All articles by Chemistry World – Page 46

  • Opinion

    Letters: January 2007

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    From Richard Schmidt Horst Hippler asks why most natural amino acids are l and most natural sugars d (Chemistry World, October 2006, p22). The answer to this question might already have been answered: selection for these enantiomers has been driven by a fundamental property of interfacial (or vicinal) water. Philippa ...

  • News

    News in brief

    2006-12-20T11:00:53Z

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  • News

    In the papers

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  • News

    Funding briefs

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  • Business

    Business roundup: January 2007

    2006-12-20T11:00:00Z

    BASF juggles hot potatoes German chemicals giant BASF has been courting controversy with two types of genetically modified potato. The Department for environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) has granted permission for the company to grow its GM blight-resistant potatoes at field sites in the UK, while the European Commission ...

  • Podcast

    December 2006

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - December 2006 (Promo)Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry: the Chemistry World Podcast. (promo)Interviewer - Chris Smith Hello and welcome to episode 3 of the Chemistry World podcast with me Chris Smith, with Chemistry World's Editor Mark Peplow... Interviewee - Mark ...

  • News

    Cold war clean-up

    2006-11-28T14:00:00Z

    Researchers are working out how to decommission aging rockets

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2006-11-28T11:53:15Z

    40 years ago

  • Opinion

    Letters: December 2006

    2006-11-28T11:53:00Z

    From Paul Davies I would like to thank the readers of Chemistry World for their assistance with our survey, investigating the mechanism of hair greying (Chemistry World, September 2006, p35). Specifically we are looking at a possible link between cessation of melanogenesis in the hair follicle and the ...

  • Business

    Business roundup: December 2006

    2006-11-28T08:48:00Z

    The drugs don’t work Third quarter results from the pharmaceutical industry were marred by simultaneous admissions that promising new treatments had been withdrawn and delayed. British giants GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and AstraZeneca, which both reported a boost in third quarter sales, have been forced to abandon new treatments ...

  • News

    24 November 2006:

    2006-11-24T13:47:00Z

    Year-long discussions between the European parliament and EU states have broken down.

  • News

    Washing machine triggers nanoparticle regulation

    2006-11-24T13:00:00Z

    Anti-microbial silver nanoparticles labelled 'pesticides'

  • News

    Uniting to preserve Germany's heritage

    2006-11-17T16:00:00Z

    Two of Germany's largest scientific organizations have created an alliance to better preserve and restore items of cultural significance

  • Podcast

    November 2006

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    Chemistry World Podcast - November 2006(Promo)Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chemistry World Podcast.(End Promo)Interviewer - Chris SmithHello! Welcome to episode 2 of the Chemistry World podcast with me Chris Smith, with Chemistry World Editor Mark Peplow... Interviewee - Mark PeplowHello! Interviewer - Chris ...

  • News

    Separate l'huitre from the chaff

    2006-10-30T13:18:41Z

    A recent ban on French oysters has highlighted a controversy about how food should be tested for marine biotoxins

  • News

    DNAboost warms up cold cases

    2006-10-30T13:18:40Z

    Scientists at Britain's Forensic Science Service (FSS) have developed computer software they say could radically improve the success of crime-scene DNA profiling

  • Review

    Mendeleev for students

    2006-10-30T10:51:51Z

    The periodic table at a glance

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2006-10-30T10:49:27Z

    40 years ago; 20 years ago

  • Opinion

    Letters: November 2006

    2006-10-30T10:49:00Z

    From John Haigh It is excellent to be reminded that chemistry graduates have a good grounding for a range of careers, but the salaries listed in your article confirm the sad story that some of us in education have been bemoaning for years (Chemistry World, October 2006, p68). ...

  • News

    In the papers

    2006-10-30T10:44:28Z

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