All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 160
-
News
Archaeological chemists settle trophy-head debate
Strontium isotope analysis and modern day guinea pigs point to violent past for ancient disfigured skulls discovered in Peru
-
Feature
Buzzing with bioscience
England's northwest is one of the UK's top clusters for the biomedical sector. Yfke van Bergen looks at the role the University of Manchester has played.
-
Feature
Rapid rise of a team player
A passion for science and rugby has shaped Duncan Graham's career. He talks to Andrew Scott about his work and aspirations.
-
Feature
An end to endocrine disrupters?
Water companies around the world are investigating the best ways to remove traces of endocrine disrupting chemicals from wastewater, as Maria Burke finds out.
-
Feature
Chemists imitate nature
Asymmetric aldol reactions are playing a major role in helping chemists to create synthetic versions of natural compounds. Susan Aldridge reports.
-
Review
The last of the chemical magicians
The devil's doctor: Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science
-
Opinion
The need for measurements
China and India are showing significant growth, while demand for traditional analytical techniques underpins the market, as Ian Shuttler explains.
-
Opinion
The names of things
The great French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) understood the importance of names in science
-
Opinion
Letters: April 2006
From Brian Whitefield I sympathise with Ronald Dell over his problem with the names of pharmaceuticals (Chemistry World, March 2006, p32). Some 50 years ago, when National Service temporarily converted me from organic chemist to nurse, the nature of preparations could be easily determined from their Latinate names or, in ...
-
News
Organic chemists develop molecular calculator
Israeli organic chemists have created a calculator the size of a single molecule.
-
News
Boost for chemical innovation
A boost in innovative performance across the UK was promised at yesterday's launch of the Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network.
-
News
Australian chemistry dept under threat
The school of chemistry at the University of New South Wales, Australia, is facing cost-saving job losses.
-
Feature
The greenhouse in the sky
Venus could be the ultimate example of what can happen when an atmospheric greenhouse effect runs away. A mission to the planet four billion years ago might have shed some light on what is happening on Earth. But Esa's Venus Express probe will instead foc