All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 42
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Feature
Periodic change
The periodic table, cherished by generations of chemists, has steadily evolved over time. Eric Scerri is among those now calling for drastic change
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Opinion
The musical spectrometer
O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound The Tempest, William Shakespeare
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Opinion
Letters: March 2009
I recently delivered an address at a presentation evening at a local school where I was introduced to the audience as an organic chemist. At the reception which followed, I was approached by a parent who congratulated me heartily on my lifestyle choice of being ’organic’ and I was asked ...
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Feature
Fruits of the forest
Last summer a team of UK scientists dragged the contents of their lab out into the jungle, to analyse the local atmosphere. Emma Davies finds out what they discovered
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Careers
Who's who: Colourful chemistry
Sarah Houlton marvels at the rainbow of career options available to colour chemists
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Careers
Profile: Tomorrow's careers
A wealth of skills took Kate Bellingham from a first degree in physics, to careers as a computer programmer, TV presenter, maths teacher, and finally a national champion for careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem), writes Sarah Houlto
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Careers
The Educated Chemist: New pharmacists on the block
Transferable skills prepare MPharm graduates for the jobs market, writes Matt Brown
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Opinion
Making use of molecular motions
Thermal motions on the molecular scale are not just useless noise, discovers Philip Ball
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Opinion
A new wave of consolidation
Derek Lowe worries that mergers are upsetting the balance of the pharmaceutical ecosystem
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OpinionHirsch's funnel
Separating crystals is a cinch using a Hirsch funnel, but it was not always thus
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Business
Business roundup: March 2009
Pfizer’s Wyeth injection Source: © AP PHOTOS Jeffrey Kindler, Pfizer’s CEO, explains the merger Pfizer has agreed to pay $68 billion (?48.3 billion) for rival US biopharmaceutical firm Wyeth, gaining access to its rich product portfolio and promising pipeline of experimental drugs. Pfizer hopes Wyeth’s products ...
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Opinion
Editorial: Economic science
As the recession bites deeper, what could be in store for academe?
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News
Reading DNA base by base
A technique to electrically detect DNA bases from a single DNA strand could lead to cheap and simple sequencing
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News
Selective catalyst cracks direct peroxide production
Acid-treated catalyst converts hydrogen and oxygen directly into hydrogen peroxide
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News
Nanoparticles give cancer drug a boost
Efficiency of Taxol improved by encapsulating it in a polymer nanoparticle