All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 39
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Research
Salty soil set to hamper Bangladesh crop production
Scientists model impact of climate change on agriculture
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Research
The Goldilocks of heterogeneous catalysis
Dangling thiols anchor palladium within MOF without poisoning its catalytic activity
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News
Future of GM in Germany hangs in the balance
German science academy speaks out in favour of GM crops as debate begins on whether to ban them
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Research
Super-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium
New battery charges in under a minute and still performs perfectly after being recharged thousands of times
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – April 2015
How do you smell? We discuss a controversial theory about odour detection, and investigate forensic toxicology
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Careers
From lab tech to mass spec
Carol Robinson left school at 16 with no science qualifications but found her way to the top
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News
Metrics failed to predict REF outcomes
Predictions based on numerical measures of research quality were ‘wildly innacurate’, say mathematicians
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Feature
Is all matter made of just one element?
William Prout’s answer to this perennial question launched two centuries of controversy. Mike Sutton reports
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Business
Novartis accused of ‘derailing’ trials for cheap eye disease drug
BMJ says pharma giant is trying to block access to a drug that would save the NHS millions
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Opinion
Flashback: 1970 – the Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre
The Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre in Savile Row, London, was used for RSC lectures for many years
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Research
DNA test colours in BRCA1 gene
Rolling circle amplification aids femtomolar sensitivity for gene linked with breast cancer
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Business
Horizon to acquire orphan drugs in $1.1bn Hyperion takeover
Horizon will buy Hyperion and add new drugs to its rare disease portfolio
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Business
Environmental research goes private
Exclusive interview with Fera chief Hilary Aldridge as the UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency becomes majority-owned by Capita
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Business
Dow sells off chlorine assets in $5bn deal
US chemical giant disposes of unwanted operations in tax-free deal
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Business
Sun Pharma snares Ranbaxy in $4bn deal
Acquisition makes Sun biggest drug firm in India and fifth largest generics producer in the world
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Business
Teva buys Auspex Pharmaceuticals for $3.2bn
Generics giant will add late stage Huntingdon’s drug to CNS portfolio