All articles by Chemistry World – Page 42
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News
German chemistry rated world class
An independent study of chemistry in German universities and research institutes finds research excellence
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Opinion
Letters: January 2008
From Bernard Langley May I congratulate you and your colleagues on your splendid November issue of Chemistry World. The balance of topics, the quality of the writing, the enthusiastic spirit of the whole thing - from your editorial right through to that magnificent killer review of the green chemistry book ...
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News
News in brief: January 2008
Firefly chemistry in less glowing terms The eerie glow of the firefly has been trumpeted for half a decade as an exceptionally efficient example of bioluminescence - where a chemical reaction inside the insect emits light. The reaction, in which luciferin molecules are oxidised to excited states ...
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Business
Business roundup: January 2008
Manufacturing chemists face worldwide job cuts Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has become the latest pharmaceutical company to announce a cost-saving restructuring plan that will slash manufacturing jobs. The US drug maker will scale down in its manufacturing operations, cutting its workforce by 4800 - about 10 per cent - ...
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Podcast
December 2007
Chemistry World Podcast - December 2007INTRODUCTION(Promo)Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry, this is the Chemistry World Podcast.(Promo ends)Interviewer - Chris SmithHello, welcome to the Chemistry World Podcast, which is brought to you this month by Mark Peplow, Victoria Gill, Ananyo Bhattacharya, and Richard Van Noorden. ...
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Opinion
Letters: December 2007
From David Feakins Congratulations on the splendid October issue of Chemistry World. I found all the articles on the topic of energy absolutely riveting. For example, I have always been a supporter of nuclear fission as a medium-term answer to the supply of energy, but had not realised until I ...
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Business
Business roundup: December 2007
Price fight over HIV drug GlaxoSmithKline has filed a lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories, claiming that its 2003 decision to increase the price of its HIV drug Norvir by 400 per cent was anticompetitive. GSK is the latest in a growing list of claimants to sue its US competitor, including four ...
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News
Energy law pushes market pricing
A draft of China's long-awaited energy law paves the way for market pricing of energy, and an energy ministry
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News
A glowing future for nanotubes
Fluorescent nanotube bundles could be used as chemical sensors or in optoelectronics
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Review
Qaulity assurance
Good clinical, laboratory and manufacturing practices: techniques for the QA professional
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Opinion
Letters: November 2007
From Alfred Bader Why do chemists refer to Avogadro’s number (Chemistry World, August 2007, p11) when, correctly, it should be called Loschmidt’s number? Amedeo Avogadro predicted in 1811 that someone, some day, would be able to calculate that number. The calculation of the number was first done by Joseph Loschmidt ...
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Business
Business roundup: November 2007
Drug marketing case sees $500m settlement Bristol-Myers Squibb will pay over half a billion dollars to settle allegations of illegal drug marketing and pricing. The ruling, announced by the US Department of justice in late September, related to accusations that BMS had inflated its drug prices, paid kickbacks ...