All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 38
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Research
Early Earth collision could clear up two geological mysteries
Smash-up with Mercury-like body could have ignited nuclear dynamo at Earth’s centre and explain isotope discrepancy
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News
Science remains a peripheral issue in the UK election
As one of the most unpredictable votes in living memory approaches little separates the main parties on research
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Careers
The changing face of the PhD
Universities in the UK are exploring the European approach of building a thesis from published papers, finds Nina Notman
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Research
Hydrogel with a basic instinct for drug delivery
Gel that releases naproxen in alkaline surroundings is promising step toward relieving drug’s side effects
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Research
Making fracking greener
A chemically-responsive non-toxic fracturing fluid that generates its own overpressure
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Research
Chemicals formed on meteorites may have started life on Earth
Simple chemical turned into DNA bases and other precursors to life on simulated meteorite surface
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Research
Labs and wastewater cleaned with the same sponge
Domestic sponge fortuitously found to soak up bisphenol A
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Research
Single-face fluorinated carbon ring takes the strain
Hexafluorocyclohexane created with all fluorines pointing ‘up’ could lead to new supramolecular strategies
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Business
Generics giant Mylan offers $30 billion for Perrigo
Mylan makes ambitious takeover offer just weeks after Abbott aquisition closes
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Research
Fish and flowers inspire diving goggle material
Transparent surfaces for repelling oil underwater made from silica
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Research
Silicon chip spots dangerous pathogens in human blood
Silicon wafer doped with silver nanoparticles can rapidly identify E. coli in blood
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Research
Lawrencium experiment could shake up periodic table
Measurement of first ionisation energy confirms electronic configuration but opens up an important debate
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Research
Superatom mimics for rare earth elements
Clusters of boron-doped metals have identical properties to other rare earth elements
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Business
BMS invests in gene therapy
Bristol-Myers Squibb makes $100 million deal with biotech uniQure
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Feature
Big problems with little particles?
There is a risk that poor toxicology studies could start undermining the success of nanomaterials, reports Elinor Hughes
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Research
Graphene oxide diversifies soil bacteria
Digging deeper into the environmental impact of nanomaterial contamination
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Business
Leak causes explosion at para-xylene plant in China
Twelve injured by explosion and fire caused by a leaking xylene tank at chemical plant