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Business
Business roundup: February 2011
DuPont signs $6.3 billion Danisco deal Source: © Danisco Danisco divested its flavour and sugar businesses in the last five years US chemical major DuPont has agreed to buy Danish food ingredients and enzymes company Danisco for $5.8 billion (£3.7 billion), plus $500 million of Danisco ...
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News
Artificial intestine for gut studies
A 3D hydrogel scaffold that mimics gastrointestinal villi for cell culture studies
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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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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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Business
Business roundup: January 2011
New pharma bosses take up challenge Can Ian Read (L) and Ken Frazier (R) solve the big pharma problem? Two of the big US pharma companies have appointed new chief executives. Jeff Kindler has unexpectedly retired from Pfizer after four and a half years as chief ...
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Podcast
January 2011
Chemistry World Podcast - January 2011 00:12- Introduction 01:15- No stone left unturned in oil hunt 03:45- Mystery of diamond polishing solved? 06:50- Jack Lifton on the importance of rare earth elements ...
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News
Merry Christmas
Chemistry World is taking a break over the festive period and will be back in the new year
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News
Ferrofluids help you see better
Ferrofluids could help optometrists determine prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses
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Podcast
December 2010
Chemistry World Podcast - December 201000:12- Introduction01:26- Using host-guest chemistry as molecular velcro04:45- Nanotubes defuse explosives08:09- University of Bayreuth's Thomas Scheibel untangles the web of research on artificially reproducing the properties of spiders silk ...
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Opinion
Letters: December 2010
I was interested to read Harry Kroto’s account of graphite losing its lubricating properties in a vacuum (Chemistry World, November 2010, p37). When I was working for Morganite Carbon in the early 1960s I saw a demonstration of an electric motor running inside a bell jar. When pressure was ...
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Business
Business roundup: December 2010
Polished performance from Pradaxa The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pradaxa (dabigatran), made by Boehringer Ingelheim, for the prevention of stroke and blood clots in patients with abnormal heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation. Source: © Paul Gunning / Science Photo Library ...
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News
News in brief: December 2010
Hydrogen bond to be redefined The familiar definition of the H bond is set to be overhauled The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s (Iupac’s) Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division is preparing to scrap the familiar hydrogen bond definition, in light of recent evidence about ...
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Podcast
November 2010
Chemistry World Podcast -November 201000:12- Introduction01:20- Non-stick chewing gum hits the market 03:33- Graphene scoops the physics Nobel 07:18- University of Bristol's Richard Evershed explains how isotope ratios in bone collagen can give away the diet habits of ancient populations ...