Chemistry World June 2008

June 2008

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June 2008

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Pharmaceutical companies have slashed their support for PhD students and postdocs at UK universities

30 April 2008

Science and Technology Facilities Council is 'poorly managed', says report

21 May 2008

PREVIEW: Food regulations must be updated, say scientists

Flow chemistry is poised to become an important tool for new drug development

09 May 2008

Push for low carbon cars and energy saving materials under Technology Strategy Board plans

Ontario will become the latest Canadian province to stop amateur gardeners using pesticides, when a new law comes into force in spring 2009

16 May 2008

Fertilizer producers caught up in the devastation, as authorities rush to contain leaks

25 April 2008

Hundreds of EPA researchers say they were told to alter their work

01 May 2008

Experts call for caution in clinical trials

29 April 2008

OECD countries put up $20m to assess fullerenes, nanotubes and cerium oxide

25 April 2008

Novartis has reduced the price of its antimalarial drug Coartem, potentially boosting supplies to developing countries

24 April 2008

Genzyme's Myozyme knocked back after scale-up

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unexpectedly refused to approve Merck's cholesterol-lowering drug Cordaptive

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Chemical science

15 May 2008

Vegetables rich in nitrates boost stomach lining, thanks to friendly mouth bacteria

16 May 2008

New microwave instrument captures rearranging isomers

07 May 2008

Robust zeolite remove carbon dioxide from a mix of gases at room temperature

09 May 2008

Miniature one-stop shop prepares, purifies and analyses tiny blood samples in minutes

30 April 2008

A chemical reaction sensitive to tiny magnetic field could help to explain how birds navigate the globe

12 May 2008

Genetically engineered yeast cells can efficiently make proteins containing unnatural amino acids

30 April 2008

Titanium oxide film ends four-decade quest for basic circuit component

24 April 2008

Polymer coated carbon nanotubes could find a new use in drug delivery, claim Korean scientists.

25 April 2008

UK chemists have used smart polymers to deliver DNA into cells.

14 May 2008

X-ray crystal studies suggest that stockpiling Tamiflu alone may not protect against a pandemic

13 May 2008

Peppery flavour compound discovered in Australian Shiraz wines is also a key aroma molecule in peppercorns

02 May 2008

Scarce anti-HIV plant compound made in large quantities from seed oil

28 April 2008

Therapies a step closer thanks to fatty nanoparticles that ferry RNAi into cells

15 April 2008

Scientists in the US have taken a step towards faster and more efficient immunoassays for diagnosing HIV and other diseases.

09 April 2008

Nitrate radicals irreversibly damage amino acids and could play a role in respiratory disease, say Australian researchers.

01 May 2008

Synthetic sugars shipped into developing zebrafish embryo and 'clicked' with fluorescent dye

29 April 2008

Re-awakening 'silent' metabolic pathways in fungi has revealed a new range of natural products to US scientists.

07 May 2008

UK electrochemists are offering a more accurate technique for measuring the strength of hot sauces using carbon nanotubes

14 May 2008

Bacteria have invented a potentially global language - quorum sensing. Kim Janda translates.

Chinese news supplement

08 May 2008

Special registration rules to speed approval and encourage innovation

In a fillip to domestic carmakers developing cleaner vehicles China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has ratified the production of a hydrogen fuel cell powered ...

Job losses and closures as China's plastic bag ban comes into force

19 May 2008

Exclusive interview: John Oyler, BioDuro

28 April 2008

Cheaper fluorescence for carbon clusters may benefit cancer imaging

23 April 2008

Chemicals from the warty Asian vegetable could inspire drugs for diabetes

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