All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 175
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News
Studying the nutrients in food
Researchers in Thailand have developed a method for estimating the bioavailability of several essential elements at once from a continuous in vitro digestion system.
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Success for Swiss biotech firm
Sales exceeding expectations have prompted Swiss biotech company Actelion to announce third quarter results a week early, and raise its targets for the year.
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Ionic liquids toxic to fish
Acute toxicity testing of ionic liquids with zebrafish suggests that some of these compounds pose a risk to the aquatic environment.
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Jekyll and Hyde protein in brain disease?
A new peptide that may be able to reverse the formation of amyloid fibrils in the brain could be the key to a cure for Alzheimer's.
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Hydrogen from timber
A new way of generating hydrogen gas continuously from timber waste is a promising start towards sustainable energy.
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Viagra cancels painkiller side effects, but might have side effects of its own
The impotence drug Viagra could be used to block gastric inflammation caused by drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen.
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Improving the odds against a killer disease
Combining two existing forms of breast cancer therapy could result in a safer and more efficient treatment.
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Review
Natural wonders
The gecko's foot. Bio-inspiration - engineering new materials and devices from nature
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Opinion
Quorn and industrial espionage
The recent acquisition of Quorn by Premier Foods rekindles memories of one of the most audacious cases of industrial espionage.
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Careers
Sandwiching commercial experience in a chemistry degree
Matthew Moorcroft talks to Katie Gibb about the benefits of a chemical background
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Opinion
Keeping European chemistry competitive
Alfred Oberholz says the EU's sustainable chemistry technology platform can help boost the European chemical community's competitiveness
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Opinion
Letters: January 2006
From Barry Knight Richard Biddulph asks whether there is a procedure for neutralising acid inks using zinc diethyl (Chemistry World, November 2005, p32). The Library of Congress, Washington DC, US, did indeed carry out lengthy experiments on deacidifying books with diethyl zinc (DEZ) in the 1980s. However, DEZ reacts violently ...