All articles by Mark Peplow – Page 6
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Opinion
Editorial: Mining traditional Chinese medicines
China holds great opportunities, but their drug industry must clean up its act
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Opinion
Editorial: Chemistry and climate change
The UK government has long seen itself as a world leader in tackling climate change
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OpinionEditorial: Time to collaborate
Collaborate or die. That's the message of a series of reports from the independent thinktank Demos
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Opinion
Editorial: Reach out
It's been a long time coming, but the European Reach legislation has finally been settled, and should come into force progressively from June 2007
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OpinionEditorial: Funding fundamentals
University science education has received a significant boost with the announcement that the Higher education funding council for England (Hefce) will provide an extra £75 million over three years for courses in chemistry, physics, and materials and chemi
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Opinion
Editorial: Our new features
It's rare that Chemistry World uses this column to advertise itself. But this month, please indulge us for a moment as we tell you about all the new features we've added.
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News
Solar cells reach into the infrared
A dye molecule that efficiently harvests the energy of near infrared light could boost the output from the next generation of solar cells.
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Bacterial conversation stopper
Molecules that interrupt the chemical conversations of bacterial communities are showing early promise in beating the bugs.
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Contamination from food packaging 'ignored'
A leading analytical chemist has claimed that widespread contamination of food by packaging materials is being ignored by governments, scientists, and the food industry.
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Robots run riot
Natural product synthesis is seeing unprecedented levels of automation, drastically speeding up the time it takes to prepare complicated organic molecules.
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Suschem partnership presents action plan
Ambitious proposals for the future of European chemistry research have been unveiled by SusChem, the European technology platform for sustainable chemistry.
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NewsA wealth of career choices for chemists
The sheer diversity of options for chemistry graduates can take many by surprise
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Opinion
Editorial: Conference calls
Conferences are the lifeblood of any collaborative science, and the past month has seen two excellent meetings that highlighted the best in chemistry from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Opinion
Editorial: Evolution and evidence
I suspect most of our readers would agree with the statement, 'human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals'.
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Opinion
Editorial: Political decision making
The UK government had the chance this month to take some bold decisions in two seemingly disparate fields: nanotechnology and energy.
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News
Drug screen reveals antimalarial agent
Screening a library of known drugs is beginning to turn up unexpected benefits.