All Chemistry World articles in December 2017
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NewsSuppression of academic freedom a ‘global crisis’
Universities around the world under attack as states and groups seek to silence free thought
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BusinessUS to invest $160m in cancer partnership
Funds will be backed up with $55m from 11 companies to advance new cancer treatments that harness the immune system
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ResearchHelicene twists aromaticity to its limit
Six-pronged molecule contains the most twisted and least aromatic benzene ring found yet
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ResearchComputer reconstruction gives microscopy 100-fold precision boost
Confocal microscopy enhancement costing just a few dollars per image could be applied to all imaging
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NewsUniversities to be assessed on business collaborations
Ref and Tef are set to be joined by Kef – the Knowledge Exchange Framework – in a new ranking to assess commercialisation of research
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BusinessEx-Chemours worker tried to steal trade secrets
Employee intended to sell confidential information about sodium cyanide to Chinese investors to set up competing plants
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BusinessHurricane damage squeezes supply chains
Industry and government working to minimise impact of shortages of olefin feedstocks and medical products
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ResearchPurple crystals boast first aluminium double bond
Aluminium analogue of an alkene completes series of double-bonded boron group elements
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BusinessDrug formula change infuriates French thyroid patients
Poor communication of changes to Merck KGaA’s levothyroxine has led to complaints of side effects
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ResearchZirconium MOF buckles under dynamite pressure
Could MOFs add shock-absorber to their list of potential applications?
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ResearchElectro-shock treatment switches MOF on to gas separation
Electric field stops molecular wriggling and boosts natural gas separation in porous crystal
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NewsEPSRC chief executive will stay on for another six months
Philip Nelson will remain head of UK physical sciences agency as research councils merge to form UKRI
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BusinessJudges overturn J&J talc cancer claims
Two new rulings follow trend of reversing large jury-awarded damages as firm works through thousands of cases
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ResearchGlass should be redefined as a liquid
New proposed textbook definition breaks with traditional description of glass as a solid
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NewsToxic tattoo inks face EU chemicals agency controls
Proposal to regulate 4000 substances used in permanent make-up and tattoo inks
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ResearchCrispr gene editor can now alter RNA as well as DNA
Gene editing technique is developing apace with two new technologies unveiled
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NewsMen ask more questions than women at science conferences
Study at international science congress reveals male attendees ask 1.8 questions for every one asked by a woman
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ResearchPeptide vehicle drives Crispr delivery of Cas9 into cells
Gene editing enzyme ferried via endocytic pathway
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BusinessGSK’s shingles vaccine gets thumbs up in North America
Inoculation slated to be a blockbuster
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NewsUS universities told to sort out postdoc job titles chaos
A range of job titles leave postdocs with varying salaries, benefits and training plans