All articles by Chemistry World – Page 44
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News
National survey finds fewer toxic chemicals in soil
Restrictions on industrial emissions have cut down persistent organic pollutants in soil and vegetation
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NewsThe Atkins hormone
US researchers have uncovered a vital metabolic role for a hormone that is stimulated by 'low carb' diets
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Podcast
June 2007
Chemistry World Podcast - June 2007(Promo)Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry: The Chemistry World Podcast.(End Promo)Interviewer - Azi KhatiriHello and welcome to the 9th episode of the Chemistry World podcast with me Azi Khatiri, this month what the outgoing prime minister did and didn't do ...
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Opinion
Letters: June 2007
From Peter Plesch When in 1989 I was writing the paper entitled The relation between reduction potential and solvation energy for some aryl-methylium ions, (J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1989, 1139), I needed the ionisation potentials of the tri-4-X-phenylmethyl radicals, where X = Cl, H, and MeO, as these ...
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Business
Business roundup: June 2007
FDA powers boosted by Senate Bill The US Senate has passed legislation to reinforce the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate drugs and medical devices. Under the legislation, there will be an increase in user fees that drugs companies and makers of medical devices ...
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News
Large-scale biopolymer production
BASF's decisive step toward starting commercial production of biopolymers for making plastics
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Podcast
May 2007
Chemistry World Podcast - May 2007(Promo)Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry: The Chemistry World Podcast.(End Promo)Interviewer - Azi KhatiriHello and Welcome to the eighth episode of the Chemistry World podcast with me Azi Khatiri sitting in for Chris Smith while he is enjoying the sunshine down under. ...
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Opinion
Letters: May 2007
From Peter Plesch I wish to challenge Ted Nield’s Comment piece (Chemistry World, March 2007, p38). As chair of the Association of British Science Writers, he should know better than to lump together science and technology. Science is about finding and developing ideas about Nature in the widest ...
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Business
Business roundup: May 2007
US chemical plant security legislation The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its final list of federal security regulations governing US chemical plants. The 2001 terrorist attacks in New York brought security measures under scrutiny, but with America on high alert many felt that chemical ...
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News
News in brief: May 2007
Caves of crystal Geologists have explained how the giant crystals in Mexico’s Cueva de los Cristales, Naica, were formed. The 11-metre-long translucent gypsum beams are among the largest in the world. Subsiding volcanic activity kept the temperature at 58°C - the transition temperature between anhydrite (pure calcium ...
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News
European generics suppliers hit
European patent office reinstates patent for Merck's third biggest drug, Fosamax
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Podcast
April 2007
Chemistry World Podcast - April 2007(Promo)Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry: The Chemistry World podcast.(End Promo)Interviewer - Chris SmithHello and welcome to the Chemistry World podcast, this is episode number 7 with Chemistry World''s editor Mark Peplow... Interviewee - Mark PeplowHello!Interviewer - Chris SmithWith Deputy Editor Bea ...
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News
Sanofi-aventis and Oxford BioMedica enter licensing agreement
Oxford BioMedica has licensed its leading cancer drug, TroVax, to Sanofi-aventis
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Opinion
Letters: April 2007
From Clifford Jones In the UK, batches of faulty petrol were recently found to have been contaminated with silicon (see p11). Burning this fuel would have formed silica (SiO2) particles which clogged the oxygen sensor at the exhaust, causing it to fail in its role in ’engine management’. ...