All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 107
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Business
Business roundup: April 2012
Pharmaceutical A pill to keep you off the pints? Source: © IStockphoto Beer today, gone tomorrow - Selincro tablets might help patients put their alcohol problems behind them Phase III trials of Selincro (nalmefene) tablets show that it outperforms placebo treatment when used to help patients with ...
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News
Cutbacks threaten Lords' oversight of UK science
Cost saving measures could see inquiries by the Lords science and technology select committee halved
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Opinion
Letters: April 2012
As an affiliate member of the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC’s) peer review college, I would like to comment on the article about NERC’s intention to reduce the number of uncompetitive proposals submitted for funding (Chemistry World, March 2012, p17). For several years, I have helped in ...
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News
Drug release polymer triggered by ultrasound
Ultrasound can control drug release from a polymer by changing the polymer's shape
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News
Teeth fight back against bacteria with graphene sensor
A remote sensor operating on tooth enamel is a promising blueprint for non-invasive diagnostic devices
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Research
Mouldy film (block)buster
Old cinematic films that have been donated to archives such as the British Film Institute have often been stored for decades in attics, cupboards and sheds
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Research
Hair and polymers click
In the search for new haircare products, scientists in the UK have developed a new method to chemically modify hair with polymers
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Research
X-ray vision uncovers hidden self portrait
A collaboration between scientists and art historians in Australia has uncovered a lost work of art by one of the country's most famous artists
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Research
Seeds of life incubated in proto-planetary nurseries
Organic molecules that were the potential precursors of life on Earth could have been synthesised in a part of the cosmic environment hitherto considered to be chemically inert
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News
X-ray vision uncovers hidden self portrait
Australian scientists use x-ray fluorescence to bring painted over artwork back to life again
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News
Mouldy film (block) buster
Detecting mould on old cinema film could help to preserve historical records
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News
Hair and polymers click
Thiol-ene click chemistry has been used to covalently bond a polymer to hair for new cosmetic applications
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News
Seeds of life incubated in proto-planetary nurseries
The formation of organic molecules is a natural and inevitable part of the planet-forming process, modelling work suggests
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Business
US approves new anaemia drug
US authorities have approved Omontys (peginesatide) injections for treating anaemia in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease
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Business
Half of sun products have BASF UV filters
German chemical giant BASF says that 50% of all ‘sun care’ products sold today contain its organic UV-A filters
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News
Controversial physical sciences shaping strategy comes to a close
For better or worse, the main UK physical sciences funding body has finished deciding which areas of science will see their funding grow and which will shrink
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Business
Seroquel patent row continues
The legal tug of war over the right to sell generic versions of Seroquel (quetiapine) tablets continues
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Research
Miniaturising disease diagnosis tool
South Korean scientists have created a temperature cycle for the on-chip flow-through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using a single heater