All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 10
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OpinionA story of structure
As the Cambridge Structural Database reaches its 50th year, Colin Groom gives us some of its greatest ‘hits’
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ResearchUrine recycled into quantum dots
New way of producing carbon dots provides a cheaper and greener alternative to conventional synthesis
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NewsChina launches nationwide emissions trading scheme
World’s two largest polluters, the US and China, agree further action to tackle climate change
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NewsCall for collaboration to take on resistance
Better partnerships across research, industry and policy are needed to tackle antimicrobial resistance, say research leaders
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ResearchRolled-up electrodes record brain activity without scarring
Super-flexible polymer offers way to monitor neural signals over the long-term for chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s disease
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NewsNew US ozone standard under fire
The Environmental Protection Agency’s stricter air quality standard for ground-level ozone are opposed by industry, lawmakers and environmental groups
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ResearchEnvironmentally-friendly quantum dots make their mark
Indium phosphide nanoparticles offer non-toxic alternative to cadium for richer, more colourful display screens
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Business
Safety board fills in details of deadly DuPont leak
In interim investigation has outlined the events and safety failings leading to a methyl mercaptan release that killed four workers
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NewsAntiparasitic drugs derived from natural products take 2015 medicine Nobel
Top science gong awarded for discovery and development of drugs that have improved the lives of millions
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NewsRefreshing Van Gogh’s faded flowers
2014–15 competition winner Paul Brack reports on AkzoNobel’s colourful collaborations with the Van Gogh Museum
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ResearchMegasupramolecules promise to quell fuel explosions
‘Sticky-ended’ molecules that self-assemble into long chains may have made 9/11 less deadly
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ResearchAntimony recovery lights up lamp waste recycling
Green method produces fertiliser as a byproduct
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ResearchExcess protons play hopscotch in water
Researchers confirm proton transport mechanism first mooted 200 years ago
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CareersTraining in European policy
The agencies of the EU and European Commission over a range of traineeships, many of which are suited to chemists. Emma Davies reports
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Research
Drawn out proteins make self-healing scaffolds
Self-assembling protein tubes can be shaped into a flexible, branching network that can support growing cells
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Opinion
Human capital
Business leader: Incubators and hubs for small and medium-sized enterprises are all the fashion
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PodcastA is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup – Book club
In the first of a brand new podcast series, we get together to discuss ‘A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie’