All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2004-2009 – Page 89
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Feature
Nicotine rehab
Nicotine has amazing powers as an anti-inflammatory. Now researchers are hunting for a nicotine surrogate that bypasses its nasty side effects, as Lisa Melton finds out
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Feature
A force for change
Atomic force microscopy has long revealed surface wonders to scientists from many disciplines. Now new probes are bringing improved resolution. Yfke Hager investigates
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Review
Chemistry before Boyle
Atoms and alchemy: chemistry and the experimental origins of the scientific revolution
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Review
Molecular glue
Van der Waals forces: a handbook for biologists, chemists, engineers, and physicists
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News
Separating the huitres from the chaff
A recent ban on French oysters has highlighted a controversy about how food should be tested.
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News
World firework record
A British chemist is waiting to hear if he has entered the record books with a bang, after his attempt on 16 August to beat the world record for the most fireworks launched simultaneously.
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News
Small businesses face heavy burden
Europe's small to medium-sized businesses will be hit hard by costs planned for the European Chemicals Agency, industry representatives have warned.
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NewsRobots run riot
Natural product synthesis is seeing unprecedented levels of automation, drastically speeding up the time it takes to prepare complicated organic molecules.
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Copper mines and chemistry
Extracting pure copper metal from low-grade metal ores will benefit from the latest coordination chemistry research, thanks to a molecule that can hold negative and positive ions in place, UK chemists claim.
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Suschem partnership presents action plan
Ambitious proposals for the future of European chemistry research have been unveiled by SusChem, the European technology platform for sustainable chemistry.
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Contamination from food packaging 'ignored'
A leading analytical chemist has claimed that widespread contamination of food by packaging materials is being ignored by governments, scientists, and the food industry.
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RSC to launch open access
Authors of RSC journal papers can now choose to have their research freely available the moment it is published - for a fee.
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Bacterial conversation stopper
Molecules that interrupt the chemical conversations of bacterial communities are showing early promise in beating the bugs.
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News
Solar cells reach into the infrared
A dye molecule that efficiently harvests the energy of near infrared light could boost the output from the next generation of solar cells.
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Defra leaves organophosphate study hanging in the balance
Unique research aims to assess the link between pesticides and mental health
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Printing nano portraits
US team generate 55 000 nanoscale images of Thomas Jefferson to show the potential of their molecular ink pen.