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Opinion
Letters: July 2007
From Ronald Bentley In his ’Bench Monkey’ column (Chemistry World, April 2007, p40) Dylan Stiles notes that the odour of benzylmercaptan, used by a colleague, stays with him long after he leaves the lab. In 1989, I worked with the many reports describing the war-time research on the chemistry of ...
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Business
Business roundup: July 2007
A depressing ruling for obesity drug A decision by a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on 13 June was a double blow for French drug firm, Sanofi-Aventis. Their long-awaited obesity drug, rimonabant, marketed in Europe as Acomplia, was not recommended for approval by the FDA. ...
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News
First internationally licensed Chinese herbal patent
China has licensed its first herbal compound patent to an overseas pharmaceutical company
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News
Seeing the environmental wood for the nanotech trees
German environmentalists have issued a 24-page report on potential health and environmental risks of nanotechnology. But others question its value.
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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 ...