All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 191
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Fluoroborates without the etch
A simple, practical method for making popular trifluoroborate reagents without etching glassware or tedious purification procedures has been developed by chemists in the UK
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Business
Generic Actos approved
Mylan, Ranbaxy and Teva have won US marketing approval for their generic versions of Actos diabetes tablets
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Getting under water's skin
Researchers think they might have an answer to why water's surface tension isn't as great as it ought to be
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Crystals through the looking glass
A new carbon material shows short range disorder but long range order – the opposite of quasicrystals
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Business
BASF parts with paints
German and French parts of subsidiary Relius sold to wholesaler Prosol
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Business
Pfizer to pay $250m for Nexium
AstraZeneca has sold rights to an over the counter version of its heartburn tablets
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A handy way to sort carbon nanotubes
A variant of a vitamin can be used to separate out single-walled carbon nanotube enantiomers
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FeatureThe latent threat of tuberculosis
Although TB was close to being eradicated in the developed world, it is a major problem in developing countries. With drug-resistant strains on the increase, Clare Sansom outlines the latest in the fight against this killer disease
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Cells step toward plugless charging
Piezoelectric power packs that could self-charge as you walk on them skip usual first electricity generation stage
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Single catalyst for oxidation and reduction of water
A cobalt-based catalyst designed to produce hydrogen by electrosplitting water can be reversibly switched to produce oxygen.
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CareersWhat's law got to do with it?
Sean Seymore’s career has taken him from the lab to law school and back again. Yfke Hager determines his motive
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Flexible lighting is on a roll
Light emitting sheets thinner than a piece of paper have been made in a similar manner to printing a newspaper
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Business
Elan spins off drug discovery
The new company will be called Neotope Biosciences and focus on chronic degenerative diseases
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Carbon clusters score lucky seven
Teaming up with titanium is predicted to deliver stable seven-coordinate carbon dication, larger than any seen in the lab
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Business
DSM to cut 1000 jobs
Netherlands speciality chemical company will reduce its headcount by 1000 over the next 18 months