Chemistry World China delivered the most important news on chemical science, business and policy in China, along with the global perspective of its sister publication, Chemistry World. The final issue was published in December 2011.
Features
Quasicrystals scoop prize
This year’s Nobel laureate in chemistry fought hard to win acceptance of his discovery: quasicrystals. Laura Howes tells how perseverance led to the ultimate recognition
Hold your breath
Particulates from vehicles cause significant issues in urban environments. Emma Davies uncovers the chemistry that is causing and potentially solving the problems
A shade of green
Major retailers are starting to consider the environmental impact of the fabric dyeing and finishing processes used by their manufacturers. Fiona Case reports
Getting stuck in
Nature produces a wide variety of glues that outperform all synthetic adhesives. Michael Gross looks into this sticky subject
Opinions
Editorial: New beginnings
The end of our specific China edition
Column: Totally Synthetic
Synechoxanthin
Column: In the pipeline
You have to make space for good sense when thinking about safety, argues Derek Lowe
Previous issues of Chemistry World China
China News
Artificial enzyme outperforms nature
07 December 2011
An antioxidant wrapped in a soft protein shell could be a treatment for a nerve cell disease
China's emissions still surging
24 November 2011
Two new reports show China has developed into a ‘carbonising dragon’
White House science office budget cut by a third
21 November 2011
Office of Science and Technology Policy has its funding cut after spat with Republicans over China collaboration
China opens clean energy lab
18 November 2011
First national laboratory to research clean energy and efficient use of fossil fuels opens its doors
Functionalised fibre catches flu before you do
11 November 2011
Carbohydrate coated chitosan could be used in face masks and filters to trap the flu virus
Invisible ink for the 21st century
11 November 2011
Water reveals invisible photonic ink on photonic paper as an anti-counterfeit measure
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World News
Sweden bans BPA in food packaging for under-threes
20 April 2012
Government says it is taking a precautionary approach to the chemical to protect children
FDA backs use of BPA in food packaging
04 April 2012
Agency rejects petition to ban the use of BPA in food contact materials, citing insufficient research
Canada research budget boost costs the environment
04 April 2012
Greater support for industry and venture capital comes at a cost to environmental research
Speeding up wound healing
04 April 2012
Using the combined benefits of chitosan and graphene to make a wound-healing membrane
Phosphate-scavenging nanoparticles starve microbes
26 March 2012
Nanoparticles with controllable toxicity provide an antimicrobial strategy with a small environmental footprint
Watching the double-slit experiment in real time
26 March 2012
Demonstration allows observer to watch build up of interference pattern using fluorescence microscopy
EPA starts over with its hexavalent chromium review
09 March 2012
US agency delays decade-long process to adopt a drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium
Irish government plans to pick winners in research
09 March 2012
Science funding will be targeted to areas that will deliver the biggest return on investment
Light-sensitive shape-shifters are swell gels
08 March 2012
Chemists mimic the natural shape-shifting abilities of biological tissues using a half-tone printing technique on a polymer
Double whammy blow to US nuclear science
08 March 2012
Los Alamos National Lab’s budget will be cut by 11% and an actinide chemistry facility postponed
Croatia to slim down funding for science journals
07 March 2012
The Croatian government has said it will fund only the best journals, leaving some facing an uncertain future
Killer crystals turn pyroelectricity on bacteria
07 March 2012
Powdered pyroelectric crystals that catalyse the formation of reactive oxygen species could be harnessed to kill bacteria
Simulating your way to a better supercapacitor
05 March 2012
A model of ion arrangement in a supercapacitor will help researchers design devices that hold more energy
Magnetic levitation to measure protein binding
05 March 2012
Diseases could be diagnosed cheaply in the developing world using a simple device that measures density with magnets
EPA sets safe dioxin level
23 February 2012
Exposure threshold draws praise from scientists and environmentalist but industry remains nonplussed
Cyclotron remedy for imaging isotope shortages
22 February 2012
Medical isotope shortages could be a thing of the past as a breakthrough will allow hospitals to make their own
Nanopore sequencing bags its first genome
21 February 2012
Oxford Nanopore sequences a viral genome and aims to launch its sequencing platforms within the year
Consistent Avogadro number a step nearer
15 February 2012
Chemical metrologists in Canada have made the most accurate measurement of silicon’s atomic weight to date
Risk of water pollution by fracking overstated
20 February 2012
US researchers determine that groundwater contamination at fracking sites is the result of poor waste management and not the fracking process
