - February 200800:10 -- Introduction02:03 -- Fish skin holds a dazzling secret04:00 -- Edible antifreeze could take the icy crunch out of ice cream06:30 -- The chemist who saved evolutionary biology: Richard Corfield tells the story of ...
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Opinion
Letters: February 2008
From Chris Ewels The British Carbon Group (a special interest group of the RSC, the Institute of Physics and the Society of Chemical Industry) is organising an image competition, including a category for under-18s. There is a ?150 prize in each category and there will be a prize-giving ...
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Business
Business roundup: February 2008
Chemical blasts A spate of accidents in chemical plants around the world in the last two months - including in the US and Japan - has caused the deaths of 20 plant employees, and left dozens more injured. On 19 December a blast and fire in the US ...