All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 46
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News
White House appoints first chief data scientist
Industry veteran D J Patil, who formerly worked at the Pentagon, will take up the new post
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Business
Valeant to buy Salix for $14.5bn
Companies expect $500m in savings through ‘R&D rationalisation’
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OpinionTantalising technology
Computer-assisted drug design always looks like it’s just about to work, says Derek Lowe, but the reality is complicated
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ResearchGoogle Glass to monitor plant health
Researchers measure plant chlorophyll using leaf images
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OpinionA large life, fully lived
Carl Djerassi leaves many legacies besides the contraceptive pill,says Mark Peplow
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OpinionEnthralled by evaporation
A giant rotary evaporator is a mesmerising thing, says Chemjobber, but the plant requires a different approach
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Research
Pattern reactions driven by DNA strands
Waves of self-catalysing chemical reactions can be controlled using short strands of DNA
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OpinionSetting the record straight
Everyone makes mistakes, says François-Xavier Coudert. But in science, everyone has to correct them too
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FeatureConduct and misconduct
After high profile hoaxes, the scientific community is looking to ensure that researchers maintain high standards of research integrity. Bea Perks reports
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ResearchInfrared camouflage that sticks
Nature’s masters of disguise, the cephalopods, inspire inexpensive and disposable stealth coating that could easily be added to military kit
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BusinessHepatitis C drug patent challenged in Europe
Campaign group says Gilead’s expensive blockbuster sofosbuvir is not innovative enough to warrant a patent
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ResearchNanoporous methane storage – an impossible target?
Identifying performance limits for nanoporous materials highlights that current methane storage goals might be unrealistic
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ResearchFish skin dressing helps heal wounds
Collagen fibres derived from the skin of tilapia fish supported faster wound healing in rats
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ResearchMore bonds probed using x-ray laser
A second group have measured a bond transition state with a femtosecond x-ray laser
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PodcastHydrofluoric acid
Breaking Bad may have exaggerated its body-dissolving effects, but Katrina Krämer finds the truth about hydrofluoric acid is just as gruesome