UK chemists must take control

12 June 2009

EPSRC international review praises progress but highlights need for better communication

Colour e-books just over the page

05 June 2009

Coloured electronic ink has edged closer to market following the purchase of the US e-ink supplier by a Taiwanese firm

Skills in industry: change needed from within

20 May 2009

Leading industrialists call for companies to invest in training and development

ECHA recommends strict controls for certain chemicals

10 June 2009

European Chemicals Agency recommends seven chemicals be made subject to special authorisation to stay on market

Concert arranges billion dollar GSK deal

15 June 2009

Deuterium modified drugs make a splash

US speeds visa process for researchers

09 June 2009

Changes to the US visa system mean foreign science and technology professionals could get approval within two weeks

New department takes responsibility for UK science

09 June 2009

Science and business reunite as DIUS scrapped in UK government department reshuffle

Science wins German funding boost

08 June 2009

Three pronged package increases funding for Germany's research institutes and universities

UK's first CCS pilot plant switched on

02 June 2009

The first UK pilot of carbon capture technology on a working coal-fired power plant has started up in Scotland

Super sponges soak up gas

09 June 2009

Covalent organic frameworks shown to have high gas adsorption properties for potential applications in fuel storage or carbon capture

Nanotubes boost plant pollutants

10 June 2009

Carbon nanotubes pierce plant cell walls, increasing uptake of atmospheric pollutants

Long-awaited structure of famous enzyme challenges the textbooks

21 May 2009

'Microenvironment' concept corrected for AADase, the enzyme often cited as a classic example of the theory

'Fountain pen' injects nanodiamonds

22 May 2009

Researchers have demonstrated a tool that can pattern nanodiamonds at high resolution and inject them into single cells

Non-stick approach to regular polymer vesicles

17 May 2009

By being confined to small islands in a 'non-stick' sea, self-assembling polymers can form into uniform vesicles of a pre-determined size

New technique probes Alzheimer's aggregates

14 June 2009

Scientists probe synthetic proteins to identify key toxic species responsible for Alzheimer's plaques

Enzyme-free assembly of DNA-like molecules

11 June 2009

Researchers have constructed DNA-like molecules that can self-assemble without the need for enzymes

Pd(III) catalysis insight

07 June 2009

Discovery of a palladium(III) complex that catalyses C-H bond formation boosts understanding of the widely used metal

Hoisting the solar sail

Flying through space by catching sunlight on ultra-thin sails could revolutionise space travel - and the idea could soon take off, says Ned Stafford

Temozolomide - birth of a blockbuster

The history of anticancer drug temozolomide can be traced back over 30 years - and it all started with some novel nitrogen chemistry, says Clare Sansom

Spin-outs: business built on chemistry

Graham Richards, former head of chemistry at the University of Oxford, shares some of the lessons learned from spinning out companies based on good novel chemistry

Editorial: Out and about

Chemistry World staff hard at work attending and reporting on as many events and conferences as humanly possible

UK science funding

Adam Afriyie, UK shadow science minister, would like to see more investment in training the next generation of scientists and is pioneering a science literacy scheme for MPs

Column: In the pipeline

Derek Lowe wonders where we'd be without the formulation chemists

The Educated Chemist: Spreading the word

If you've got a passion for science you might want to consider taking your experience and enthusiasm into the classroom as a science ambassador, says Matt Brown

Managing change: Postdoc push

Finding the right postdoc position is a vital step in a research career. Helen Carmichael asks which strategies work best in today's economic and scientific climate

The Educated Chemist: The Melbourne model

The University of Melbourne has changed its curriculum to give just six undergraduate courses Karen Harries-Rees finds out what's on offer

Letters

Chemistry World Letters, July 2009

Reviews

Chemistry World Reviews, July 2009

Puzzles

Puzzles, July 2009

Chemistry through the lens

Multi-layered macroporous membrane consisting of highly entangled carbon nanotubes.