All Chemistry World articles in February 2017 – Page 4
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NewsLords warns Brexit uncertainty ‘corrosive’
Report recommends bold action on funding and recruiting research superstars to maintain country’s position
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ResearchRecord polyhedron boosts molecular self-assembly
New supramolecular system shape found by chance inspires improved design principle
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OpinionWhy speaking English could revitalise Japanese science
Language could solve the stagnation seen in undergraduate courses
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NewsAwards for chemists in 2017 New Year’s Honours list
Researchers’ contributions recognised in honours list
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ResearchRoadkill: new molecules at the side of the road
Wild animals run down on the roads can open surprising doors for opportunistic biochemists
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NewsCuts prompt fears of brain drain in Argentina
Argentina’s main research council slashes number of new scientists it will support by more than half
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ResearchDye detective work uncovers Perkin’s chemistry secrets
The pioneering Victorian chemist didn’t reveal all in his patent on the first synthetic purple dye
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BusinessDuPont found liable in third bellwether cancer case
US court orders firm to pay $2m in damages to man whose disease has been linked to contaminated water supply
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NewsSpending cap set to cripple Brazilian science for 20 years
Constitutional amendment will mean research funding will be frozen at current levels for two decades
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NewsSwiss immigration compromise puts EU science back on the menu
Agreement to allow free movement will see Switzerland return to being a full member of the Horizon 2020 science programme
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BusinessMylan may lay off up to 3500 staff
The move forms part of the US generic firm’s restructuring efforts
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ResearchRiddle of life’s origin may be answered by dividing protocells
Model suggests simple chemical systems could grow and reproduce and could have got life off to a flying start
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OpinionAn unsettling forecast
Uncertainty makes for a poor bedfellow when it comes to the scientific enterprise
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BusinessLonza to buy capsule manufacturer in $5.5bn deal
Swiss pharma firm looks to strengthen its position as world’s biggest drug manufacturing subcontractor
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ResearchAnvil cell squeezes carbon into hexagonal diamond
Team makes rare diamond only ever found before in meteorite craters
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BusinessUS pharma executives face bribery charges over opioid painkiller prescriptions
Insys Therapeutics chief executive and senior managers accused of running a conspiracy to bribe doctors across several states
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BusinessBristol-Myers Squibb planning huge reorganisation in the US
Job losses likely as Hopewell, New Jersey site will close by 2020
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NewsAnti-doping scientists expose cheating Russian athletes
State-sponsored doping that benefited more than a 1000 athletes at Sochi and London Olympic games revealed by analytical investigation
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ResearchChemists pore over zeolites and watch holes open up
Scientists observe the development of mesoporous structures in real-time