All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 17
-
Careers
Careers clinic: Transition into teaching
If you are thinking of moving into teaching, it's worth first examining your motives and work shadowing a teacher, says Caroline Tolond
-
Careers
Who's who: The write stuff
Sick of rotary evaporators and mass spec, but still want to make the most of your scientific training? Science publishing might just be the career for you, says Matt Brown
-
Opinion
The power of salinity
Philip Ball looks at a new device that creates energy from salinity differences between fresh and sea water
-
OpinionLiebig's Kaliapparat
Justus von Liebig (1803–1873) was a German chemist, co-discoverer of isomerism, father of agricultural chemistry and revolutionised chemical analysis
-
Opinion
Editorial: Spanish science
You could say that this editorial is completely biased. And, to an extent, it is, as it covers new technologies and focuses on Spain
-
Opinion
Difficult diseases to drug
Derek Lowe wonders why some diseases are easier to drug than others
-
Business
Business roundup: September 2009
Animal rights activism on the rise There has been an escalation in the wave of animal rights attacks aimed at the pharmaceutical industry - and they have been focused on Novartis ’ chief executive, Daniel Vasella. Source: © ASSOCIATED PRESS The charred remains of Vasella’s Tyrolean ...
-
News
Heavy metal poisoning sparks protests in China
Industrial pollution causes lead and cadmium poisoning in China, prompting protests and calls for improved regulation
-
Feature
Wealth from Greenland, honour from London
19th century Danish chemist Julius Thomsen dedicated his professional life to a systematic search for a unifying theory of chemical reactivity. Mike Sutton finds out more
-
Feature
Drugs for a developing world
Diseases affecting the developing world have long been neglected, but new partnerships between governments, charities and pharmaceutical firms could change that, says Sarah Houlton
-
News
PhD bribes scandal hits German universities
German prosecutors investigate at least 100 cases of professors taking cash bribes to help students obtain PhDs
-
Opinion
Letters: September 2009
Derek Bailey raises his concerns over the amount of carbon sequestration that can occur before oxygen depletion becomes a significant issue (Chemistry World, August 2009, p36) and asks if the relevant calculations have been done. Although the Earth System is complex and exhibits tightly coupled feedback loops, indicative upper limits ...
-
Review
Quantum chemistry: a unified approach
In this work the author tries to explain the quantum chemical ideas behind what actually happens when a chemical bond is formed
-
Review
Is antimatter anti matter
This compact book is a wonderful source of information on antimatter