August 2007
Vol 4, No 8
News and analysis
Golden opportunity to halt quicksilver trade
The European Parliament is supportings plans to ban exports of mercury
Big pharma not interested in 'male pill'
Bayer has officially stopped research and development of a hormonal male contraceptive
Hallucinogenic drug heading towards the clinic
The use of LSD in psychotherapy could be studied for the first time in 35 years
Polonium clean-up leaves trail of destruction
Government officials describe the enormous clean-up effort of Polonium
Chinese legislation to increase drug safety
Long-awaited amendment to China's drug registration system is expected to discipline the country's medical sector and boost the pharmaceutical industry
First internationally licensed Chinese herbal patent
China has licensed its first herbal compound patent to an overseas pharmaceutical company
Goodbye ICI?
Imperial Chemical Industries received a £7.2 billion (600p per share) offer from Dutch chemicals company Akzo Nobel
News in brief
Short items
Business roundup
Industry news
News briefs
Short items
New on the market
New products, August 2007
In the papers...
Short items
Note book
Short items
Chemical science
Smoking cessation drug shows promise for alcohol dependency
09 July 2007
A drug that helps people stop smoking could also be used to treat alcohol addiction
Why aspirin doesn't always stop blood clots
27 June 2007
Some people are resistant to the blood-thinning properties of aspirin
Superconductivity: explosive new images
13 July 2007
UK chemists have created superconducting images, including the Chemistry World logo, on paper
Mimicking biophysics with water droplets
26 June 2007
Drops of water have been micro-engineered into 'protocells'
Virulence from the deep sea
03 July 2007
Genetic traits of chemosynthetic bacteria living in the deep sea have evolved into virulence traits in common gut bacteria
Crystals as genes?
16 July 2007
The hypothesis that crystals could have been primitive genetic materials has been put to the test by US scientists.
Cold chemistry
05 July 2007
Chemical reactions at extremely low temperatures, for instance in interstellar clouds, can run at surprisingly fast rates
Interview: Transport on a chip
20 July 2007
Microfluidics meets analytical chemistry. Paul Bohn talks to Jenna Wilson about molecular transport in small channels.
Nanowire shines light on subwavelength microscopy
29 June 2007
Potassium niobate nanowire acts as a novel light source for a new type of microscope
Attosyringe shows potential
10 July 2007
Precise and tiny volumes of fluids can be injected directly into cells
The third age of ionic liquids?
04 July 2007
Scientists in the US and Poland have shown that ionic liquids could have significant biological applications in drug delivery.
Delivering RNA with pinpoint precision
06 July 2007
A microelectrode array allows controlled delivery of genetic material to cell cultures.
Predicting how proteins fold
06 July 2007
Researchers have developed new ways of simulating the folding of membrane proteins, which could aid drug development
Magnetic force drives device
11 July 2007
A magnet-driven microchip can rapidly and reliably replicate DNA, for many uses including forensic investigation at crime scenes.
From glycerol to gas
13 July 2007
Liquid alkane fuel can be produced from a by-product of biomass processing, thanks to researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, US.
Is folding laundry bad for your health?
10 July 2007
Levels of laundry detergent particles found in house dust are 'close to the margins of safety', say scientists in Sweden.
Photofunctional hamburgers
29 June 2007
A hamburger-shaped compound could open the way to a new class of molecular architectures.
Instant insight: An adsorbing tale
11 July 2007
Hong-Cai (Joe) Zhou at Miami University, Ohio, US, describes how metal-organic frameworks could play their part in the hydrogen economy.
Features
Makeshift to Mars
The red planet has claimed many a plucky spacecraft. Richard Corfield discovers how Nasa's latest attempt hopes to overcome the odds with a different approach
At the top of the cascade
David MacMillan, a leading light in organocatalysis, takes James Mitchell Crow on a tour of the field
Polarising the debate?
Fluorochemicals are still causing concern. Emma Davies finds out how polar bears and microwaved popcorn reignited the contamination debate
The enduring image
In the commercial battle between digital and analogue photography, physics eventually prevailed. Here, Mike Ware reveals how chemistry shaped the history of photographic images
Opinion
The European dream
The European Research Area - a rather hypothetical region at the best of times - is failing to live up to its potential
Comment: Grand challenges for small science
The UK needs to develop a convincing strategy for nanotechnology research, argues Richard Jones
Regulars
Letters
Chemistry World Letters, August 2007
Reviews
Chemistry World Reviews, August 2007
Puzzles
Puzzles, August 2007
Careers: Analytical attraction
Adele Patterson is devoted to helping new chemists build their own careers but nothing will keep her out of the lab. Yfke Hager meets her
The last retort: Think big!
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