All articles by Chemistry World – Page 25

  • News

    Power sources get flexible

    2011-04-07T09:35:00Z

    A high energy density, non-toxic battery for malleable electrochemical applications

  • News

    'Green' products don't live up to label claims

    2011-04-01T14:40:00Z

    Products claiming to be 'plant-based' or 'naturally sourced' hide surprising amounts of petrochemical ingredients

  • Podcast

    April 2011

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - April 20111:13 -Molecules that walk, hop and jump4:44 -Diagnosing diseases with CDs7:00 -James Landers tells us how to streamline forensic DNA profiling with microfluidics14:30 -Sensitive TB diagnosis using sugar17:05 -Harvesting energy from soft drinks19:25 -Zhong Lin Wang on picking up good vibrations to harvest energy from ...

  • News

    Cheap and efficient artificial leaf debuted

    2011-03-31T13:35:00Z

    MIT researchers say they can make artificial leaves for less than $50 each

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-03-30T10:23:22Z

    25 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Letters: April 2011

    2011-03-30T10:23:00Z

    With regard to your piece on 60 years of innovation (Chemistry World, March 2011, p38). Can I put in a plea for recognition of the pioneering work carried out in the UK on liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in the years following 1970. Following some early work on displays in the ...

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-03-29T15:28:03Z

    Medicinal chemistry's quest for potent drug candidates has resulted in molecules that are too large and too lipophilic for their own good

  • Business

    Business roundup: April 2011

    2011-03-29T15:02:00Z

    Pharmaceutical Forest pays $1.2bn for Clinical Data US pharma company Forest Laboratories has agreed to buy Clinical Data for $30 (£19) per share in cash, equivalent to $1.2 billion, plus $6 per share payable if Viibryd (vilazodone) reaches commercial milestones. Forest intends to use existing cash to finance the deal. ...

  • News

    Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness

    2011-03-22T10:40:00Z

    An understanding of the physics of particle sorting can help separate parasites from blood for clearer analysis

  • News

    Scientists in Slovakia campaign against diversion of funding

    2011-03-03T14:45:00Z

    Thousands of people in Slovakia sign a petition to stop €120 million of EU science money going awry

  • Podcast

    March 2011

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - March 20111.22: Cells as test tubes3.29: Electrons charge down DNA molecular wire5.58: Kenneth Dawson on the challenges and success stories of nanotechnology12.33: Pig power for batteries14.35: BSE pathogens passed on by air 16.38: Joe Thornton on resurrecting ancient proteins to understand how they have evolved to ...

  • News

    Seaweed recruited in fight against malaria

    2011-02-24T14:55:00Z

    Natural products from Fijian red seaweed have shown remarkable anti-malarial properties

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-02-24T12:01:34Z

    45 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Letters: March 2011

    2011-02-24T11:48:00Z

    David Jones in ’Sparks of illumination’ (Chemistry World, January 2011, p80) lists three sparkers: iron, titanium and cerium, but he does not refer to the actinide metals, neither does he refer to pyrite, FeS2. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek in allusion to the sparks emitted when it ...

  • News

    My hero: The greatest influences of chemists

    2011-02-24T11:24:22Z

    The greatest influences of chemistry

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-02-24T10:40:33Z

    Microwave-assisted chemistry might not deserve its environmentally friendly reputation, argues Jonathan Moseley

  • Business

    Business roundup: March 2011

    2011-02-24T10:32:00Z

    Venom kits for drug discovery research Drug discovery companies can now buy venom kits to help them find new avenues of investigation by high throughput screening. Each kit from Swiss company Bachem is a plate with a series of wells - each well contains peptide fragments from the venoms ...

  • News

    Repairing faulty genes

    2011-02-22T10:45:00Z

    New compounds stop the premature interruption of protein production, a cause of diseases

  • News

    Targeting memory loss

    2011-02-07T09:36:00Z

    Engineering multifunctional agents for treating Alzheimer's disease

  • Podcast

    February 2011

    2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - February 20111:22 -Einstein in your engine3:20 -Silk woven into transistors5:30 -Joseph Jasinski from IBM on harnessing the power of your desktop PC to solve big scientific problems13:08 -Using HIV against itself16:39 -Microfluidic pinball 19:50 -Joe Jones from Skyonic on turning CO2 from power plants into baking ...