Commentary – Page 10
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Opinion
Misconduct: on the blog and in the open
When formal investigations of research misconduct are opaque and sluggish, it is inevitable that chemists will take to the blogs to debate suspicious papers, says Mark Peplow
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Opinion
Synthetic biology is bursting with life
Synthetic biology is shifting into high gear. To truly thrive, it needs chemists, says Mark Peplow
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Business
Lundbeck appeals European antitrust fine
Danish pharmaceutical claims €93.8 million pay-for-delay penalty was the result of ‘serious legal and factual errors’
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News
With great blogging power… comes great responsibility
Revelations of suspected scientific malpractice have raised questions of just what role the online chemistry community should play in rooting out bad behaviour
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Business
Syngenta takes legal action over pesticide ban
Company claims that the European commission’s two-year moratorium on neonicotinoids to protect bees was wrong
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News
Chinese scientist sentenced over research theft
Researcher working at US university given time served for charges relating to disappearance of vials of promising drug candidate
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News
Call to arms on data integrity
Journal editor tells chemists to get tough on bad practices such as scrubbing spectra of embarrassing impurities
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Opinion
The nonclassical cation: a classic case of conflict
Mark Peplow celebrates decades of debate about the structure of the 2-norbornyl cation
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Business
Sluggish recovery for European chemical sector
Industry body predicts second consecutive yearly drop in output with growth not expected to start again until 2014
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Opinion
Helium reserves under pressure
Researchers should get ready for ballooning prices, warns Mark Peplow
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News
RSC takes top UK business award
Society is commended for substantial growth in its overseas earnings
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Opinion
Pesticide bee buzz needs more evidence
Politicians should not rush to ban neonicotinoids until field trials have proved that they are wiping out bee colonies, argues Mark Peplow
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News
Jari Kinaret: Flagging up graphene
The head of Europe’s €1 billion graphene flagship talks to Chemistry World about nurturing a disruptive technology
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Opinion
Hydrogen's false economy
Hydrogen-powered cars are not going to save the world, and the sooner we realise it the better, argues Mark Peplow
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News
Bacteria clean-up after Gulf of Mexico disaster
Microbial communities helped to sink Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and might one day be an alternative to toxic dispersants
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Research
Is BPA just an 'innocent bystander'?
Analysis questions whether studies linking bisphenol A to chronic diseases like diabetes can be trusted
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Research
Drugs to blame for anti-social fish
Trace amounts of anti-anxiety drugs can alter fishes' behaviour raising concerns about their effects on entire food webs
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News
Richard III body found under Leicester car park
DNA analysis confirms skeleton is remains of last Plantagenet king