All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 162
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FeatureA biomass bonanza
Companies have put biofuels on the back burner to aim for higher margin chemicals, as Emma Davies finds out
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ResearchCopycat flags help aliens avoid mouse immune system
Synthetic peptide flags can trick the immune system into ignoring therapeutic agents. The peptides emulate protein markers that classify cells as ‘self’ rather than ‘alien’.
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Business
$595m octreotide deal grabs Roche
Company will get worldwide rights to oral formulation of growth hormone drug
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NewsRoy David ‘Gus’ Guthrie AM CChem FRSC (1934–2013)
Former Secretary General of the RSC and founding fellow of two Australian universities died on 12 January
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News
UK-India projects launched
Scholarships and research links announced as part of prime minister’s visit to India
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Research
Ohmic heating for efficient green synthesis
New method of heating on-water organic reactions uses the direct application of electricity
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CareersGreen means go for careers in chemistry
Yfke Hager takes a look at the growth in green chemistry jobs and talks to the chemists whose research doesn’t cost the Earth
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Research
Raman spectroscopy for bedside cancer diagnosis
A new way of looking at cancer promises a faster, less invasive diagnosis
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Research
Insulator pile shows solar potential
LaVO3/SrTiO3 system promises to bring better electron-hole separation and native electrodes to photovoltaics
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Research
Analysing bacterial metabolites
The complex chemical interactions between microbes is being studied with a non-destructive mass spectrometry technique that can see where chemicals are moving
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NewsBacteria clean-up after Gulf of Mexico disaster
Microbial communities helped to sink Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and might one day be an alternative to toxic dispersants
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Business
Merck resolves Vytorin case for $688m
Investors say the company knew about Enhance trial failure but withheld information
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Research
Enzyme nano-parcels sober up drunken mice
Enzymes for metabolising alcohol are trapped in a polymer shell to hold them together and improve their efficiency
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Research
Is BPA just an 'innocent bystander'?
Analysis questions whether studies linking bisphenol A to chronic diseases like diabetes can be trusted
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FeaturePhenome Centre goes for gold
Andy Extance finds out how British researchers are turning Olympic anti-doping facilities into a world-leading facility to understand the links between metabolism, chemicals and health
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NewsHead of Russian degree-awarding regulator arrested
Felix Shamkhalov is charged with money laundering and issuing false dissertations. Thousands of Russian academic degrees may need to be revised
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Research
Chemical velcro sticks underwater
Strong and reversible adhesive harnesses supramolecular chemistry
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Research
Drugs to blame for anti-social fish
Trace amounts of anti-anxiety drugs can alter fishes' behaviour raising concerns about their effects on entire food webs
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Opinion
Safeguarding science against falsehood demands debate
Mathias Brust makes a plea for more debate in the scientific literature