Chemistry World January 2009

January 2009

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January 2009

News and analysis

Winter destocking worsens impact of recession

05 December 2008

EPSRC outlines details of multidisciplinary centres for 2,000 PhD students

The EU's massive Reach scheme for the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals passed its first milestone

01 December 2008

Think tank report names 101 most dangerous chemical plants and criticises security efforts

Shakeout expected for petrochemical companies

US chemistry laboratories have been freed from regulations on handling hazardous waste that lumped them under the same rules as industrial facilities

Restructuring increases as generics boom approaches

15 December 2008

Forecasters assess the prospects for 2009 and beyond

Industry news, January 2009

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New products, January 2009

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Chemical science

02 December 2008

Reagent-free carbon-carbon bond forming reaction found

17 November 2008

Flexibility is key for a new type of olefin metathesis catalyst

10 December 2008

Researchers produce graphene from sodium and ethanol, raising hopes of real-world applications

04 December 2008

Ice-based processing technique sees mother-of-pearl structure mimicked on large scale

25 November 2008

Using silicon in lithium ion batteries could make devices run seven times longer

26 November 2008

US researchers control moth flight using microfluidic implants

28 November 2008

The highly reactive germanium dication trapped naked inside a cryptand

25 November 2008

Drug flags up virus-infected cells for destruction by the body's own immune system

27 November 2008

Atom economy drastically shortens route to promising anti-cancer compound

28 November 2008

Explosive mode of action for experimental TB treatment revealed

19 November 2008

Fine tuning the crystal structures of nanowires could boost the efficiency of LEDs and other electronic components

07 November 2008

UK scientists have used light to separate complex chemical mixtures

04 December 2008

A thin catalytic coating on the walls of chemical reactors could make a wide range of industrial processes more efficient, say a team of European researchers

02 December 2008

Japanese scientists have found a new type of gas storage based on restraining gas molecules within narrow tunnels

30 October 2008

Rapid white blood cell monitoring requires only a drop of blood

17 November 2008

Rajendra K Pachauri speaks to Leanne Marle about shedding light on climate change and giving light to humanity

17 December 2008

Chemistry World's pick of last year's research papers

Chinese news supplement

Government loosens control over petrol and diesel prices

Novozymes expands its Taicang plant

Some scientists unhappy at lack of transparency in funding process

US keeps a close eye on Chinese food and drug manufacturers

Cotton fibres made electrically conductive with nanotube coating

Scientists make miniature 'wind farm' of nano-scale rotors

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Features

Beyond the medical breakthroughs, the hype and the controversy, how are the big drug companies developing their use of stem cells? Sarah Houlton reports

China's national petroleum companies have built some of the biggest refinery projects in Africa, in a resource rush not without controversy

Sean Milmo reports on new opportunities for the chemicals industry as foreign funds flow into sub-Saharan Africa

Richard Feynman's famous talk on atom-by-atom assembly is often credited with kick-starting nanotechnology. Fifty years on, Philip Ball investigates how influential it really was

Opinion

The relationship between chemistry and chemical engineering

Chemists give advice for bridging the divide between chemistry and engineering

AstraZeneca's Jon-Paul Sherlock returns the exchange

Derek Lowe discusses the age-old tradition of passing the buck

Oxidation state is a convenient fiction, but the concept is far from meaningless, writes Philip Ball

Quinocarcin

Postdoc to PI expectations

Chemistry World Jobs

Ned Stafford visits a German research centre focused on using high pressure to develop materials which are harder, but cheaper, than diamonds

A fascination for conducting polymers coupled with an interest in languages prepared Liz Mallen for a successful career with a global silicones supplier, writes Yfke Hager

Becoming a teacher doesn't close off alternative options, writes Caroline Tolond, but changing direction doesn't spell an end to teaching

Sarah Houlton talks to Sharan Bagal about life as a medicinal chemist

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