All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 254
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NewsEPA criticised over asbestos clean-up research
Watchdog faults US Environmental Protection Agency for lax oversight of experiments involving asbestos
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ResearchPhotosynthesis-free route to oxygen gives early Earth atmosphere clues
Oxygen can be produced from carbon dioxide using UV radiation
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OpinionAn escape plan
Karin Bodewits suggests that academia’s chairs might hold more women if they have a clear view of the exit
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ResearchOil reserves put under the microscope with new lab-on-a-rock
A microfluidic device made from rock could unlock the secrets of hard-to-reach oil reservoirs
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - October 2014
We speak to Jason Sello about the hunt for new antibiotics, and Monique Simmonds explains the chemical role of botanical gardens
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NewsUS research agencies in limbo
A question mark remains over funding for NIH and other science agencies as new fiscal year begins without proper budgets
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ResearchAssessing covalency in the hydrogen bond zoo
Orbital-resolved contributions provide a fresh perspective on hydrogen bonds with covalent characteristics
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ResearchNanoscale microphone based on a single molecule
World’s smallest ‘nanomicrophone’ could one day be used to eavesdrop on the mysterious transition between classical and quantum mechanics
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ResearchTea tonic peps up tumour treatment
Green tea polyphenol makes ‘magic bullet’ cancer drug delivery even more powerful
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ResearchBRCA2 protein imaged for first time
Insights into DNA repair mechanism could pave the way for new cancer therapies
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ResearchLignin boosts sunscreen performance
Researchers in China and Canada have found that commercial sunscreens with added lignin block more UV rays
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ResearchSolar wind whips up water on moon
Isotopic analysis shows that water on Earth’s satellite is created by proton bombardment
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Business
Becton Dickinson to buy CareFusion for $12bn
Medical devices merger continues consolidation trend
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NewsLos Alamos lab’s safety lapses faulted for radioactive leak
Audit finds lab’s poor safety likely to be at blame for a transuranic waste leak that closed US’s only permanent nuclear waste repository
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NewsInventors of blue LED win physics Nobel
Japanese trio awarded Nobel prize in physics for work that led to the development of the elusive blue light emitting diode
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Business
Actavis boosts antibiotics with Durata buyout
$820 million deal gives Actavis control of newly-approved intravenous antibiotic
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ResearchSawdust cellulose offers alkane pipeline
Biomass alkanes could fit into existing crude oil feedstock infrastructure