All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 12
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News
Study questions Olympics air efforts
Air pollution exceeded guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and was about one third higher than reported by Chinese officials during the Games.
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Cutting-edge drug pioneer goes to new battlefield
Hu started his medical career as a barefoot doctor working in the countrywide in the remote northwestern Chinese province of Heilongjiang
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Slim access to China key drug scheme funds
Funding through China's multi-billion yuan key drug development scheme could become harder to come by
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Feature
The food detectives
Every day, scientists at RSSL's food analysis labs in Reading, UK, investigate cases of food adulteration. Hayley Birch was let in on a few secrets of the trade
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Gene therapy in patent wars
Peng Zhaohui, the father of the world's first commercialised gene therapy, Gendicine, is now fighting a legal war with the company he established
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Feature
Boxing clever
Food scientists are developing increasingly sophisticated packaging materials to extend shelf life of many foods. Nina Notman looks at the delicacies on offer
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NewsProposed rare metal ban unlikely to impact market
China is planning a reshuffle of its rare earth metal industry
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FeatureBread chemistry on the rise
The ancient tradition of bread baking depends on a cascade of chemical reactions. Scientists have found myriad ways to modify the process, say Bryan Reuben and Tom Coultate
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Feature
The Spice of Life
Many of the world's favourite ingredients have more to offer than just flavour, says Ned Stafford. Many also show health benefits
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Heavy metal poisoning sparks protests in China
A serious case of pollution in Fengxiang County in northwestern Shaanxi Province in early August led to 174 children from three villages being diagnosed with lead poisoning.
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China's emissions to peak early
This week a Chinese think tank formally predicted that the country has the potential to reduce its carbon emissions significantly earlier than previously expected.
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Funding misuse shakes Chinese science base
On 1 September, the Central Audit Office released a shocking report, exposing 54 ministries or central government-affiliated institutions as having misused their funding.
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Opinion
Letters: October 2009
We feel obliged to respond to Prof Morel-Desrosiers’ criticisms (Chemistry World, August 2009, p36) of an earlier article highlighting a paper of ours (Chemistry World, May 2009, p5). This paper (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 3129) describes the formation, in an aqueous mixture, of unusual clam-like species in ...
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Opinion
Heavy drinking
Alcohol makes us lose balance, but heavy water has the opposite effect. Could a 'heavy' gin and tonic get us drunk but keep us upright?