All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 30
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Careers
Profile: Speaking of science
In just a few short years Karen Bultitude has switched from scientific research to become a sought-after science communicator, writes Helen Carmichael
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Opinion
Editorial: Publishing feels the squeeze
The latest sector to feel the recession is the world of publishing and journalism.
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Opinion
Collaborative compromise
Derek Lowe wonders about pharmaceutical companies' motives for collaboration
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OpinionOstwald's viscometer
One man who took little on trust was Wilhelm Ostwald. Born in Riga, Latvia, he studied chemistry at the University of Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia).
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Careers
Careers clinic: A fresh start
Whether you're choosing a degree course or looking for a career change, it's vital that ask yourself what you enjoy doing and what makes you tick, advises Caroline Tolond
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Business
Business roundup: June 2009
Animal testing amendments The European parliament has voted in favour of ’watering down’ its directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes - enabling researchers to continue conducting animal experiments to assess the safety of new drugs and chemicals. Last year, the European Commission proposed a range of ...
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News
Nanotube transistors swing both ways
Combination nanotransistors turn on and off in response to light
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News
Salt nanowire surprise
Normally brittle salt crystals can be pulled into nanowires that extend by more than twice their own length without breaking
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News
Wine's chemical memory
Even 10 years after bottling, wine still holds a chemical imprint of the forest from which the wooden barrel it was aged in came
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News
A concrete solution to climate change?
Concrete absorbs CO2, but can it solve the cement industry's carbon problem?
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News
Toxic mushroom molecule discovered
A simple compound has been found to be the toxic culprit in a highly poisonous Asian mushroom
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News
'Fountain pen' injects nanodiamonds
Researchers have demonstrated a tool that can pattern nanodiamonds at high resolution and inject them into single cells