All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 43
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NewsUS chemical safety board in turmoil
The US agency that investigates chemical accidents faces heavy criticism, and its chairman is under pressure to resign
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Business
US approves biosimilar filgrastim
Sandoz’s version of Amgen’s Neupogen is ‘biosimilar’ but not ‘interchangeable’
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BusinessAbbVie to buy Pharmacyclics for pipeline boost
$21bn deal gives AbbVie a share in sales of blockbuster cancer drug as its own biggest sellers face patent expiry
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Business
Mallinckrodt to buy Ikaria to expand in US hospitals
$2.3bn deal brings nitric oxide ventilator system for newborns with respiratory failure
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NewsRoyal Society to address gender imbalance
Society will encourage more women to apply for awards after ‘unacceptable’ success rate in 2014
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Research
Group 12 members unite in unusual bonding situation
Unique complex contains first instance of bonding between zinc and mercury
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OpinionDial chem for murder
Poisons may seem to be a murderer’s perfect accomplice, but chemists can always persuade them to betray their secrets, says Philip Ball
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NewsScientists left unimpressed by Indian budget
7.5% funding boost for science and technology fails to offset cuts of more than 20% last year
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US universities back new bill to curb patent trolls
Academic research community endorses competing legislation as harmless to university tech transfer
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US health agencies expands open access policy
Move will add 110,000 new papers to PubMed every year
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NewsForgotten synthetic PhD theses set to be given new lease of life
Chemical structures will be harvested from graduate work and analysed for promising drug and materials leads
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Research
Tough self-cleaning coating sticks it to stains
Superhydrophobic ‘paint’ can be sprayed or dip-coated onto cotton, glass and metal and survives sandpaper abrasion
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News‘Pee power’ urinal trialled on university campus
Microbial fuel cells that run on urine could be used to light toilet blocks in refugee camps
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FeatureAlchemy on the page
Books used by alchemists offer insights into the relationship between these early chemists and their texts. Philip Ball investigates
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NewsButterfly population collapse prompts lawsuit against EPA
US agency criticised for failing to investigate link between glyphosate and the dwindling monarch butterfly population
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – March 2015
How cephalopods teach chemists about camouflage, and new ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials
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ResearchProgram ready to weed out tough drug leads
Model could help drug firms avoid synthetically complex dead ends and speed drug discovery