All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 6
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CareersThe textiles designer
Combining chemistry with a passion for textiles has taken Fern Kelly on an unusual career journey spanning the globe. Rachel Brazil investigates
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FeatureThe dream of zeolite design
Zeolites are important industrial catalysts, so why can’t chemists make them to order? Andrew Turley finds out
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ResearchMicroscopic pumps made from trapped bacteria
Researchers propose a new way to transport materials through tiny devices
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NewsWellcome Trust announces health research funding boost
The charity will increase spending to £5 billion over the next five years
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ResearchThin film perovskite solar cell passes the efficiency test
Michael Grätzel’s team looks to cut through the hype with device tested by national test lab
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NewsPoor diagnostics hinder battle against antibiotic resistance
Healthcare workers’ tools to diagnose infections remain stuck in the past
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ResearchRosetta detects oxygen on comet 67P
Molecular oxygen has been detected in the coma of a comet for the first time
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OpinionFlashback: 1985 – 'the experimental discovery of the unexpected'
Sir Jack Baldwin’s enthusiasm for science began with the gift of a chemistry set
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PodcastGuncotton or nitrocellulose
From an apron aflame to a popular propellant, Michael Freemantle tracks the history of guncotton
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ResearchVan Gogh’s Sunflowers may be wilting in the sun
Post-impressionists’ most famous painting may contain photo-sensitive lead-based pigments that are darkening under light
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News
WHO urged to revisit drinking water guidelines
World Health Organisation’s guidelines for nine toxic elements are too lax and need to be re-evaluated, analysis suggests
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NewsFalling Horizon success rates worry research community
Success rates for European research programme drop to 14% as private industry takes larger share of squeezed pot
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OpinionSpeaking of chemistry
Richard Feynman’s mischievous genius shone discussing chemistry, says Philip Ball
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Business
Job cuts at Daiichi, Perrigo and Cabot
Staff reductions aimed at cutting costs or, in Perrigo’s case, fending off a takeover bid
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ResearchGold cluster bends between two isomers
Unusual structural isomerism uncovered with photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical calculations
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NewsMalaria vaccine pilot studies recommended by WHO
GlaxoSmithKline’s RTS,S vaccine must undergo further testing before being rolled out, says World Health Organization panel
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FeatureThe origin of homochirality
Why do so many biological molecules exist in just one chirality – and how did it emerge? Rachel Brazil reflects on life’s strange asymmetry