All Chemistry World articles in May 2017
View all stories from this issue.
-
ResearchA golden future for hydrogen bonding
Relativistic effects responsible for positively charged Au(I) hydrogen bond acceptor
-
News‘Purge’ of academics follows failed Turkey coup as thousands fired
Supporters of the 4800 academics who have been dismissed say the move is to remove those critical of the president
-
NewsTaking on chemistry's reproducibility problem
Efforts to get to grips with the problem have meant new ideas and technologies are now being brought to bear
-
News'Remarkably flavourful' lab-grown poultry
Artificial meat firm now racing to drive down costs with an eye on consumer sales by 2021
-
ResearchGoogle Street View cars map methane leaks in major US cities
Cars fitted with methane analysers flag streets in Boston, New York and Indianapolis where subterranean pipes are in need of repair
-
ResearchTuning in to AFM
In the first of a new series with an eye on the future we look at how manipulation at the level of atoms will transform chemistry
-
NewsOpposition mounts to Trump plan to close chemical safety agency
US chemistry groups join industry to warn against elimination of the Chemical Safety Board
-
ResearchQuantum dot first for carbon–carbon bond photocatalysis
Cheap nanosized semiconductors rival expensive precious metal catalysts in photoredox reactions
-
BusinessIndian drug industry opposes price caps
Government wants free healthcare for poorest people, but companies claim controls will stifle innovation
-
-
BusinessEU recommends withdrawing drugs approved on unreliable data
Indian firm Micro Therapeutic Research Labs accused of misrepresenting clinical data and documentation deficiencies
-
FeatureMOFs find a use
Nina Notman takes stock of the first products containing metal–organic frameworks to hit the shelves
-
BusinessLilly loses arbitration over Canadian patents
Firm had sought recompense under the Nafta trade agreement
-
NewsBrexit trigger leaves UK science pondering future
Fears around funding, staff retention and students after article 50 triggered
-
NewsMPs call for better science communication
Report raises concerns over mis-use of scientific evidence by government and the media
-
NewsSpanish government promises U-turn on researcher contract downgrades
The cabinet will reverse changes that saw thousands of pre-doctoral research contracts effectively turned into internships
-
NewsTrump seeks immediate cuts for science agencies
White House plan would slash NIH by more $1 billion and NSF by $350 million over the coming months
-
NewsBrazil’s meaty mess
Investigation reveals corruption among Brazilian meat inspectors, use of chemicals to hide rotten meat
-
ResearchHeptacene isolated after 75 years
Compound made of seven fused benzene rings could find applications in solar cells or light emitting diodes
-
ResearchLost argon hints at Mars’ past climate
The red planet might once have had an atmosphere as thick as Earth’s, but has since lost most of its gases to space