All Columns articles – Page 90
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Opinion
Letters: February 2007
From Peter Swindells I must disagree with my former colleague Roger Lintonbon that marine organisms can provide a sink for increasing levels of carbon dioxide (Chemistry World, January 2007, p34). Increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide does not lead to increased phytoplankton growth because it is not carbon ...
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Science's secret recipe
Derek Lowe wonders whether the secret recipe for scientific breakthroughs can be taught – and how much indigestion that recipe would cause in the boardroom
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The tyranny of peer review
A less conservative approach would foster high-risk, high-return research, argues Sir John O'Reilly
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Life's proton shepherds
Philip Ball uncovers how life shepherds protons around the cell with breathtaking ingenuity
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OpinionEditorial: Time to collaborate
Collaborate or die. That's the message of a series of reports from the independent thinktank Demos
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Dragon sausages
The recent threat of trading standards action against Welsh sausage maker Black Mountains Smokery has been the subject of much press interest here in the UK
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Letters: January 2007
From Richard Schmidt Horst Hippler asks why most natural amino acids are l and most natural sugars d (Chemistry World, October 2006, p22). The answer to this question might already have been answered: selection for these enantiomers has been driven by a fundamental property of interfacial (or vicinal) water. Philippa ...
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Learning from pharma failures
Derek Lowe looks at the recent failure of Pfizer's cholesterol drug, torcetrapib, and asks what it means for the future of pharmaceutical research
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Editorial: Reach out
It's been a long time coming, but the European Reach legislation has finally been settled, and should come into force progressively from June 2007
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Alan Turing's leopard science
How did the leopard get its spots? Recent research supports an idea first suggested by legendary code-breaker Alan Turing, says Philip Ball
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Who’s looking after the nation’s science?
The UK's science base needs better care, argues Sue Ferns
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Writers block
It used to be held that the cure for writer's block was to gaze fixedly at a blank sheet of paper until beads of blood formed on your forehead
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Letters: December 2006
From Paul Davies I would like to thank the readers of Chemistry World for their assistance with our survey, investigating the mechanism of hair greying (Chemistry World, September 2006, p35). Specifically we are looking at a possible link between cessation of melanogenesis in the hair follicle and the ...
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Global pharma investment
Derek Lowe looks at the story behind the growing investment by western companies in medicinal chemistry research in China
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Chemistry's clandestine current
Chemistry has always been the most secretive of sciences, argues Philip Ball
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OpinionEditorial: Funding fundamentals
University science education has received a significant boost with the announcement that the Higher education funding council for England (Hefce) will provide an extra £75 million over three years for courses in chemistry, physics, and materials and chemi
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Understanding chemical engineering
Teaching as well as research can help bridge the no-man's land between chemistry and chemical engineering, says Mark Haw