All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 20
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – August 2015
In this space special, we learn how to study comets surfaces, and speak to a Nobel Prize winner about his 20-year-old prediction proving to be correct
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Feature
More than dirty snowballs?
Comets are thought to represent leftover building blocks of the solar system; Jennifer Newton finds more questions than answers
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Opinion
Living on credit
Greece should be wary of short-changing its universities to balance the budget or it could mortgage its future
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News
US government science institute's one time police chief linked to campus meth lab
Explosion injuring a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security force uncovered methamphetamine production
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Business
Lightweight composites drive Solvay to buy Cytec
$5.5bn deal launches Solvay into aerospace materials business
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Research
Stone 'blueprinting' to tackle heritage thefts
Technique could provide a means of tracing stolen, unmarked stones
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Opinion
A precision instrument?
Chemists and biologists have different expectations when it comes to data, says Derek Lowe
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Research
Kirigami graphene makes microscale devices
Ancient Japanese folding and cutting art form used to create functional springs and hinges
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Careers
Writing a skill-based CV
Julie Franklin explains how to present yourself when your traditional CV starts to overflow
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Research
Philae poses comet chemistry conundrum
Historic mass spectra find 67P carries precursors to key biomolecules, but instruments detect different ones
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News
Big business backs White House on climate change
Top US companies including Google, Apple and Coca-Cola pledge at least $140 billion in new low-carbon investments
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Research
Hungry Ghost festival behind annual air quality decline in Singapore
Findings suggest that regulatory monitoring may be required
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Careers
Reserving room on the rocket
Emma Davies and Katharine Sanderson report on the administrative challenges involved for those who want to run experiments in space
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Business
Celgene to buy immune-inflammatory specialist Receptos
$7.2bn deal further strengthens Celgene’s position in immunology
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Business
Hikma boosts generics with Roxane buyout
Acquiring the Boehringer Ingelheim subsidiary expands Hikma’s presence in US generics market
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News
Malaria vaccine approval first marred by efficacy question mark
Low protection rates in trials and uncertainty over cost-effectiveness leave vaccine’s future up in the air
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Research
Antifreeze polymer protects cells as they thaw
Simple synthetic polymer found to enhance cryopreservation of red blood cells by inhibiting ice crystal growth
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Business
Allergan steps away from generics with sale to Teva
$40.5 billion deal gives Allergan cash to clear debt and fund further acquisitions, and catapults Teva into global pharma top 10
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Business
Biogen to develop gene therapies with AGTC
$1bn deal gives Biogen rights to one clinical candidate and several earlier-stage programmes for rare eye diseases
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Podcast
Adrenaline
Simon Cotton on the compound that turns a shrinking violet into a hero: Adrenaline