Chemistry World April 2010

April 2010

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April 2010

News and analysis

Science fights its corner amid spending cuts and political uncertainty

18 March 2010

�7.4 billion distributed for teaching and research at universities in England, but uncertainties and anxiety remain

25 February 2010

UK science minister indicates that concerns over proposed rules governing science advice in government have been accommodated

08 March 2010

Study details proportion of developed countries carbon dioxide emissions that are 'outsourced' to emerging economies

22 February 2010

Peter Agre, AAAS president, speaks out about the impact of slashing research budgets

02 March 2010

Europe gets new lab to significantly boost region's ability to identify and characterise minute traces of nuclear material

12 March 2010

Algae may be touted as the next big thing in environmentally friendly fuel, but techniques to work out which algal strains will be best have been lacking - until now

09 March 2010

Canadian budget proposal would give research councils an extra C$32 million annually, but some say it's not enough

10 March 2010

After a hefty 30 per cent increase in science funding last year, China's proposed budget scales back research funding growth for 2010

17 March 2010

Thousands of frustrated researchers call for EU funding processes to be simplified and cut out unnecessary paperwork

05 March 2010

European Commission authorises cultivation of genetically modified potato Amflora, the first new GM crop approved in 12 years

01 March 2010

Agencies partner to create new programme to ensure better integration between cutting edge science and regulatory processes

17 March 2010

CF Industries looks to have won the turf wars after its $4.7 billion bid beats Yara out of the bidding for Terra

15 March 2010

Nick Roelofs, president of Agilent's life sciences group, discusses how the company is planning to ride the waves of the economic recovery

25 February 2010

Increasing burden of field trial data is hindering the development of new crop protection agents

19 March 2010

Chemicals at risk of being removed from market as large number of firms look set to miss EU chemical regulation deadline

Industry news, April 2010

Short items

Pittcon special, In this month's marketplace we round up of some of the most exciting Pittcon product launches.

Short items, April 2010

Short items, April 2010

Chemical science

11 March 2010

Scientists believe they have revealed one of the key molecular targets that binds to the drug thalidomide to cause birth defects

19 February 2010

By using two catalysts in cooperation, stereochemical control can be exerted over highly reactive, normally chirally unfussy cations

15 March 2010

Cargo-carrying DNA nanotubes that can rapidly release their load on demand have been made for the first time by Canadian researchers

28 February 2010

Chemists in Denmark have for the first time imaged chemical reactions on a DNA origami scaffold so that they can precisely attach single molecules

04 March 2010

New approach to embedding silver in silicon-based memristors set to help researchers imitate animal brains

03 March 2010

Picene doped with an alkali-metal exhibits superconducting behaviour at 18 Kelvin

07 March 2010

Researchers directly measure binding energy of electrons in aqueous solution, finding that those in bulk solution behave differently to those on the surface

21 February 2010

Unusual egg-shaped fullerenes containing triple sequentially-fused pentagons have been made by Chinese chemists

02 March 2010

Semi-porous hollow nanospheres could revolutionise the delivery of anti-leukaemia drugs in the body claim scientists in China

08 March 2010

'Molecular midwives' may have helped the first DNA strands form in the primordial soup

12 March 2010

A self-powered biomolecular security system has been developed by US scientists

16 March 2010

Cotton shirts reinforced with boron carbide have potential for tough-but-flexible new body armour

05 March 2010

Japanese scientists have developed a photochromic molecular fibre that can be bent in different directions using polarised light

15 March 2010

Solvents that change their hydrophilicity on addition and removal of carbon dioxide could help make chemistry better for the environment

22 March 2010

Robin Perutz talks to Marie Cote about solar energy, ecological awareness and how science runs in the family

Features

White light emitting diodes are set for a bright future in the household and commercial lighting markets. Ned Stafford investigates

In a new collaborative effort to develop better catalysts for energy applications, computational and experimental chemists are joining forces. Hayley Birch reports

As computational chemistry's footprint expands, Clare Sansom considers the technical challenges that remain

Robert Robinson pioneered the use of curly arrows to show electron movement. David O'Hagan and Douglas Lloyd report on this eminent historical figure

Opinion

Science is very much on the agenda in the UK

Could the dangers of 'legal high' mephedrone have been predicted? Of course they could, says John Mann

Instead of despairing of student plagiarism, educators should rework coursework themes to make way for critical thought and originality, says Mathias Brust

We are getting better at manipulating cells to grow into the tissues we need. Chemical factors are key, says Philip Ball

Derek Lowe waxes lyrical about the joys of the electronic lab notebook