All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 87
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CareersSteve Wailes – weed killer
Organic chemist Steve Wailes uses novel reactions in the fight against crop weeds. Susan Aldridge finds out more
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OpinionArtfully communicating science
Art inspired by science should be more than just a pretty picture, says Philip Ball
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Opinion
Enterprise Europe Network
The launch of the Enterprise Europe Network should help small and medium enterprises to boost innovation throughout Europe says Janez Potocnik
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Business
Business roundup: March 2008
Can biologics go generic? US President George Bush has called for legislation to enable the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve generic versions of biologic (typically protein-based) drugs (see also Chemistry World, January 2008, p16). But a key lawmaker, Representative John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and ...
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News
Avandia not to blame for patient deaths, study finds
A large-scale clinical study of diabetes treatments has found no evidence to link GlaxoSmithKline's type 2 diabetes drug Avandia
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News
The trouble with antibiotics
Eighty years ago a mouldy Petri dish changed the face of medicine, and Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin spurred a golden age of antibiotic research
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Doubts over US and EU nanosafety drives
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have recently stepped up efforts to monitor the potential impacts of nanotechnology on the environment and public health
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BP to help CAS commercialise clean energy technologies
Commercialise clean technologies for China's local needs
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Anti-cholesterol drugs may damage cellular power station
Survey of 2500 compounds uncovers surprising effects on mitochondria
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Rhodium fast tracks route to lactones
Canadian scientists have pioneered an efficient rhodium-catalysed way to make lactones
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Taking the measure of atomic friction
Researchers have determined how much force is needed to drag a single atom across a surface