All articles by Chemistry World – Page 41
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Business
Business roundup: June 2008
Bisphenol A studies spark mixed messages As bottle makers and retailers move to pull products made with bisphenol A (BPA), law makers and health regulators continue to argue over the compound’s safety. Source: © GETTY IMAGES Do polycarbonate bottles pose a health risk? On 18 April, ...
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News
EU strikes deal on Reach toxicity tests
Agreement to speed approval of tests that avoid the use of animals, after pressure from MEPs
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Podcast
May 2008
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. ...
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News
Stock market blow for traditional medicines
China's Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) industry has suffered a setback
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Review
The baskets are back
In 1989, David Gutsche's book Calixarenes launched the RSC's Monographs in supramolecular chemistry series
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Business
Business roundup: May 2008
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 ...
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News
Note book: May 2008
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 ...
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Podcast
April 2008
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 ...
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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 ...