All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 271
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Feature
On the origin of proteins
A series of mistakes over 3.7 billion years has left us with a spectacular array of protein structures and functions, which are responsible for life itself, writes Bea Perks
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Opinion
Letters: March 2011
David Jones in ’Sparks of illumination’ (Chemistry World, January 2011, p80) lists three sparkers: iron, titanium and cerium, but he does not refer to the actinide metals, neither does he refer to pyrite, FeS2. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek in allusion to the sparks emitted when it ...
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Feature
60 years of innovation
To celebrate the international year of chemistry, James Mitchell Crow looks back at some of the discoveries and developments made by chemists over the past six decades
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Careers
Profile: Diversity, variety and collaboration
Typecasting has never been a problem for Sally Gras, whose interests have ranged from fluid mechanics and protein misfolding to cheese making, discovers James Mitchell Crow
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Careers
Careers clinic: Careers in policy
Charlotte Ashley-Roberts on the appliance of science to the development of public policy
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Careers
Company Profile: Chemical ensemble
From Cambridge, UK, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sarah Houlton looks at the rewards on offer to chemists in the biotech sector
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Careers
The Educated Chemist: A firm foundation
Bea Perks finds out about a new breed of foundation degree being developed for and by the UK chemical sector
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OpinionThe risk vs reward of drug discovery
Drug discovery is an inherently risky business. Derek Lowe tries to balance some of the risk equations
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Opinion
Reducing Chemistry Conceptually
Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball
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OpinionWarburg's manometer
It is probably fair to say that for all its crucial importance to the smooth running of society, accountancy seldom generates great excitement or wide acclaim
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Business
Business roundup: March 2011
Venom kits for drug discovery research Drug discovery companies can now buy venom kits to help them find new avenues of investigation by high throughput screening. Each kit from Swiss company Bachem is a plate with a series of wells - each well contains peptide fragments from the venoms ...