All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 174
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Wax paintings analysed
The care and restoration of wax-based paintings could be easier following the arrival of a new gas chromatography method.
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Business
Business roundup: November 2005
BASF: Asian shift won’t slow European growth Katharine Sanderson/ Ludwigshafen, Germany German chemicals giant BASF has announced plans to focus on expansion in Europe until 2015, and aims to double eastern European sales by 2010. The announcement came just days after the official opening of BASF’s ...
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Electrochromic films advance display technology
New electrochromic thin films that show promising potential for use in high performance displays have been developed by Chinese researchers.
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New fluorophilic phosphines for use in catalysis
Advances in the synthesis of ligands for use in rhodium-based catalysts could lead to industrially viable applications.
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EU to advance strategy on climate change
The European Union is aiming for a 25 per cent reduction in EU emissions of three greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto protocol.
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Molecular gearbox
A remarkable molecular gearbox with potential applications in nanoscience and smart materials has been developed.
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Magnetic particles for hard drives
UK scientists have made nanosized particles of iron-platinum, which are ordered on the atomic scale. They hope these will find a use in computer hard drives.
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Nanotubes mimic protein channels
Water passes through nanotube nicotine patches faster than predicted and offers new drug delivery prospects, say US scientists.
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Self-assembling dendrimers - reaching the core
A new structure has been developed that promises to serve as the core for a novel self-assembling dendrimer.
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2 November 2005: Albumin engineered for artificial blood
A modified version of human serum albumin that binds oxygen has been created marking a first step towards a new form of artificial blood.
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UK researchers plan to make nuclear power acceptable
The largest UK grant for nuclear research in 30 years was announced today at Imperial College London.
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Helical polymer solutions
A polymer that forms helices when dissolved in water could lead to new materials for bio and electronic applications.
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Electrochemical information storage
An electrochemically activated write-read-erase system, gated by magnetic nanoparticles, adds a new dimension to information storage.
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Sustainability leads to profitability, industry told
The UK chemical industry has received a barrage of warnings about sustainability from leading members of its community.
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Controlling electron movement in molecular-scale wires
Modulating electron flow along a donor-connector-acceptor system by control of the central torsion angle of a bridging group could lead to improved communication systems.
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Nanomedicine tops European ethics agenda
The European group on ethics in science and new technologies (EGE) has started its new term, which will run to 2009, by exploring the ethics of nanomedicine.
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A structured approach
Positioning individual bacteria at pre-defined locations in a gel matrix might provide insights into how cells develop and behave, claim researchers in the UK and Sweden.
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Fire destroys optoelectronics research centre
Fire has destroyed Europe's major optoelectronics interdisciplinary research centre at Southampton University, UK.
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Buckyball creator dies
Richard Smalley, who shared the 1996 Nobel prize for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs, has died aged 62 after a long battle with cancer.