All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 128
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Careers
'I had always wondered what the private sector was like'
Steve Koonin's curiosity and drive to 'make a difference' led him from academia to one of the world's largest energy companies. Fiona Case meets him
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Opinion
Letters: October 2007
From Geoff Cloke, Andrew Smith and Bob Allison We were astonished to read the remarks made about chemistry at the University of Sussex by Professor Sir Richard Sykes (Chemistry World, September 2007). In particular, the statement: ’If chemistry is a drain, vice-chancellors have no choice but to deal with ...
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FeatureHow to bury the problem
Carbon capture and storage could allow us to burn fossil fuels without climate consequences - but only with more investment in R&D, argues Stuart Haszeldine
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Feature
The green fuel myth
A shortage of agricultural land and inefficient production processes have cast a doubtful shadow over the first generation of biofuels.
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Feature
Designing a nuclear future
As the UK government indicates renewed support for nuclear energy, Richard Van Noorden tours the reactor designs in contention
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Feature
Nuclear revival
The Dalton Institute at the University of Manchester aims to be a world leader in nuclear research, and breathe life into an industry that very nearly collapsed.
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Feature
Incubating climate change solutions
The Carbon Trust's incubator programme aims to help scientists, spin-outs and small companies bring their carbon-reducing ideas to commercial fruition.
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Feature
Making the cut
As restrictions are tightened on energy consumption within industry, Sean Milmo finds out how the chemical sector is fighting against its image as an energy glutton
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Feature
Chemistry's special relationship
From the discovery of aniline dyes to modern biofuels, chemistry and energy have always been intractably linked.
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News
Semiconductor splits water with sunlight
Hydrogen and oxygen separated and stored by titanium photocatalyst
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News
Anorexia shares addictive pathway with ecstasy
A study in mice shows that anorexia hijacks the same 'reward' signalling pathway as MDMA
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News
Food safety rules strengthened
China has launched a food recall system amidst growing concerns over food safety
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OpinionBunsen burner
In terms of equipment associated with science, few, if any, are more iconic...