All articles by Andy Extance – Page 18

Feature
Blessed are the cheesemakers

2013-11-29T00:00:00Z

Andy Extance gets his teeth into the craft and chemistry of his favourite taste-laced smell gel
Research
Base metal catalysts strike hydrogenation gold

2013-11-28T00:00:00Z

Iron and cobalt enable asymmetric hydrogenations of alkenes, imines, ketones and selective reduction of nitroarenes
News
Europe's manufacturing edge not leaking away

2013-11-13T00:00:00Z

Permits to emit carbon dioxide are a minor concern for fossil-fuel reliant manufacturers, including chemicals – so far
Business
Ineos reprieves Grangemouth petrochemicals

2013-10-25T00:00:00Z

Closure reversed after labour reforms and government backing for ethane terminal agreed
Business
Ineos raises axe over Grangemouth petrochemicals

2013-10-14T00:00:00Z

Facility set to close without pension reforms and government help to fund ethane shipping terminal
Research
‘Tetrel bonding’ emerges from σ-hole

2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

Non-covalent bonds between electron donors and silicon, tin or germanium are strong but overlooked
Business
Amid huge cuts, Merck vows research focus

2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

8500 more jobs to be axed, but the drugmaker ‘remains committed to innovation’
Research
Alloy rewrites phase-change rules

2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

Zinc-gold-copper alloy experiences unprecedentedly low stress during transition, boosting time to failure
Research
Light-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance

2013-09-15T00:00:00Z

UV-triggered trans-cis isomerisation of a diazo group turns microbe-killer on, before reverse process that would avoid environmental build-up
Research
Sulfur difluoride dimer exposes bonding strangeness

2013-09-12T00:00:00Z

Recoupled pair bond dyads help molecule break the rules
Careers
High unemployment in Europe drives brain drain

2013-09-05T00:00:00Z

Andy Extance finds out how economic woes in southern European countries’ are affecting young chemists
Research
Decays and x-rays build case for element 115

2013-08-30T00:00:00Z

Added ‘fingerprint’ measurements could provide evidence needed for formal recognition
Feature
Measuring the job market

2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The changing economy is driving evolution in chemistry employment. Andy Extance surveys the UK job environment
Research
US chemical exposure bears income imprint

2013-08-12T00:00:00Z

Rich and poor have different chemical signatures in their blood and urine
Business
Pfizer reshuffle hints at future split decision

2013-07-31T00:00:00Z

Could pharma giant’s ‘value’ and ‘innovative’ segments get broken apart?
Research
First polymer LED that stays lit up when stretched and scrunched

2013-07-29T00:00:00Z

Wafer thin light-emitting film pushes flexible electronics to the limits
Business
Lilly freezes pay as patent cliff looms

2013-07-24T00:00:00Z

Drugmaker targets $400 million savings as two key patents near expiry
Research
Crystal structure closes classic carbocation case

2013-07-04T00:00:00Z

After more than 60 years, crystals of the 2-norbornyl cation have finally put its ‘nonclassical’ structure, with a pentacoordinate carbon, beyond doubt
Research
Catalyst duo exerts powerful stereocontrol

2013-05-30T00:00:00Z

Different catalyst combinations select between stereoisomeric products as reaction forms bond between two chiral reactants
Feature
Small lights, big impression

2013-05-30T00:00:00Z

Andy Extance goggles at the display revolution, the culmination of 30 years of research into organic light emitting diodes