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Opinion
Letters: June 2009
I read with great interest the article by Hayley Birch entitled The artificial leaf (Chemistry World, May 2009, p42). It was pleasing to see that the x-ray structure of Photosystem II (PSII) was shown as a key figure in the article. This structure was determined by myself and colleagues ...
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Editorial: Publishing feels the squeeze
The latest sector to feel the recession is the world of publishing and journalism.
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Opinion
Collaborative compromise
Derek Lowe wonders about pharmaceutical companies' motives for collaboration
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OpinionOstwald's viscometer
One man who took little on trust was Wilhelm Ostwald. Born in Riga, Latvia, he studied chemistry at the University of Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia).
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Opinion
Letters: May 2009
Reading The changing shape of chemistry, 1998 to 2008, I am reminded of what never changes (Chemistry World, April 2009, p39). Nowhere is there any apparent attempt to define the purpose, or purposes, of a chemistry BSc. This is not a demonstration of ’academic freedom’, but, rather, of academic licence. ...
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Golden garments
Simple nanoscience is bringing the legendary Golden Fleece to life in the form of merino wool dyed with gold. Philip Ball links myth to modern science
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Prescription unknowns
Derek Lowe considers what we think we know about how drugs work once we've taken them
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Opinion
Editorial: US science funding boost
Is it simply another case of the grass always being greener on the other side?
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Opinion
Letters: April 2009
As Matt Brown is a ’freelance science writer based in London,’ it is perhaps not surprising that he missed out on reporting the first new pharmacy degree in the UK for around 30 years - that of the School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of East Anglia ...