Chemistry World May 2008

May 2008

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May 2008

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04 April 2008

Soaring costs of raw materials, massive overcapacity and political uncertainty hit profits

04 April 2008

Big push on CCS begins with trial at coal-fired plant'

15 April 2008

Chemists have welcomed a new bill that will allow academics to own IP and run businesses

Canada's national public health agency, Health Canada, has become the first regulator in the world to label bisphenol A (BPA) as 'toxic'

22 April 2008

Chemistry World investigation sparks fraud inquiry

24 April 2008

World's biggest supplier to re-use all its waste, thanks to humble wire mesh rings

The Indian Academy of Sciences is to investigate after Chemistry World alerted it to a possible instance of plagiarism by an Indian chemist

09 April 2008

Prion-capturing membrane in final trials in UK.

10 April 2008

Nested vessels mimic Russian matryoshka dolls

10 April 2008

More PhDs means more growth, says science minister

03 April 2008

Patent office loses fight to introduce rules that pharma said would harm innovation

14 April 2008

Survey shows that more than one third of claims in advertisements are not supported by cited studies

17 April 2008

US biotech Antigenics wins Russian approval to market kidney cancer treatment

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an internal enquiry on its decision to remove toxicologist

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Chemical science

08 April 2008

Paralysed mice walk again after treatment with peptides that form nanofibres in the body

16 April 2008

Chemists announce most efficient synthetic route yet to flu-busting drug

15 April 2008

Chemists have mimicked two key catalysts used by sponges and diatoms to make silica

03 April 2008

Microbes thrive on drugs designed to kill them

01 April 2008

Researchers have shown how 'alum' adjuvants make vaccines more effective

Cracking the genetic code from a single DNA strand

02 April 2008

Lab-on-a-chip technology could soon simplify a host of applications, thanks to a new way to move droplets up vertical surfaces on flexible chips.

16 April 2008

A microfluidic device that can identify exposure to sarin could help identify individuals needing treatment at sites of terrorist attack.

21 April 2008

Measuring metabolites gives biochemical clues to disease

08 April 2008

A highly efficient light harvesting molecule could lead to cheaper solar cells, claim international scientists.

14 April 2008

Mitochondria have been used to power miniature motors for microfluidics.

27 March 2008

An integrated circuit can be folded and stretched without compromising its electronic properties

27 March 2008

New synthetic route that delivers dendrimers in kilogram quantities could open a new branch of drug delivery and diagnostics

01 April 2008

Raman spectroscopy detects tumours after 'staining' with nanoparticles

27 March 2008

Self-assembling permeable polymer bubbles could hold cells for drug studies

07 April 2008

A new set of covalent radii fills gaps and inconsistencies

19 March 2008

Materials scientists obtain new insight into the defects of nanoparticles

28 March 2008

Destruction of nerve agents through a simple chemical reaction could help remove chemical weapon stockpiles and clean contaminated materials.

28 March 2008

Scientists in the US have mimicked the structure of bird nests to overcome the extreme fragility of highly insulating aerogels

16 April 2008

Shana Kelley reveals how cell-penetrating peptides deliver the goods when it comes to biology and medicine.

Chinese news supplement

Regulators urged to share data on drug ingredients

China's Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) industry has suffered a setback

Research ties could grow after nationalist party victory

09 April 2008

Green light expected for new plants after months of deadlock

11 April 2008

Higher uptake of methanol-blended gasoline expected