All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 64
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Review
Forward thinking
Tomorrow's chemistry today: concepts in nanoscience, organic materials and environmental chemistry
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Feature
Thirsty work
As water shortage becomes an increasing concern, the chemical industry aims to use it wisely. Sean Milmo reports
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Feature
Solvent from the sky
Nature's favourite solvent can also give great results in the lab, as James Mitchell Crow finds out
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Feature
Rain on demand
Can a bit of simple chemistry command the clouds? Richard Van Noorden reports
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Feature
Delving the depths
The field of water analysis is entering a new area, with much talk of data sharing, new testing devices and water quality forecasting, as Emma Davies discovers
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Feature
Something in the water
Drugs have been finding their way into our water supplies for as long as they have been in use, so should we worry? Maria Burke reports
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Opinion
Letters: September 2008
I would suggest that many of the issues cited as influencing women’s decisions to stay in academic science ( Chemistry World , August 2008, p8) are equally relevant to men’s decisions: the extreme competition for lectureships; fighting for funding; and long antisocial hours. These affect all new academics equally. ...
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Opinion
Fitting science into fiction
You don't need to understand the science bits, says Philip Ball, just what they represent
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Opinion
A means to an end
Derek Lowe remembers leaving the ivory towers of academe to trade 'unusual and beautiful' for 'useful'
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Business
Business roundup: September 2008
Agrochemicals companies make hay The booming global farming sector made agrochemicals the business to be in for chemical companies in the second quarter of 2008. The latest financial results show crop protection product sales continue to grow strongly - although earnings in other areas fared less well. US giant Dow’s ...
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Opinion
Editorial: Water scarcity
One third of the world's population already lives in water-scarce areas.
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News
High-throughput protein microarrays on the way
New method offers a rapid, robust way to make protein microarrays
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News
Industry failing to monitor water quality
Outmoded equipment lets chemical pollutants slip through the net
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News
Photonic crystal drug detective
High-throughput sensor quickly spots molecules that disrupt protein-DNA interactions