All articles by Chemistry World – Page 49

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2006-06-26T10:39:42Z

    July - 10 years ago; 85 years ago; 100 years ago; 195 years ago; 210 years ago

  • Opinion

    Letters: July 2006

    2006-06-26T10:39:00Z

    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 ...

  • News

    In the papers

    2006-06-26T10:38:53Z

    Short items

  • News

    Funding briefs

    2006-06-26T10:38:49Z

    Short items

  • News

    Ethicist approves performance enhancing drugs

    2006-06-22T16:44:00Z

    A leading ethicist has questioned the value of banning some of the sports drugs listed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

  • Review

    Ten of the best

    2006-05-26T13:20:25Z

    Ten chemistry undergraduate textbooks

  • Review

    The inorganic world in colour

    2006-05-26T13:16:43Z

    Shriver and Atkins inorganic chemistry (4th edition)

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2006-05-26T12:54:17Z

    June - 35 years ago; 75 years ago; 80 years ago; 95 years ago; 110 years ago.

  • Opinion

    Letters: June 2006

    2006-05-26T12:54:00Z

    From Sir Harry Kroto Fundamental advances in the chemical sciences are today more vital than in any other area for survival of the human race and the sustainability of our modern way of life. The chemical sciences underpin, in the most fundamental ways, the cutting edge areas of ...

  • News

    News briefs

    2006-05-26T11:43:17Z

    Short items

  • News

    In the papers

    2006-05-26T11:43:15Z

    Short items

  • News

    Funding briefs

    2006-05-26T11:43:14Z

    Short items

  • Business

    Business roundup: June 2006

    2006-05-26T11:43:00Z

    Leading lab suppliers merge Analytical instrument firm Thermo Electron and chemical manufacturer Fisher Scientific have agreed a merger deal, aiming to become ’the leading provider of laboratory products and services in the high-growth life, laboratory and health sciences industry’. Thermo, the smaller of the two US companies, will acquire ...

  • News

    Brazil and UK team up

    2006-05-23T15:22:00Z

    Brazil is 'ready and mature' to join the international science arena, according to the Brazilian science minister

  • News

    Budget shortfall threatens FP7

    2006-05-23T10:41:00Z

    EU research investment from 2007 to 2013 will fall ?20 billion short of previous agreements.

  • News

    Back in time for CW reporter

    2006-05-22T17:11:00Z

    Familiar face returns Robert Hooke's long-lost notes to the Royal Society in London

  • News

    Nano warning

    2006-05-03T15:10:00Z

    Carbon nanotubes have been compared with asbestos.

  • Business

    Business roundup: May 2006

    2006-04-26T13:57:00Z

    Budget brings UK science to the fore Science and technology in the UK was prioritised in the country’s annual budget announcement, which also suggests that the way science is funded though the research assessment exercise (RAE) is about to be scrapped. The chancellor said an extra £1 ...

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2006-04-26T12:23:33Z

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    Letters: May 2006

    2006-04-26T11:50:00Z

    From Michael Archer In response to points raised in the news item entitled Australian chemistry department under threat (Chemistry World online, 23 March 2006; p10), I strenuously deny that any ’budget bungle’ has occurred, as the academic staff union emotively and incorrectly claims. Rather, the restructuring of the school ...