All articles by Chemistry World – Page 48
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Business
Business roundup: September 2006
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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Opinion
Letters: August 2006
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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Business
Business roundup: August 2006
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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News
Finland kick-starts EU innovation agenda
Time is running out to deliver the EU's seventh research framework programme, warn politicians and stakeholders.
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News
Outdoor chores outlawed
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
The EU's funding programme for all scientific research risks becoming mired in conflict over embryology issues.
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News
Estonian chemical industry at a competitive disadvantage
Relying on oil shale as a feedstock will make it difficult to comply with Europe's Reach directive.
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News
Insecticide acts on insect muscles
Cabbages are about to be saved from caterpillar attack thanks to an insecticide under development in the US.
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News
Update: US firms accuse Reach of raising trade barriers
With final approval of Reach looming, the US has launched a last-gasp campaign to persuade ministers to 'revisit' the draft.
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Opinion
Letters: July 2006
From Colin Britton I was most interested in the editorial (Chemistry World, June 2006, p2), ’covering the usual sort of stuff’, and recognising that the topics listed, including air quality, synthetic dyes tomatoes, etc, are just some of the things that chemists get up to. I would like to ...