All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 221
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News
French researchers hang up their placards
Scientists make peace with the government, but turn on each other.
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News
Joining forces to understand ozone
Three different groups provide new insight into atmospheric reactions.
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Fighting for the ozone layer
At an intergovernmental meeting in Montreal, Canada in March, participants from 114 countries voted to grant limited 'critical use exemptions' to 11 developed countries facing the 2005 deadline for phasing out methyl bromide.
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Opinion
Don't try this at home
One of the more extreme pieces of television from last year came in the form of the BBC documentary Bodysnatchers.
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News
Lack of new TB drugs, despite urgent requirement
The global pharmaceutical industry has only 22 compounds in development for treating tuberculosis (TB).
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EU creates united policy to fight fake drugs
Around the world, counterfeit chemicals present a risk to the public.
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News
Nanomaterials to the core
Nanomaterials with a core and a shell made from the same material have been synthesised for the first time.
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News
Rice straw: come hell or high water
Attempts to turn rice straw, the inedible remains of the rice crop, into a wood substitute are beginning to shed light on a host of properties that might exceed even those of humble wood.
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Feature
Vorsprung durch Chemie
The German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the Royal Society of Chemistry have worked closely together for many years. David Giachardi, chief executive of the RSC, and Wolfram Koch, GDCh's chief executive, discuss the issues faced by the societies today. Emma
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Cool reception for carbon cuts
Energy company executives are raising renewed concerns over the UK's ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions one year after publication of the government's Energy White Paper.
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Fine tuning cancer-killing molecules
New cancer-beating molecules may be a step closer, thanks to collaboration between chemists and biomedical scientists in Australia.