All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 153
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Business
AkzoNobel sells $1bn chunk of paints business
North American decorative paints business was responsible for 7% of total AkzoNobel sales in 2011, amounting to $1.5 billion
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Research
Cutting edge chemistry in 2012
What discoveries caused the biggest buzz in chemistry labs in 2012? Chemistry World reviews the ground breaking research and important trends in this year’s crop of chemical science papers
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Business
Gilead buys YM for $510m
Deal gives Gilead access to Janus kinase inhibitor CYT387 for the treatment of myelofibrosis
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FeatureBuilding better chemistry
Do lab buildings affect the work of the scientists inside them? James Mitchell Crow surveys some grand designs
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News
Top academics targeted in scheme to boost poorer European regions
The European commission’s pilot will provide funding of up to €2.4 million per post to attract the best researchers
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Research
Engineered enzyme performs cyclopropanation by carbene transfer
Directed evolution modifies enzyme to perform synthetically important reactions
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Research
DNA hydrogel has a long memory
Metamaterial collapses out of water and behaves like a liquid, but pop it back in water and up it springs just like before
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News
New European universities ranking initiative
U-Multirank is intended to be more fair by taking into account a greater number of performance factors
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Podcast
January 2013
January Chemistry World Podcast - January 2013 1:05- The anti-ageing properties of olive oil can even be extended to buildings 4:00- Potatoes have been bred with lower levels of acrylamides 7:25- David MacMillan tells us how Princeton's new chemistry building is catalyzing new interactions and discoveries 15:40- DNA ...
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NewsShine on you crazy Diamond
The Diamond Light Source based at Harwell, UK, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and five years of operation
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OpinionFear of the unknown
How do you reconcile the need for personal safety with unfamiliar compounds, asks Derek Lowe
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FeatureMaking pain history
From ancient folk remedy to the wonder drug of the early industrial age and beyond. Mike Sutton traces the remarkable history of aspirin
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Business2012 pharma industry roundup
What were the bigger stories? And how did the industry fare overall?
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Business
Clariant sells business bundle for CHF500m
Textile, paper and emulsion businesses to go to US investment firm
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Research
Hunted becomes the hunter in DNA ecosystem
Scientists in Japan create a predator–prey simulation using nothing more than small pieces of DNA
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Business
TB drug milestone for bedaquiline
First TB drug with a new mechanism of action for 40 years wins approval
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OpinionThe public: clients of science?
Should scientific advice inform or instruct? Steve Fuller says scientists should stick to the facts and let the public decide
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OpinionDecisive uncertainty
When it comes to scientific advice, we should let the experts speak and improve our understanding of risk, says Síle Lane