January 2008
Vol 5, No 1
News and analysis
Boom and bust for antimalarial industry
19 December 2007
China's artemisinin producers face market collapse
Australian scientists await Rudd's 'education revolution'
03 December 2007
High hopes for science as new Labor government ratifies Kyoto
Cancer drugs for the next decade unveiled
21 November 2007
Novartis Oncology president David Epstein has announced that the company hopes to bring four new cancer drugs to market by 2011
Polymer chemistry tackles implant concerns
04 December 2007
Haemocompatible and shape-memory polymers the future of stents
Magnetic field detectors for less than a penny
28 November 2007
UK scientists have discovered that a mass-produced electronic component can sense weak magnetic fields
Patent delays mar bumper year for US tech transfer
11 December 2007
Spinouts, licensing and inventions up but patents down
The rise of the biologic
Pharmaceutical giants are continuing to join the biotech goldrush following a year that has seen high-value acquisitions of biologics companies 
Business roundup
Industry news
News in brief
Short items
Market Place
New products, January 2008
Note book
Short items
Chemical science
Acrylamide cancer link confirmed
05 December 2007
New study finds first evidence for increased risk of cancer in women
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Iron oxide succumbs to the gentle touch
12 December 2007
Chemists have made a new compound by reducing strontium iron oxide at low temperature
Structural snapshot shows monster protein
05 December 2007
Largest cellular component ever imaged by x-ray crystallography may make useful drug carrier
Shrinky DinkŪ microfluidics
05 December 2007
A children's toy has been turned into a microfluidic research tool in the hands of US engineers.
Extending the catenane chain
11 December 2007
Chemists in the US have taken the first step towards an entirely new, flexible form of polymer.
Scientists win cash to develop plastic x-ray detectors
26 November 2007
Cheap, flexible dosimeters a step closer thanks to funding boost for UK researchers
A flare for gene silencing
27 November 2007
Gold nanoparticles release fluorescent 'flares' as they silence genes
Interview: Exciting Materials
19 December 2007
Seth Marder talks to Gavin Armstrong about organic electronics, two-photon chemistry and surface patterning
Plants really do make methane
29 November 2007
Chinese chemists confirm contentious findings that plants emit potent greenhouse gas
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Promising compounds for diabetes treatment
28 November 2007
US biotech unveils drug leads 1000 times more potent than resveratrol, found in red wine
A crystal structure with a bang
10 December 2007
For the first time UK researchers have determined the full structure of a new form of an explosive material at high pressure
Enzyme-powered delivery vehicles
14 December 2007
Dutch scientists have made nanotubes move using enzyme-powered motors
Researchers crack mystery of diamond's conductivity
29 November 2007
Surface film electrochemistry responsible for making diamond electrically conductive
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Molecular traffic spied in nanoscale tube network
28 November 2007
Insight into movements could aid catalyst design
The viral production line
30 November 2007
Microfactory supplies retrovirus for gene therapy applications.
Selectively-sticky-back plastic
07 December 2007
A simple and effective treatment can make plastics more biocompatible by altering their surface properties.
Instant insight: Systems chemistry
19 December 2007
Sijbren Otto and Fred Ludlow call on chemists to embrace complexity and take up systems chemistry
Cutting-edge chemistry in 2007
18 December 2007
Chemistry World reviews the important trends, and biggest breakthroughs, of the year's science papers
Chinese news supplement
Energy law pushes market pricing
21 November 2007
A draft of China's long-awaited energy law paves the way for market pricing of energy, and an energy ministry
China greens rules for foreign investment
30 November 2007
Renewables and clean technologies favoured over energy intensive sectors
National strategy to fight pollution unveiled
21 November 2007
Chemistry is central to keeping China clean
Introducing China's biggest chemistry project
21 November 2007
Chemical biology programme will boost life sciences
A simpler way to photonic crystals
17 December 2007
Cheap two-step method to make angular crystals from tiny polymer beads
Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch is clean and green
12 December 2007
Water-soluble catalyst provides a green route to synthetic hydrocarbon fuels
China News in brief
Short items
Features
A model city
Shanghai is being sculpted into the ideal of a modern Chinese city. It's also becoming China's centre for scientific innovation, as Victoria Gill reports
How to kill your RNA
Switching off problematic genes with RNA interference promises treatments for a huge range of disease - if investigators can get it to where it's needed. Lisa Melton reports
Portable organs
A combination of medical research and engineering could bring an end to the era of putting precious human organs on ice to keep them alive for longer. Michael Gross reports
The education revolution
The traditional chemistry department has changed for good. Jonny Woodward uncovers the new face of higher education in chemistry
Opinion
Editorial: All change
The new year sees John Beddington begin his tenure as the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser
Comment: How good is UK chemistry?
Karen Gurney and Jonathan Adams of Evidence Ltd investigate how the numbers stack up
Regulars
Classic Kit: Schlenk apparatus
In one of the more memorable passages from his memoirs Heinrich Schliemann - the infamous Russian-German archaeologist, adventurer and gold-digger - describes entering a shaft tomb...
Careers: Bioenergy pioneer
Multitasking professor Bruce Logan says environmental engineering may help save the planet. Susan Aldridge meets him
