All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 233
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News
EU pays a heavy price for air pollution
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest industrial facilities cost the region as much as 169 billion euros in 2009
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Soot inspires a self-cleaning glass
Using candle soot as a template leads to a transparent coating that is both water and oil repellent
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Too much caffeine in your coffee?
Large variations in caffeine content have been found in espressos in high street coffee shops
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India won't boycott Olympics over Dow sponsorship
Bhopal campaigners have objected to Dow's sponsorship of the London 2012 games, but have been overruled
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Chemical bonding between tectonic plates
A better understanding of covalent interactions between rocks and plates might help with predicting earthquakes, a US group says
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Autumn windfall for UK science and industry
Measures to stimulate innovation and R&D are broadly welcomed by industry and science
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How to make a crab shell see-through
From crabsticks to plastics as researchers find a new use for these crustaceans
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PodcastHydrochloric acid
Brian Clegg investigates the chemical compound that plays an essential role in history, industry and the human body
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Print quality nanotubes control LED switching
Printed carbon nanotube transistors could prove to be a cheaper way to control LEDs in flatscreen displays
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A nutritional revolution
Mike Sutton bites into the life of Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, the biochemist credited with discovering vitamins
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Getting stuck in
Nature produces a wide variety of glues that outperform all synthetic adhesives. Michael Gross looks into this sticky subject
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FeatureA shade of green
Major retailers are starting to consider the environmental impact of the fabric dyeing and finishing processes used by their manufacturers. Fiona Case reports
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Opinion
An explosive release of gas
An explosion is the sudden release of gas, creating a sonic report
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Opinion
Letters: December 2011
Metals and metalloid elements in the environment have a major impact on human, animal and plant life as seen in the recent Hungarian red mud catastrophe. Some elements like calcium, iron, zinc etc serve as essential nutrients without which life fails to thrive, whereas lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, antimony and ...