All Chemistry World articles in March 2018
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NewsCall for extra €100 million of science funding in Ireland
National funding body says it will need to nearly double its budget
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NewsUK drug discovery model must ‘break and change’
Report calls for joined-up approach that brings together charities, industry and universities
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Research‘Ikea reactionware’ promises to democratise organic chemistry
3D-printed modular reactor that ‘a child could use’ makes a drug in 40 hours
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NewsChemistry best science in US when it comes to gender pay gap
More than 60% of chemistry doctorates go to men, but the field performs well on equal pay for men and women finding their first job
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NewsDelhi’s air pollution headaches a microcosm of India’s own problems
Multi-pronged approach needed to bring smog under control
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ResearchLow-pressure ammonia production could cut fertiliser energy cost
Lanthanum–cobalt catalyst that breaks nitrogen triple bond under mild conditions could revolutionise small-scale ammonia synthesis
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NewsEU leaders announce plans to tackle plastic waste
Efforts will focus on improved recycling and phasing out single-use plastics
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NewsWanted: synthetic chemists (humans need not apply)
Automation could free chemists from tedious lab work – if they’re ready to think differently about research
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ResearchTech red unmasked
An unusual oxide of radioactive technetium reveals its secrets after 50 years
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NewsConcern over vetting of US science grants by political appointee
National Academies speak out after news of Interior Department’s policy on grants worth more than $50,000 emerges
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Research1500 reactions per day go with the flow
Automated flow chemistry system puts high-speed spin on drug discovery
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NewsDatabase offers free access to previously secret chemical data
ToxicDocs allows users to retrieve millions of internal corporate and trade group pages on chemical toxicity
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NewsChemicals strategy to lay out UK government aspirations after Brexit
Twenty-five year environment plan short on details
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BusinessCelgene takes a punt on M&A
Cancer specialist bags Juno therapeutics and Impact Biomedicines
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ResearchRobot with AI brain learns to evolve synthetic protocells
Evolution of oil-in-water system guided by machine learning offers insight into origins of life
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NewsApotex chief executive steps down amid tumult at generics firm
President and chief executive of Canada’s biggest generic drugmaker resigns the same day that police announce its founder and his wife were murdered
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ResearchMeteorites' mechanical energy might have created building blocks of life
Did a cosmic impact kick-start amino acid formation?
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NewsA picture speaks a thousand words in new scientific journal
Illustrations will explain the latest research in an accessible way
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ResearchPhotoredox sugar synthesis plausible on early Earth
Study using prebiotically realistic wavelengths adds weight to origin-of-life theory
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ResearchHuman genome sequenced by handheld device
MinION nanopore sequencer fills in gaps in our knowledge of genome