All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 172
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News
Graphene racks up the charge
Atomically-thin sheets of carbon could improve the performance of ultracapacitors
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Opinion
Editorial: Launch of the LHC
The Large Hadron Collider captured the public's imagination but is it time to reconsider funding for particle physics?
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News
Beyond the blood-brain barrier
A treatment for Alzheimer's disease or schizophrenia is little use if it can't reach its target in the brain
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Business
Business roundup: October 2008
BASF to buy Ciba Struggling Swiss speciality chemicals group Ciba has agreed to a SF6.1 billion (£3 billion) takeover deal by Germany’s BASF. Source: © AP PHOTOS Jurgen Hambrecht of BASF and Armin Meyer of Ciba On 15 September BASF announced its offer to buy Ciba shares ...
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Opinion
Is the time ripe for a new second?
Philip Ball asks if you can spare him 429 228 004 229 952 oscillations of your time
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Opinion
Letters: October 2008
With reference to your interview with the new head of the ACC, Cal Dooley (Chemistry World , September 2008, p9), bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates are just two of several hundred chemicals that exhibit oestrogenic activity (EA) in plastics. These chemicals leach from almost all plastics sold today, including polyethylene, ...
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Feature
Microwaving myths
Microwaves are moving beyond organic synthesis, but there is still some confusion about what they do to molecules. Richard Van Noorden reports
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Feature
The winning chemistry
As the US prepares for its presidential election, Rebecca Trager looks at where each candidate stands on science
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Feature
Chemists without borders
As we look forward to the 2008 Nobel prizes, Mike Sutton recalls the work of two scientists who redefined chemistry's disciplinary boundaries
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Feature
Kitchen chemistry
One of the world's largest food companies has reinvented its approach to R&D. Victoria Gill reports
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Review
Occult chemistry and the gold standard
Modern alchemy: Occultism and the emergence of atomic theory