All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 220
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News
Chemical bounty in the bargain basement
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), Philadelphia, US, has acquired a priceless collection of textbooks chronicling the past 600 years of chemistry.
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Feature
Benefiting from bad breath
New studies into the chemicals present in garlic and onions continue to confirm that these remarkable plants contain a veritable treasure trove of healing agents. Dennis Rouvray investigates.
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News
Nano-engineering crystal arrays
Materials chemists in the UK have made important advances in understanding how to control the growth of films of zinc oxide crystals on a range of substrates.
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News
Argenta set to license oncology programme
Argenta's oncology programme is now ready for licensing and the company is 'having serious conversations' over this with several companies.
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News
Fire at Acordis plant
Fire investigators are probing the cause of a blaze at a chemical plant in Derby, UK.
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News
Just an accident?
A second inquest into the death of a British serviceman involved in nerve agent trials at Porton Down fifty years ago began on 5 May 2004.
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News
Opening the access debate
The final evidence session of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into scientific publishing has exposed wide gaps in the understanding of issues surrounding open access publishing.
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Opinion
Letters: June 2004
From Susan Kelly, Coordinator -Chemistry, Thurston Community College Our chairman of governors was keen to draw our attention to [the RSC’s] article in The Daily Telegraph of February 18 2004, entitled ’British chemistry faces extinction’. We are a state school, of 1350 students, which as from September 2004 will have ...
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Review
Superficial science
A new text on colloidal chemistry, but is its appeal more than skin deep?
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News
Prions show the strain
US researchers suggest that a single protein gives different prion properties.
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Feature
Prosecuting the polluters
Oil spills and chemical leaks can wreak havoc on the environment, but who is legally responsible for fixing the damage? Maria Burke investigates.
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Feature
A life less ordinary
This month Albert Eschenmoser receives the RSC's Barton gold medal. Cath O'Driscoll talks to him about a career spent chasing the mysteries of life.
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News
Polychromic plastics: the magic starts here
Chemists open the doors to new applications for colour-changing polymers.
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Microfluidics to help IVF
Microfluidic devices could soon be improving the success of in vitro fertilisation, according to a team of scientists from the universities of Illinois and Wisconsin, US.
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News
Voice of the future
The next major challenge facing UK researchers is to persuade society that scientific method should be at the core of scientific debate, and to diminish the influence of minority protest groups in the public perception of science.
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Feature
It's a fungi old world
Fungi do more than rot fruit and veg: they have a profound role in geochemistry. Simon Hadlington explains.