All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 227
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PodcastDichloromethane
It smells sweet, is potentially lethal and organic chemists rely on it: Emily James on dichloromethane
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BusinessSun set on Ranbaxy rescue
Acquiring beleaguered firm will create India’s biggest pharmaceutical company
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News
Fears free trade agreements will hamstring chemical legislation
Corporate watchdogs worry accords being prepared by Europe and North America will impede environmental protection efforts
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Research
Nanocrystalline copper turns CO into fuel
New electrode converts carbon monoxide into alcohols and may be a route to storing renewable energy
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BusinessMissing safety risk emails draw $9bn Actos fine
Judge finds absence of Takeda documentation in bladder cancer case ‘disturbing’
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NewsFormer chief executive of Royal Society of Chemistry dies
John Ruck Keene, whose career at the society spanned more than three decades, has passed away aged 97
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Research
Redefining moisturiser
The secret to soft skin is not necessarily increasing its water content but retaining molecular fluidity
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FeatureThe sultan of synthesis
Phil Baran is spurring organic chemists to rethink how they make complex compounds, as Mark Peplow discovers
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Research
Raman bites into tooth decay
Mineral distribution signals help discriminate healthy enamel from cavities
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Nanotubes zip into bundle of solar energy
Closely packing photoisomerisable groups together boosts energy storage density of versatile solar thermal fuels
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CareersChanging phases
John Goodby has discovered new forms of matter and invented new materials. Helen Carmichael speaks to him about his career
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ResearchDNA cube programmed for an exclusive reveal
Hydrogen bonds keeping the cube’s shape only unzip in the presence of a very specific trigger
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Starfish glue secrets under the microscope
Temporary adhesive holds promise for surgery and tissue engineering applications
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How to print a crystal in 3D
Rather than looking at a crystal on a screen, print it out and hold it in your hand
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NewsPara-xylene plants face uphill struggle for acceptance in China
Chemistry students come to defence of latest project’s safety but government and industry are failing to talk to the public about risk