All Chemistry World articles in April 2017 – Page 2
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Opinion
Letters: April 2017
The wrong terminology for antimicrobial resistance, and which scientist belongs on a tea towel
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Opinion
How does being a chemist change your view on the world?
Scientific knowledge and analysis shape our view, but can also be selectively ignored
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Business
PacBio sues Oxford Nanopore for patent infringement
Firms spar over single-molecule gene sequencing technology
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Opinion
Safety first with gene editing
Why Darpa is creating a biosafety and biosecurity toolkit for genome editors
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Opinion
How to resist threats to science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy
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Feature
Smartphone recycling
Although smartphones contain a host of valuable metals, getting at them is the tricky bit. Emma Davies reports
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Research
Supposed human pheromones fail to pass sniff test
Scientists are still searching for the first human chemical attractant
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News
Huge cuts in Trump's 'skinny budget' would put science on starvation diet
The White House budget blueprint has rocked the US science community, targeting key research programmes for steep cuts and elimination
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Business
J&J to close Scottish medical device plant
Up to 400 positions affected as Ethicon subsidiary leaves Livingston
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Research
Unique proteins give water bears extreme drought tolerance
Glassy proteins allow tardigrades to survive being dried out for more than a decade
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Business
Industry weighs in on Nafta rewrite
Canadian, Mexican and US trade bodies united in call for more unified regulation in new trade deal
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Business
Shell shrinks stake in Canadian oil sands
$7.25bn sell-off is part of plan to divest over $30bn in assets to reduce debts
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News
Australian Climate Institute to close
Funding shortfall means climate organisation will not run beyond June 2017
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Research
Replication proteins send signals along DNA ‘wire’
DNA charge transport enables handover from one enzyme to another
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Business
AkzoNobel looks to separate chemicals business
Netherlands-based firm rejects PPG takeover bid, and looks to tighten strategic focus on paints and coatings
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Research
Squeezing the last of the sulfur from fuels
Simple reaction that removes almost all sulfur from diesel would help to cut emissions that cause acid rain
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News
Pesticide use ‘threatens human rights’, UN advisers say
Report for the UN Human Rights Council condemns agrochemical industry and calls for a treaty to phase out toxic pesticides
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