All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 28
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A MOF you can scoff
Researchers stumble upon a new type of metal organic framework made from edible natural products
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Wet weather coatings
Scientists develop a fabric coating that allows water to be transported across the material in a single direction
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French plough money into green chemistry
Research into developing green chemical processes to gain €200 million in funds over the next 4 years in France
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Strain creates rare type of magnet
An antiferromagnetic material can display ferroelectric and ferromagnetic simultaneously if its crystal lattice is strained
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Deepwater data suggests oil is sticking around
Chemical analyses of a large plume of petroleum hydrocarbons produced by the spill suggest the oil will persist for a long time
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Plastic oceans
Despite the rise in plastic production, the amount of debris in the ocean may not be increasing
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Microscopic barcodes with extra stirring
New microparticles label molecules with colourful barcodes and boost reaction time
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Growing magnetic leaves
Researchers create a magnetic leaf from iron carbide using a natural leaf as a template in a simple one-step process
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Research fraud costs dear
New model suggests cost of investigating cases of scientific misconduct could cost millions
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A better way to add radioactive fluorine
Radioisotope fluorine-18 built into popular fluorinating agent opens up chemistry
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Antibiotic nanoparticles go for gold
Chemists develop antimicrobial gold nanoparticles in a simple, one step synthesis using a common antibiotic
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A self-optimising microreactor system
Automated system for optimising reaction conditions in a microreactor will be a boon to chemists, saving on time and reagents, say US researchers
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Bio battery based on cellular power plant
Mitochondria have been harnessed in a new biological battery device that could one day power small portable devices like mobile phones
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Business
Business roundup: September 2010
Falling sales at Johnson & Johnson ’s (J&J) consumer healthcare division have hurt the pharma giant’s US sales, which fell 2.8 per cent compared to the same period last year. Globally, sales for the company’s consumer goods division fell 5.4 per cent to $3.6 billion (£2.3 billion) - ...
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OpinionGooch's crucible
Many years ago, a friend of mine teased me about how I, as a chemist, would probably die young of some dread occupational disease
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Editorial: Renewal and revitalisation
The end of the summer is near and many are already getting ready for the start of the new term
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How much selectivity do you want?
Derek Lowe considers the quandaries of living in the age of the kinase
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Periodic Improvements
There is no hidden understanding to be teased out by ‘improving' the periodic table, argues Philip Ball. But Eric Scerri begs to differ