All articles by Chemistry World – Page 50
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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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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 ...
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Ethicist approves performance enhancing drugs
A leading ethicist has questioned the value of banning some of the sports drugs listed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Opinion
Letters: June 2006
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 ...
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Business
Business roundup: June 2006
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 ...
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Brazil and UK team up
Brazil is 'ready and mature' to join the international science arena, according to the Brazilian science minister
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Budget shortfall threatens FP7
EU research investment from 2007 to 2013 will fall ?20 billion short of previous agreements.
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Back in time for CW reporter
Familiar face returns Robert Hooke's long-lost notes to the Royal Society in London
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Business
Business roundup: May 2006
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 ...