All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 178
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Research
Mussel glue to cut fertiliser impacts
Polymer coat ensures nutrients are released slowly and as bonus holds water in the soil
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CareersFormulation and function
Working between the R&D lab and the supermarket shelf, formulation chemists turn prospects into products. Yfke Hager takes a look at their work
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News'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research
New treatments for psychological disorders are being held back by government controls on recreational drugs
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ResearchAn end to chasing molecules that were never there?
Simple method for identifying incorrect structures of organic molecules due to NMR misassignments
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PodcastCyanoacrylate
It repairs objects, heals wounds and fights crime. It puts the ‘super’ in superglue. Emma Stoye introduces cyanoacrylate
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FeatureNo small success
Chad Mirkin has spun out his nanotechnology research into several companies
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ResearchBacterium breaks down grass for biofuel
Microbe that anaerobically degrades plant biomass could help bring down the cost of biofuels
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Diabetes breath test overcomes humidity
Low-cost sensor for detecting acetone in exhaled air
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NewsFormer editor of Chemistry in Britain dies
Peter Farago, who edited Chemistry World’s predecessor for over 20 years, dies after a long illness
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Business
Pfizer and Takeda win $2.15bn in patent payout
Teva and Sun fined for selling generics before patent expiry
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Research
Plumage pattern revealed in 150 million-year-old bird
Chemical mapping could help unpick the biology of extinct animals
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Business
GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation
Company is retracting a 2010 study in which data were ‘misrepresented’
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Business
Companies urged to publish hidden clinical trial data
Researchers could acquire data and publish themselves if firms refuse
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Research
Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores
Under intense pressures like those found on Uranus or Neptune ice may behave in very different ways, even giving rise to magnetic fields
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Research
Switching chirality in amino acids
Cheap nickel catalysis offers alternative to expensive enzymatic resolution
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NewsForget tax credits, fund applied research
Thinktank says hundreds of millions of pounds of tax breaks are going to city business firms and would be better spent elsewhere
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Research
First vertebrate fluorescent protein discovered
The UnaG protein from Unagi eels could be the basis for a simple test to check on liver health check
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Research
New evidence links air pollution with autism
Exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust and airborne metals may double the chance of a pregnant woman giving birth to a child with autism
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Research
Hydrogen generation using sunlight
First evidence for a light-driven water–gas shift reaction
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PodcastPhosphoric Acid
Lars Öhrström on phosphoric acid: Crucial for crops and DNA’s backbone, it’s the energy currency of the biological world