All articles by Chemistry World – Page 48

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    Copper mines and coordination chemistry

    2006-09-01T17:33:00Z

    Extracting pure copper metal from low-grade metal ores will benefit from the latest coordination chemistry research.

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    Contamination from food packaging 'ignored'

    2006-08-31T11:17:00Z

    Chemist calls for rigorous investigation of leached compounds

  • Opinion

    Letters: September 2006

    2006-08-30T10:33:00Z

    From Basil Walby As a statistician, former editor of The Analyst, and now a grumpy old man, I was disappointed to see that RSC Publishing is promoting spurious precision in its advertisement in Chemistry World (July 2006, p47). Impact factors are notoriously variable, making the quotation to ...

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    Flashback

    2006-08-25T14:15:27Z

    September: 30 years ago; 70 years ago; 100 years ago; 240 years ago

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    In the papers

    2006-08-25T14:02:35Z

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    Funding briefs

    2006-08-25T14:01:57Z

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    Business roundup: September 2006

    2006-08-25T14:01:00Z

    Alaskan oilfield in hot water Crude oil prices suffered a roller coaster ride in August alongside a drama unfolding at BP’s Alaskan oilfield, the largest in North America. Attention has focused on the oil company since March, when up to 270,000 gallons of crude leaked from its transit line in ...

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    News in brief

    2006-08-25T14:00:42Z

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    Finland pushes innovation policy

    2006-08-01T14:31:05Z

    R&D on the agenda as FP7 talks continue

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    Letters: August 2006

    2006-07-27T13:05:00Z

    From Norman Nicolson The excellent article on serendipity missed one important event (Chemistry World, June 2006, p32). A chemist working for ICI wondered what used could be made of the blue sludge that had to be cleaned out of the bottom of the phthalimide reactor. This was made of ...

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    News briefs

    2006-07-27T11:33:45Z

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    In the papers

    2006-07-27T11:33:43Z

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    Funding briefs

    2006-07-27T11:33:41Z

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    Business roundup: August 2006

    2006-07-27T11:33:00Z

    BASF makes record spend German chemical giant BASF rounded off its second quarter with an unprecedented spending spree. In just over four weeks, the company has made three major acquisitions, at a total cost of over £5 billion. At the beginning of June, BASF bought the pigment and catalyst ...

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    Finland kick-starts EU innovation agenda

    2006-07-12T11:46:00Z

    Time is running out to deliver the EU's seventh research framework programme, warn politicians and stakeholders.

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    Outdoor chores outlawed

    2006-07-10T17:50:00Z

    Petrol-fuelled lawnmowers and household painting put on hold as ozone levels rise over France.

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    EU research funding faces further delays

    2006-06-29T11:48:00Z

    The EU's funding programme for all scientific research risks becoming mired in conflict over embryology issues.

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    Estonian chemical industry at a competitive disadvantage

    2006-06-29T11:15:00Z

    Relying on oil shale as a feedstock will make it difficult to comply with Europe's Reach directive.

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    Insecticide acts on insect muscles

    2006-06-28T10:55:00Z

    Cabbages are about to be saved from caterpillar attack thanks to an insecticide under development in the US.

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    Update: US firms accuse Reach of raising trade barriers

    2006-06-26T15:50:00Z

    With final approval of Reach looming, the US has launched a last-gasp campaign to persuade ministers to 'revisit' the draft.