All articles by Chemistry World – Page 54
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27 June 2005: Patience wears thin for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
New European Union legislation requires tyre manufacturers to reformulate their products by 2010 in order to curb emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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22 June 2005: World's fastest ice cream freezes in seconds
It's official; the world's fastest ice cream maker is polymer physicist Peter Barham from the University of Bristol, UK.
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Future of nanotech on the high street unclear
It is far too early to herald the arrival of a nanotechnological revolution on the high street, cautions leading German nanotechnologist and textiles expert, Eckhard Schollmeyer.
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Letters: June 2005
From Roger Fenwick I noted with interest two references to the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in your May edition (pages 2, 7). That chemistry is very much to the fore in the Commission’s recently-published working paper reflects the hard work of national societies, FECS/EuCheMS and Cefic in recent ...
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MRI agent developed for angiogenesis
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that targets the growth of new blood vessels has been developed by scientists in the Netherlands.
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26 May 2005: Finnzymes beats innovators to BioFinland prize
Finnish Biotech company Finnzymes won the ?10 000 (£6 740) BioFinland prize at last month's BioFinland 05 congress in Helsinki, Finland
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19 May 2005: European knowledge on the world stage
Management of knowledge in terms of education, research and innovation will be crucial to Europe, according to Janez Potocnik, European commissioner for science and research.
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17 May 2005: Developing renewable energy
Mexican experts discuss clean energy with G8 representatives
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16 May 2005: International chemical identifier goes online
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) has released the first version of its long-awaited International Chemical Identifier.
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13 May 2005: Durham gets bioactive
The University of Durham, UK, has launched an integrated biological chemistry centre to develop interdisciplinary research in biological chemistry and bioengineering.
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Assessing university research in 2008
Chemistry departments can now get involved in the next RAE
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Airborne pesticides need surveillance
Airborne pesticides must be taken much more seriously when assessing risks of pesticide use, caution environmental chemists.
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Letters: May 2005
From Brian Shelley I was very interested to read Philip Ball’s Ten most beautiful experiments in chemistry (Chemistry World, April 2005, p32). I agree that they all have elements of beauty in them. However I would like to suggest an addition to the list: the discovery of the element promethium. ...
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Flashback April 2005
April - 75 years ago, 90 years ago, 95 years ago, 100 years ago, 105 years ago
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Managing the multi-million megawatts
Energy consumption is a key challenge for BASF. The company is working to manage its own energy use and to develop energy saving products, reports Bea Perks
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High stakes in the instrument market
Vikki Allen looks at the ways both global and small analytical instrument companies get a new product to the market
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Letters: March 2005
Five years ago, at the Royal Institution launch of Simon Garfield’s book on Perkin’s ’Mauve’, the author told me that he thought Perkin’s grave was no longer at Harrow. I was surprised at that because I had visited it sporadically for over 30 years - partly to see that it ...