All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 222
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News
Computers look at life-giving reactions in space
A theoretical study on radical reactions may uncover the origins of life
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FeatureRising from the ashes
Neil Sinclair reports on some exciting new ventures emerging from redundant chemical and pharmaceutical plants
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FeatureGlenn Seaborg: plutonium and beyond
Mike Sutton reports on Glenn Seaborg's adventures among the actinides
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Feature
Speciation measures
The boom in analytical methods for determining the distribution of an element between its different chemical forms is charted by Andy Extance
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Opinion
Letters: March 2012
The article ’Silver soils’ (Chemistry World, February 2012, p36) highlights some interesting recent events relating to the environmental impact of silver residues. While a wealth of evidence exists to show that silver ions are toxic to lower organisms, there is less evidence that nanocrystalline or other forms of silver present ...
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Careers
Careers clinic: The apprentice
A university education isn't the only way to get started in chemistry. Charlotte Ashley-Roberts discusses the advantages of learning on the job with an apprenticeship
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Careers
Profile: To ECHA his own
The EU's Reach regulation involves a huge data gathering operation and Kaihsu Tai is working right at its heart. Manisha Lalloo finds out how he got there
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Careers
Company Profile: Chew's life
Revolymer's expertise in polymer chemistry has brought non-stick, biodegradable chewing gum to the mass market as Hayley Birch discovers
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News
EPA sets safe dioxin level
Exposure threshold draws praise from scientists and environmentalist but industry remains nonplussed
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News
Japan merges science centres to cut costs
Austerity measures spark concern about research quality among academics
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News
Simple sensitive TNT detection
Self assembled gel senses TNT at the attogram level, suggesting a cheap and easy method of TNT detection
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Feature
Another brick in the whorl
The scientists on the inside of advanced fingerprinting research are cross-examined by Simon Hadlington
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OpinionThe elements of drug design
Drug discovery requires experimentation, says Derek Lowe. But chemists can be reluctant to stray from the elements they know and love
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Opinion
Skin deep science
Philip Ball takes a critical look at the science behind an anti-ageing cream and discovers there's some truth in its sugar-coated claims
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News
Powering up fuel cells
Attaching enzyme electrocatalysts to carbon nanotubes increases the power output of hydrogen fuel cells