All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 205
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Mirror on chemistry
The public's attitude towards chemistry is improving but what future do art students see?
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Review
How to make it as a chemist
Career management for chemists: a guide to success in a chemistry career
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Drug developers face discrimination charge
Historically, members of the Black and Asian communities have been under-represented in clinical trials, but tailoring drug development to race wouldn't redress any imbalance, say researchers.
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The changing image of chemistry
The public face of chemistry has undergone many changes in recent times. Vikki Allen looks into some past and present perceptions
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Ionic liquids pair up for catalysis
Researchers have taken a key step towards rationalising the solvent properties of ionic liquids (ILs), which are composed entirely of ions and have been hailed the 'green' solvents of the future.
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Careful chlorine measurements
Researchers in the US have reported a new robust system to measure accurately very low concentrations of chlorine in fossil fuels.
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Length matters for carbon nanotubes
Long carbon nanotubes hold promise for new composite materials
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Sanofi-Aventis opens for business
The merger of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Synthelabo with its Franco-German rival Aventis to create the largest pharmaceutical company in Europe has been formally approved by the companies' management and supervisory boards.
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Buckyballs get a soft landing
When the 1996 Nobel prize in chemistry went to the discoverers of C60, or 'buckyballs' as they were affectionately known, the fullerenes suddenly shot to superstar status. And interest in them continues afresh, with researchers in Germany now isolating C5
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A volcanic breath of life?
An erupting volcano is both majestic and terrifying, but now research suggests that these geological wonders might have played a significant part in the evolution of life on Earth. Tamsin Mather invites us to peer into the crater and take a closer look
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Record breakers
Materials scientists at the University of Oxford, UK, are poised to join the Guinness World Records hall of fame with their latest breakthrough - the world's smallest test tube.
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Boat shaped by design
A miniature protein with a stable folded boat-shaped structure has been designed by a team of Indian chemists.
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Nanotubes roll out the blue carpet
Sapphire provides the ideal surface for templated growth of nanotubes
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New ligand on the block
UK scientists have found an alternative to the cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligand, historically the dominating anion in olefin polymerisation catalysis.