Chemistry World July 2008

July 2008

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July 2008

News and analysis

Could simple ion exchange resins save the world?

27 June 2008

Research councils don't adequately support interdisciplinary research, scientists say

05 June 2008

Shake up promises to smash bureaucracy as CNRS divides

17 June 2008

Manufacturers and distributers face 'outrageous' registration delays

The Royal Society has honoured a handful of top chemists in its annual selection of 44 new Fellows

Industry and academia equal partners in billion-euro programme

29 May 2008

Congress overrides Bush veto to cut corn ethanol subsidies and create incentives for second-generation fuels

03 June 2008

European Commission proposal to create single labour market for scientists unlikely to be implemented, say experts

13 June 2008

Japanese firm set to take a controlling stake in India's biggest pharma company

10 June 2008

A new 'cosmeceutical' to boost eyelash growth - from the maker of Botox - could take a bite out of the mascara market

11 June 2008

GlaxoSmithKline is cutting the jobs of hundreds of scientists as it restructures its drug research and development operations

Industry news

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New products, July 2008

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Chemical science

30 May 2008

Iron-based materials could help to unlock the secrets of high-temperature superconductivity

29 May 2008

Micrometre-scale dispersions could be used in foams, ice cream, paints and contrast agents

05 June 2008

High-throughput calculations pluck out selective alloys to replace palladium

09 June 2008

A rod-like peptide can carry RNA and drug molecules into cancer cells

10 June 2008

Wrong aluminium salts used in experiments to explain adjuvant effect, scientist claims

11 June 2008

Scientists have revealed how leucascandrolide A targets tumours - and found a better way to make it

11 June 2008

Molecule hunters trap the elusive hydroxymethylene - only to see it get away

28 May 2008

Titanium dioxide crystals with modified surfaces are extra reactive

04 June 2008

US researchers have taken a key step towards making the first synthetic cell

27 May 2008

Artificial neural network trained to identify new mosquito repelling compounds

09 June 2008

Patients with glaucoma and related eye diseases could soon be treated with a refillable drug delivery device - replacing the need for injections into the eyeball.

21 May 2008

Explosives can now be detected at picogram levels thanks to a polymer developed by scientists in the US.

06 June 2008

A computational model reveals how DNA and RNA strands fold into hairpins

09 June 2008

The one-step synthesis using an organocatalyst to control six chiral centres in a single molecule has been reported by Danish chemists.

27 May 2008

Peter Seeberger talks to Joanne Thomson about rapid carbohydrate synthesis and the fight against malaria.

09 June 2008

Studying microstructural changes in chocolate could help confectioners stop that shiny surface from turning an unappetising dull grey

12 May 2008

Easy separation method allows study of arthritis and related diseases

16 June 2008

Ilya Shestopalov and James Chen look at how chemistry can be used to probe the earliest processes of life

Chinese news supplement

13 June 2008

Controls over making and transporting chemicals ahead of the games could push up prices

18 June 2008

Chemical industry reconstruction and new nuclear build could be put on hold

23 June 2008

History of Chinese dynasties recorded in metal deposits

30 May 2008

Light-activated molecular brake adds stopping power to spinning nanomachines

19 May 2008

On-chip method allows fully automated cell migration studies.

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Features

Chemists are at the forefront of synthetic biology, the burgeoning field that could soon create artificial life. Ananyo Bhattacharya reports

In an exclusive interview, controversial scientist and entrepreneur Craig Venter tells Richard Corfield how he thinks synthetic genomics can save the planet

As BP approaches its centenary, Sean Milmo finds out how the UK energy giant plans to innovate its way out its recent troubles and to navigate a turbulent market

After seven years as the UK government's chief scientific adviser, chemist David King is still fighting to keep climate change at the top of the political agenda.