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FeatureThere's more to quitting than nicotine
As England joins the growing list of nations to ban smoking in enclosed public places, Lisa Melton explores the medicinal arsenal that could help to kick the habit
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Industrial strength
There is a new driving force for the growth of the chemical industry in the north-east of England.
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Here's the science bit
Can chemicals really help to roll back the years? Victoria Gill investigates the various treatments that come with the promise of youth
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FeatureThe perfect host
Could artificial enzymes finally be about to shake up catalysis? James Mitchell Crow investigates
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FeatureThe woman that inspired Faraday
Jane Marcet wrote what was to become one of history's most important chemistry books. Hazel Rossotti dips into her pioneering 'Conversations on Chemistry'
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Spun from bench to boardroom
Academics are making their mark on the business world, profiting from their ideas.
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Going it alone
Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Ian Shott started his company, Excelsyn, from nothing in 2003.
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The gadet scrap heap
As we constantly upgrade and replace our numerous electronic devices, the rubbish tip of forgotten, out-of-date equipment continues to grow. Maria Burke investigates
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Molecular trees bear fruit
Polymers that grow like trees have been around for nearly three decades. Now they are on the verge of realising their potential, as Michael Gross reports
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Battery assault
As our everyday gadgets become more advanced, the battery technology used to power them lags further behind. But help is at hand, as Simon Hadlington discovers
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Oiling the cogs of innovation
R&D outsourcing is becoming increasingly popular as companies learn to let go. Sarah Houlton reports
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Chinese medicine in western packaging
The past decade has seen a global awakening to the truly curative powers of many ancient medicines, from black bear bile to the Asian plant Epimedium. Lisa Melton delves deeper
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The shape shifters
A sudden change in the properties of a drug as a new polymorph appears can be highly damaging for pharma firms. The industry now appears to be in control of the situation
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Ready for Reach?
Reach will start to be implemented in June and companies are being urged to prepare for it. This is easier said than done, with many areas of the legislation still decidedly fuzzy
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Fuelling China's future
Min Enze helped to kickstart China's industrial boom. Fifty years on, his research focuses on tackling the environmental damage of development, reports Bea Perks
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FeatureThe click concept
To some, 'click chemistry' is simply a relabelling of standard organic chemistry practices. Others follow its principles almost religiously
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Better, stronger, faster
Now we have bionic eyes and limbs, and chemists are creating artificial bodily tissues to rival nature's own, as Jon Evans discovers
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Chemistry for the common good
Marcellin Berthelot was a man of many talents, combining ground breaking chemical research with a busy and successful political career, as Mike Sutton finds out
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FeatureThe terahertz gap: into the dead zone
New materials are opening up applications for terahertz radiation in the physical, biological and medical sciences. Joe McEntee reports
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The one-stop science shop
From mass spectrometers to lab reagents, the newly formed Thermo Fisher Scientific sells it all.