All Chemistry World articles in Archive 2010-2015 – Page 60
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Careers
Managing change: Chemistry down under
Australia has a flourishing academic sector, and the weather's better than in the UK. What's not to love? asks recent émigré
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Careers
Profile: Career development of a development chemist
Daniel Bayston enjoys a varied career in pre-clinical drug development, writes Bea Perks
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Careers
Company Profile: Coatings chemistry
AkzoNobel, the global paints and coatings company and producer of speciality chemicals, is looking forward to rapid growth in China, writes Emma Davies
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Careers clinic: Spelling it out
A diagnosis of dyslexia shouldn't hold back your career progression, says Charlotte Ashley-Roberts
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Opinion
Letters: May 2011
There are many ways of discovering truth. The scientific method is one of the best. It depends on the carrying out of repeatable experiments. Science cannot really deal with a unique event. So I am surprised that Philip Ball (Chemistry World, April 2011, p33) dismisses so easily the practicality of ...
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FeatureWhen is a catalyst not a catalyst?
This riddle has come to vex certain corners of the catalysis community. But once solved, it could potentially point to new kinds of chemistry, as James Mitchell Crow discovers
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FeatureLiquid assets
Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa helped found the Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel industry. Andy Extance discovers how it is now adapting to polish its reputation
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News
Hardy MOFs endure extreme conditions
New MOF catalysts can withstand boiling in acids and alkalis and temperatures of 510 degrees Celsius
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Polymer collapses in a flash
Researchers have engineered a polymer that folds up like a protein when exposed to UV light
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Carbon nanotubes in large panel displays
A new organic light-emitting transistor could make much larger flat screen televisions feasible
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New method for aromatic coupling
The Friedel-Crafts reaction can now be used to couple two aromatic sites using clever silane chemistry
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Podcast
May 2011
Chemistry World Podcast -May 20111:16 - Battery turns entropy into electricity3:35 - Antibacterial clays kill with iron5:54 - Yi-Fang Chu from Kraft Foods explains the potential health benefits and pitfalls drinking coffee13:06 - Origin of life experiments revisited15:53 - Cleaning up nuclear storage ponds19:16 - Katherine Holt from University College ...
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Titanate cigarette filter
A nanomaterial in cigarette filters could reduce the amount of harmful materials inhaled by smokers
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New hope for malaria drugs as sickle cell protection unravelled
Understanding how the sickle cell anaemia gene protects its carriers from malaria may lead to new therapies
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Turning heat into electricity with polymers
Controlling the oxidation state of a conducting polymer could provide a cheap way to turn heat into electricity
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Anticancer drug found to cause zinc deficiency
Researchers now know why cisplatin, a leading cancer drug, causes zinc deficiency in patients
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Animal testing alternatives for China
Chinese researchers are starting to investigate alternatives to animal testing in a bid to modernise and cut costs
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Teva sidelines Valeant with $6.8bn Cephalon bid
The move increases product diversity at the generics giant and strengthens its branded products portfolio