All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 36
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Careers
The Educated Chemist: Not all black and white
A colourful new chemistry course is preparing students for a wide range of possible careers - from cosmetics to computer graphics
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Careers
Profile: Keep your options open
Justin Gooding balances his own drive to succeed with the desire to nurture his team, while working to develop new and better biosensors, writes Karen Harries-Rees
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Careers
Careers clinic: Operations in the nuclear sector
You won't find Homer Simpson generating energy or decommissioning plants in today's nuclear sector, writes Charlotte Ashley-Roberts
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Careers
The insider: Chemical public relations
It's not all personalised number plates and designer sun glasses; there's a serious side to PR too, discovers Sarah Houlton
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FeatureCarbon couplers take the prize
Three giants of organic chemistry, who pioneered palladium-catalysed cross coupling reactions, have shared this year's Nobel prize. Simon Hadlington catches up with them
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FeatureThe bones of it
Isotope and DNA analysis of archaeological remains offer new insights into the diets and origins of ancient populations. Emma Davies digs up more information
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Feature
Paper-based diagnositcs
Paper's ubiquity and cheapness make it uniquely suitable for creating low-cost medical and environmental diagnostic devices. Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay investigates
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Feature
What's in store for European biotech?
The global economic crisis has made funding even harder to come by, but positive long-term trends provide some cause for optimism, as Maria Burke discovers
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Opinion
Letters: November 2010
Clifford Jones proposes that the world’s trees, taken collectively, absorb large amounts of atmospheric CO2 (Chemistry World, October 2010, p34). How can this be true? Any climax ecology, whether forest, peatbog, savannah, or ocean will, if it is dimensionally constant, contain the same amount of ageing, dead and decaying organic ...
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News
Nanowire fuel cell for biological power
A tiny fuel cell that can generate electricity from biological fluids could act as a power source for miniature sensors in living tissue
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Hybrid electrolyte for better batteries
Hybrid nanoparticle-ionic liquid electrolyte could open the door to safer, more durable batteries with lithium metal anode
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News
Smuggling key factor in China's rare earth actions
Illegal smuggling of rare earth materials out of China and rapidly growing domestic demand central in the country's moves to severely restrict exports
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News
Further questions over Deepwater Horizon cement mix
Independent investigation into the BP oil spill reinforces concerns over the suitability and stability of cement used in the well
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News
Kiss of death for cancer cells
Scientists have deciphered the surprising structure of the perforin pore, which delivers lethal enzymes that kill cancer cells in the body
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Podcast
November 2010
Chemistry World Podcast -November 201000:12- Introduction01:20- Non-stick chewing gum hits the market 03:33- Graphene scoops the physics Nobel 07:18- University of Bristol's Richard Evershed explains how isotope ratios in bone collagen can give away the diet habits of ancient populations ...
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News
Molecular motors find reverse gear
Researchers use simple chemistry to trigger molecular rotary motors to switch direction
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Nanoparticle detector promises fast virus identification
Low cost label-free detection technique could help stop the spread of flu and other viral diseases