Emily James

Podcast
Dichloromethane
2014-04-09T00:00:00
It smells sweet, is potentially lethal and organic chemists rely on it: Emily James on dichloromethane
Business
Dow shakes out chlorine business
2013-12-06T00:00:00
Company will divest low-margin segments to improve efficiency and focus on higher value specialities
Research
Lithium–sulfur batteries ready to go the distance
2013-12-03T00:00:00
Innovative electrodes set to put electric cars in the fast lane with a new design that holds double the energy of ordinary lithium batteries
News
£100 million for cancer research centres
2013-11-22T00:00:00
Money will fund 15 research centres and 200 PhDs to target the hardest cancers to beat
Research
Bucky-built MOFs
2013-11-21T00:00:00
Fullerenes linked directly into a two-dimensional framework
Research
Meat mummies a feast fit for a Pharaoh
2013-11-18T00:00:00
Spare rib over 3300 years old and basted in pistachio oil was to have been a snack for the afterlife
Business
Japanese chemicals show signs of recovery
2013-11-08T00:00:00
Reconstruction after 2011 disaster drives higher demand
Business
AstraZeneca to close environmental lab and cut 71 jobs
2013-10-25T00:00:00
Environmental impact services will be outsourced after Devon lab closes in March 2014
News
Silenced scientists speak out in Canada
2013-10-24T00:00:00
Survey finds government scientists unable to talk to the media about their work, even if the environment or public health are threatened
Research
Parkinson's protein holds clue to oxidative stress
2013-10-24T00:00:00
Structural studies suggest a single amino acid mutation could lead to oxidative stress in Parkinson’s disease
Research
Bio-friendly micro-motors propelled by polymers
2013-10-15T00:00:00
Nano-swimmers carry their own fuel tank and might one day hold payloads of drugs
Business
Roche backs biologics boom
2013-10-15T00:00:00
Swiss firm to invest heavily in manufacturing for complex biological drugs
Research
Water's viscosity down to its container - at least at the nanoscale
2013-10-03T00:00:00
Finding may help to develop high resolution two- and three-dimensional printing
Research
Lanthanide munching bacteria found in volcanoes
2013-09-19T00:00:00
Bacterium found in volcanic mudpots shown to need rare earth metals to survive