All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 161
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NewsPharmaSea to scour ocean depths for new drugs
Bioprospecting project will investigate marine organisms in the search for new antibiotics and central nervous system therapies
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Research
Supercharging methanol for fuel cells
Ruthenium-based pincer catalyst can extract hydrogen from methanol, making it a better choice to generate clean energy
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NewsScience community urged to unite on open access
While many sticking points remain, these should not be allowed to derail changes to the publication of research in the UK, meeting told
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Business
Talk of a $6.6bn deal for Elan
Potential offer from Royalty Pharma comes as Elan ponders how to spend its cash from Tysabri rights
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NewsUK top scientist immigration policy under fire
A scheme to attract world leaders in science to the UK has seen just 73 visas issued in its first year
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ReviewEntropy and the second law: interpretation and misss-interpretationsss
Thermodynamic thoughts
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Capturing the potential of carbon dioxide
A new iron nanoparticle catalyst could turn waste greenhouse gas into useful hydrocarbons
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FeatureAlfred Werner: the well-coordinated chemist
Alfred Werner’s careful experiments led to the discovery of what came to be known as coordination bonds. Mike Sutton looks at how he pointed the way to chemistry’s complex future
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Crystals of polystyrene
Highly ordered materials made by crosslinking are super strong, say chemists, and could find use in engineering applications
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NewsEndocrine disrupting chemicals under fire
WHO and UNEP warn that common endocrine disrupters could be responsible for the rise in global health problems
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Finding asbestos in soil
A new soil analysis technique could allow the detection of very low levels of asbestos, which could be harmful to health
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Research
LED triggers microfluidic mixing
Light-switching surfactant creates aqueous droplets that mix up oily liquid streams
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Electronic tongue develops a taste for brandy
Applying electronic tongue technology to the brandy industry could change the way the drink is assessed for quality
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Time slicing captures molecular birth pictures
Reaction-timescale x-ray images of I2 formation push instrumental and interpretation boundaries
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Synthetic ultramarine's recipe revealed
180 years on, chemists unravel the recipe of a prized blue pigment
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New publishing models test the water
Several new services have launched that deviate from the current publishing models
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Research
NO for longevity
Nitric oxide has been directly linked to extended life in roundworms, but any connection to human biology is unclear
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New direction for flu drugs
Molecules covalently bind to virus protein to stop it escaping the cell, and could sidestep resistance problems