All articles by Chemistry World – Page 56
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Opinion
Letters: August 2004
From Norman Nicolson At last someone who is trying to strike a blow at the rubbish published in the newspapers in the name of science. I am a Guardian reader and have made similar comments in the Bad Science section of Guardian Unlimited. There is another writer of a similar ...
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Opinion
Letters: July 2004
From Jim Naismith University chemistry is in crisis. Many people, including myself in a Chemistry in Britain Comment [May, 2002], warned that on our current course we were headed towards this. Increased transparency of costing would reveal chemistry to be an expensive loss maker, coupled with the decreasing undergraduate ...
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Opinion
Letters: June 2004
From Susan Kelly, Coordinator -Chemistry, Thurston Community College Our chairman of governors was keen to draw our attention to [the RSC’s] article in The Daily Telegraph of February 18 2004, entitled ’British chemistry faces extinction’. We are a state school, of 1350 students, which as from September 2004 will have ...
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Feature
Vorsprung durch Chemie
The German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the Royal Society of Chemistry have worked closely together for many years. David Giachardi, chief executive of the RSC, and Wolfram Koch, GDCh's chief executive, discuss the issues faced by the societies today. Emma
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Opinion
Letters: May 2004
From David Tilbrook The Knovel service the RSC has provided is exceptional! Congratulations. At last [RSC] membership is delivering something of real practical benefit to the practising chemists in the country. I would make one comment though. You aren’t advertising this service very much and it is a real membership ...
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Feature
Killing the very hungry caterpillar
George Lahm tells the story of his quest for an insecticide.
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News
Ozone heightens atmospheric soot ageing
We are now a step closer to understanding the subtle interplay of gas-soot interactions in the atmosphere thanks to a team of scientists.
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Opinion
Letters: April 2004
Onion cure-all From Peter Rowland C L Reid’s onion-slice cure for stings (Chemistry World, March 2004, p24) by hymenoptera is probable and important. When onion cells are damaged, the enzyme lachrymatory-factor synthase decomposes S-1-propenylcysteine-sulphoxide to give the volatile propanthial-S-oxide. In contact with aqueous tissue this hydrolyses to give propanol, sulphuric ...
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News
Building up to a new HIV vaccine
An anti-HIV vaccine may be closer thanks to a new approach to vaccine design that is being developed.
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Opinion
Letters: March 2004
From Dr G J White The discovery of the role of the messenger PLC zeta as described in John Parrington’s article Kiss of life? (Chemistry World, February 2004, p38) is an intriguing and possible part of a universal mechanism having a wider perspective. The article did not say if calcium ...
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Feature
Kiss of life?
Scientists have found the molecule that triggers the start of human life. John Parrington tells the story.