All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 100
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News
Powering up fuel cells
Attaching enzyme electrocatalysts to carbon nanotubes increases the power output of hydrogen fuel cells
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Opinion
Skin deep science
Philip Ball takes a critical look at the science behind an anti-ageing cream and discovers there's some truth in its sugar-coated claims
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OpinionThe elements of drug design
Drug discovery requires experimentation, says Derek Lowe. But chemists can be reluctant to stray from the elements they know and love
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Opinion
Scholarisine A
Ring strain is a fascinating phenomenon - one that is best understood with plastic modelling kits, wearing safety specs for ring sizes of four or less. These smaller rings are packed with energy, resulting from both tight bond angles (deviating from the tetrahedral ideal of 109.5?), and ...
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Feature
Another brick in the whorl
The scientists on the inside of advanced fingerprinting research are cross-examined by Simon Hadlington
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News
Simple sensitive TNT detection
Self assembled gel senses TNT at the attogram level, suggesting a cheap and easy method of TNT detection
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Japan merges science centres to cut costs
Austerity measures spark concern about research quality among academics
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EPA sets safe dioxin level
Exposure threshold draws praise from scientists and environmentalist but industry remains nonplussed
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Careers
Company Profile: Chew's life
Revolymer's expertise in polymer chemistry has brought non-stick, biodegradable chewing gum to the mass market as Hayley Birch discovers
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Careers
Profile: To ECHA his own
The EU's Reach regulation involves a huge data gathering operation and Kaihsu Tai is working right at its heart. Manisha Lalloo finds out how he got there
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Careers
Careers clinic: The apprentice
A university education isn't the only way to get started in chemistry. Charlotte Ashley-Roberts discusses the advantages of learning on the job with an apprenticeship
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Opinion
Letters: March 2012
The article ’Silver soils’ (Chemistry World, February 2012, p36) highlights some interesting recent events relating to the environmental impact of silver residues. While a wealth of evidence exists to show that silver ions are toxic to lower organisms, there is less evidence that nanocrystalline or other forms of silver present ...
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Feature
Speciation measures
The boom in analytical methods for determining the distribution of an element between its different chemical forms is charted by Andy Extance