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
Conjuring graphene oxide from thin air
25 January 2012
US chemists have turned carbon dioxide into graphene oxide
Water repellent polymer slows down drug delivery
25 January 2012
Superhydrophobic dopant allows polymer mesh to slowly release drugs over months rather than days
Fake pesticides rife in Europe
24 January 2012
The trade in illegal pesticides is widespread in Europe and growing, according to the European law enforcement agency
Simple one stop shop for difluoromethylation
23 January 2012
Drugs and agrichemicals can be easily improved using the new process and pharma is already making use of it
Asteroid ages united by new isotope standard
23 January 2012
Hydrous asteroids are as much as 9 million years younger than thought
Takeda slashes 10% of its workforce
20 January 2012
Japanese pharmaceutical firm sheds 2800 jobs in the US and Europe after recent takeover of Nycomed
Tube-wrapped lamp makes malaria drug
20 January 2012
Continuous flow photochemistry enables critical singlet oxygen hydroperoxidation, raising hopes of cheap artemisinin production
New microbe turns sugary seaweed into fuel
19 January 2012
Engineered E coli uses genes from a marine bacterium to turn seaweed into bioethanol
Korean doors inspire new energy converter
19 January 2012
Dye-sensitised solar cells based on glass paper bonded to metal makes them highly bendable for a range of applications
Efficiently harvesting the power of the sun
19 January 2012
A dye-sensitised solar cell with the highest recorded efficiency
Shell shutters UK R&D site
18 January 2012
Fuels and additives technology centre to close in 2014 with research being moved to overseas sites
BASF pulls out of Europe over GM hostility
18 January 2012
German chemical giant moves its transgenic plant operations from Europe to the US
A simple separation solution for carbon nanotubes
18 January 2012
Metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes can be easily separated using their electronic characteristics
Rainbow hued graphene oxide repels water
17 January 2012
Researchers in China pattern graphene oxide to create superhydrophobicity and iridescence simultaneously
EPA publicises greenhouse gas emissions data
17 January 2012
US agency launches database of greenhouse gas emissions from large facilities, opening them up to public scrutiny
China mulls tax on carbon emissions
16 January 2012
Chinese government reportedly interested in study that recommends a carbon price of £1 per tonne of carbon dioxide
Stripped down spectroscopy to probe single molecules
16 January 2012
Spectroscopy has been taken to its most basic level – a single photon interacting with a single molecule
Ionic polymers open door to greener, safer explosives
13 January 2012
Metal hydrazine chains could replace toxic lead and mercury salts
Mineral regulates early metabolism
13 January 2012
Mineral-based photochemistry could have led to the beginning of life
Composites reinforced in 3D
12 January 2012
Nanoparticles and magnets are the key to a new type of polymer, with improved strength and wear resistance
Staining tissue samples at the microscale
12 January 2012
A microfluidic probe allows fine control of immunohistochemistry staining
Shortages spur race for helium-3 alternatives
12 January 2012
A dearth of helium-3 is holding up research projects around the world
Sense-act-treat, the nanopharmacy on a patch
11 January 2012
A biofuel-based device controlled by molecular logic could one day detect and treat injuries wherever you are
Drive towards detecting drugs at the roadside
11 January 2012
Can drug detection technologies deal with the demands of roadside testing?
BMS spends $2.5 billion on antiviral firm
11 January 2012
Inhibitex acquisition is one of several recent moves in the hepatitis C market
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
Indian science needs to raise its game
10 January 2012
Prime minister Manmohan Singh says that the country is falling behind other research competitors such as China
A question mark over cubic ice’s existence
09 January 2012
UK scientists suggest that one form of ice crystal thought to arise from supercooled water may have been misidentified
What does it take to improve laboratory safety?
09 January 2012
With criminal charges brought over the death of a UCLA student, US labs are looking at ways to improve safety
Nanoear listens in on cellular motoring
09 January 2012
Scientists working in Germany have developed a tiny listening device to eavesdrop on the sounds of microscopic objects such as living cells
The TNA world that came before the RNA one
08 January 2012
Chemists find evidence that a nucleic acid that is simpler than RNA could have been the primordial genetic material
Blood barrier gel aids medical analysis
06 January 2012
A gel to form a permanent barrier between blood components in separation tubes prevents the components mixing again during transportation
Surfing the plasmonic wave
05 January 2012
New technique reveals the electric field created by optical excitation of plasmonic modes
UK government proposes science universities
05 January 2012
New type of university would receive no public money with funding to come from businesses
