All articles by Laura Howes – Page 2
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Business
Nice rules against Afinitor
Novartis’ drug will not routinely be available on the UK health service
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Research
Greener flares better for the environment
Polluting perchlorates replaced with a cheap, energetic nitrogen-rich compound and may even mean less smoke and better fireworks displays
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FeaturePatching the leaky pipeline
Women are leaving chemistry in greater numbers than men. Laura Howes looks at how to mend the leaky pipeline
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NewsArtificial leaf in the shade but still growing
Nocera’s water splitting technology shelved by spin-out but researchers are still optimistic that there is a way through
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FeatureThe ascent of molecules
Life’s molecular origins may not be preserved in fossils but Laura Howes finds out that chemists are filling the gaps
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News
Chemist found guilty of murder
Tianle Li poisoned her husband with thallium obtained from the lab where she worked
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ResearchIntelligent knife smokes out cancer
Surgical tool analyses tissues for signs of cancer as it cuts and cauterises, and could help doctors get all the tumour in one go
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Research
Nanotubes grow to record lengths
Carbon nanotubes over half a metre long have been fabricated
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Research
Quantum tunnelling in space
In the cold of space, chemistry can proceed more quickly than at warmer, terrestrial temperatures
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Business
Aspen in $1 billion deal with Merck & Co
South African generics manufacturer to buy 11 drug brands and an API business from the US drugmaker
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NewsScience survives latest UK spending round
Plan for spending in 2015-16 boosts capital funding for science but continues freeze of research budget
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Research
Van der Waals forces between atoms measured
Direct measurement of the interation between two Rydberg atoms shows force does fit model
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NewsChemistry laureate Jerome Karle dies
Joint winner of the 1985 Nobel prize in chemistry dies at the age of 94
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ResearchRelativity behind mercury's liquidity
First evidence that relativistic effects are indeed responsible for mercury’s low melting point
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BusinessAstraZeneca announces new UK hub
Restructuring will see all AstraZeneca R&D at new location close to University of Cambridge research
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NewsFormer editor of Chemistry in Britain dies
Peter Farago, who edited Chemistry World’s predecessor for over 20 years, dies after a long illness
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NewsUproar over chemical exposure advice for pregnant women
Opinion paper published by the Royal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists provokes strong reaction
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Research
Indium cluster conundrum lingers on
Work shows blue LEDs’ light isn’t dependent on metal clusters, but new evidence doesn’t look like ending the debate any time soon
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Research
Catching a reaction in the act
AFM images a reactant and its cyclised products on a silver surface