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Features
Silver soils
Nanosilver is filtering into the environment in ever-increasing quantities. But is it the nano or the silver component we should be worrying about, asks Hayley Birch
Damage limitation?
Emma Davies investigates attempts to stem the flow of potentially harmful fluorinated chemicals into both our environment and our bloodstreams
Keeping the tap on
James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth
The future of cool
Magnetocaloric materials reveal their magnetic charm to Andrew Turley
Opinions
Editorial: The energy conundrum
Switching on the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Column: The crucible
To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball
Column: Totally Synthetic
Asteriscunolide D
Column: In the pipeline
Derek Lowe wonders what the lab lingua franca might be in the years to come
Profiting from privatisation
The private sector offers significant benefits to public sector labs hampered by bureaucracy and financial constraints, argues Quentin Maxwell-Jackson
Navigating the stormy seas of pharma
Manoj Mehrotra discusses the rapid rise of outsourcing strategies in research, development and manufacturing
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NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants
03 February 2012
Research council plans to improve grant success rates by getting universities to screen out 'uncompetitive' proposals
Whistleblowers accuse FDA of spying, persecution
03 February 2012
US FDA employees sue agency, saying they were subjected to secret surveillance for expressing safety concerns about medical devices
Toxic mushroom behind Chinese deaths unmasked
03 February 2012
The killer chemicals that have claimed hundreds of lives in China have been identified in a new species of fungi
Ultrafast NMR shows the way
02 February 2012
Scientists working in Israel and Spain have used two-dimensional NMR to monitor a reaction in real time
AstraZeneca to cut 7300 more jobs
02 February 2012
The cost cutting trend is set to continue as big pharma reels from patent expiries
UK chemistry student numbers hold steady
02 February 2012
Chemistry degrees predicted to buck the trend of a 9% drop in applications to UK universities
Magical microwaves
02 February 2012
When a reaction speeds up in a microwave, is it down to the heat or the microwaves?
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The world's strongest fibres
01 February 2012
A polymer fibre that combines carbon nanotubes and reduced graphene oxide is stronger than spider silk and Kevlar
Two become one for bio-oil upgrade
01 February 2012
A zeolite-metal catalyst combination will make transport fuels from biomass a more realistic prospect
The Commercial Chemist
01 February 2012
Chemistry World gets down to business with our twice-weekly roundup of money and molecules
Pesticides linked to vitamin D deficiency
31 January 2012
Banned organochlorine pesticides such as DDT could be causing chronic illnesses
Molecular dynamics to combat chemical terrorism
31 January 2012
A computer programme to find a pathway to decontaminate VX, a toxic nerve agent that featured in the Nicolas Cage film The Rock
Iron accumulation linked to neurodegenerative diseases
30 January 2012
New discovery suggests iron chelation could treat diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
Settlement ups UK universities' dependency on fees
30 January 2012
Grant letter holds research funding steady while student numbers are set to drop next year
Calculations reveal carbon-carbon quadruple bond
29 January 2012
High bonding order possible in main group and may be responsible for the ability to isolate molecular species
Obama calls for renewed focus on manufacturing
27 January 2012
Although chemical trade groups support the President's emphasis on manufacturing and energy, they caution against overregulation
Illumina fends off Roche hostile bid
27 January 2012
Roche aims to expand personalised medicine diagnostics by acquiring the gene sequencing leader
The Commercial Chemist
27 January 2012
Chemistry World gets down to business with our twice-weekly roundup of money and molecules
Leaky graphene oxide lets water pour through
26 January 2012
Graphene oxide film allows water through but not helium, opening up possibilities for separation technologies
The world's first magnetic soap
26 January 2012
Iron has been incorporated into a surfactant to produce a liquid that responds to an external magnetic field
