All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 161
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Business
Business roundup: April 2006
Chemicals firms plead guilty to price-fixing conspiracy A total of more than $72 million (?41 million) in fines faces Belgian chemicals company Solvay, and Dutch company Akzo Nobel Chemicals International, following the admission that they participated in international price-fixing cartels in the chemicals industry, the US department of industry has ...
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Opinion
Editorial: Clinical trial concerns
A clinical trial that landed subjects in intensive care has raised concerns about the process
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News
Good news for the chemical industry
Training programme launched to persuade journos to drop the 'dirty and dangerous' tag often linked to chemicals stories.
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News
Going with the flow
European researchers say they can overcome the problems of modelling flow in fluids like mayonnaise, engine oil and snow.
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News
Europe's energy strategy
Car manufacturers and fuel suppliers must cooperate to achieve Europe's environmental aims, as set out in a European Commission energy strategy.
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News
Innovative short list announced
The shortlist for this year's RSC Innovation Awards has been announced, reflecting the breadth of innovation in the chemical sciences.
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News
Polymer matches silicon in semi-conductor stakes
Semi-conducting polymer conducts electricity similarly to conventional silicon-based semi-conductors.
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News
Plant virus fixed with antennae
Researchers in the UK have coupled a virus with redox-active molecules, creating particles they say could be useful in nanoelectronics.
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News
Europe addresses mercury risk
In an EU drive to reduce mercury-related damage to health and the environment, a major source of the problem might be part of the remedy.
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News
Update: Thriving chemistry department faces closure
An emergency evidence session of the Science and Technology select committee is being considered.
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News
Previous research can be a bad influence on molecular biologists
Molecular biologists could be reporting false experimental data because they are being overly influenced by previous findings.
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News
Thriving chemistry department faces closure
Sussex University, UK, has announced the closure of its chemistry department following weeks of speculation.
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News
New way to produce heavy rare earth metals
Chemists in China have demonstrated an electrochemical method to produce heavy rare earth metals from their oxides.
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News
Dual organometallics enhance zinc reactivity
Zinc loses its shyness at the organometallic party when accompanied by sodium or lithium
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News
Covalent bonds crack under the strain
Chemists must consider engineering principles when designing molecules after news that tough carbon-carbon bonds break easily under mechanical strain.
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News
Unexpected photochemistry unearthed
Soil uses sunlight to produce chemicals that can break down pollutants in the lowest layers of the atmosphere.
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News
Update: Archives for Africa and beyond
The RSC has provided developing countries with free access to its journal archives, but its involvement shouldn't stop there.