All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 187
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CareersTastefully done
Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow
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NewsChina targets renewables to cut energy dependence
New five year plan will attempt to grow China’s domestic biofuels and biomass industry
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Research
Drawing maps to hunt for biological gold
A short list of plant families containing potential drug compounds has been drawn up by pooling traditional medicine knowledge
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Business
Solvay adds fluorinated capacity
Company will double capacity at plant in Salindres, France, which makes triflic acid
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NewsOrphan drugs set for 'tremendous growth'
Drugs for rare diseases are rapidly becoming very profitable with growth predicted to outstrip non-orphan drugs
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ResearchFunky fruit glitters for decades
The first plant displaying structural colour has been discovered
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Micromotors with built in compasses
Scientists have made a microtubular jet that can be guided by a magnetic field
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BusinessBASF backs automotive growth
While other chemical companies are trying to reduce their exposure to the automotive industry, BASF is heading in the other direction
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BusinessLow salt diet to flush out oil
Better understanding of oil–clay chemistry could increase the world’s recoverable oil by billions of barrels
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Research
Carbon wire a double helix
Somewhere between a carbon nanotube and a molecular wire, a carbon double helix should sit, say computational chemists
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Research
Sweaty buildings cool themselves
Keeping buildings cool with hydrogels, while cutting carbon emissions is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration
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NewsChinese drug makers accused of using ‘gutter oil’
Oil reclaimed from drains may have been used to make an antibiotic intermediate
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FeatureFood with a function
Compounds normally thought of as medicines are being added to food. Elinor Hughes looks at the scientific and regulatory challenges facing these nutraceuticals.
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NewsEPA urged to rethink chemical risk evaluation process
Top scientists say EPA should ‘fundamentally alter’ how it assesses chemical risk as the current process threatens public health
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Research
Groundwater arsenic detector
A biosensor that can detect arsenic in water using the naked eye
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News
£10 million open access boost
UK funding council’s stance on open access to be supported with an extra £10 million investment from government
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Research
A uniform junction for uniform nanotubes
Scientists have made a uniform junction unit for branched carbon nanotubes