All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 44
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Review
The value of an FRS
Does membership of the Royal Society affect careers? A trio in twentieth-century organic chemistry
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Opinion
Letters: January 2011
I was delighted to see the glass industry under examination in The last retort (Chemistry World, November 2010, p78). However, I was surprised at David Jones’ lack of understanding of materials’ properties and the current state-of-the-art in the glass industry. Glass is actually a relatively good thermal insulator; an ...
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FeaturePicture perfect pentacene
Advances in microscopy are letting us see not just atoms but the chemical bonds in between them. James Mitchell Crow takes a closer look
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News
Nanoparticles build up
New studies show nanoparticles can concentrate from one species to another through feeding, prompting questions about the design of future particles
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News
Silk woven into transistors
Researchers demonstrate a bio-compatible transistor that could find applications in medicine or flexible electronics
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Macromolecules from miniature templates
Powerful new technique for precisely synthesising large molecules using simple templates
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News
My hero: The greatest influences of chemistry Nobel laureates
Harry Kroto tells us why Sir John Kappa is his hero in chemistry
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Using HIV against itself
'Trojan horse' molecule uses HIV to trigger the release of the very drug that could destroy the virus
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Obama moves to protect research agency budgets
President signs Competes bill authorising sustained funding increases for key physical science agencies, but academics still wary
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Microfluidic pinball
A device set up like a pinball machine guides oil droplets through polymers to build up polymer layers
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Sticky hydrogels make resilient wound dressings
Hydrogels could be used to deliver drugs through wound dressings
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News
New molecule could propel rockets
New nitrogen oxide molecule could be used in rocket fuel, but some researchers are unsure whether it will ever make it out of the lab
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News
Urchins bare their teeth in materials research
The self-sharpening mechanism used by sea urchin teeth could inspire new self-sharpening tools
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Mild route to organohalides using visible light
US researchers convert alcohols to their corresponding bromides and iodides without generating wasteful by-products using visible-light