Chemistry World August 2010

August 2010

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August 2010

News and analysis

08 July 2010

A European court has ruled that patents for DNA do not give protection when the sequences are no longer performing the task they were inserted to do

09 July 2010

The US Department of Energy has awarded nearly $2 billion to two solar energy companies

20 July 2010

European Commission announces largest investment in research and innovation with a funding package worth €6.4 billion

01 July 2010

Funding and support for student places hit as universities feel the effects of government plans to cut the budget deficit

05 July 2010

Researchers call for a more stable career path for those who want to stay at the bench

30 June 2010

US congressional watchdog office warns that nanomaterials may be entering the market without adequate safety review

22 July 2010

Polymer microspheres could deliver stem cells to the eyes of patients to help restore sight destroyed by a common eye disease

19 July 2010

Understanding how molecules behave at the solid-liquid interface has allowed chemists to create useful porous patterns on surfaces

24 June 2010

American Chemical Society owes nearly $40 million to Leadscope after failed bid to sue for intellectual property theft

'Impact' forces delay to research assessment plan

13 July 2010

Richard Ernst won the Nobel Prize for his work on NMR spectroscopy, but has seldom used the technique experimentally. He talks to Chemistry World

06 July 2010

It has been over two months since the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig, but what's in store for the company at the eye of the storm?

15 July 2010

As big pharma turns its back on antibiotics in the wake of growing drug resistance, biotech companies are stepping in to develop new therapies

Industry news, August 2010

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Chemical science

20 June 2010

Researchers have made a 30-inch touch-screen based on layers of graphene - sheets of carbon a single atom thick

07 July 2010

Molecular mechanism seems to protect against uncontrolled intake of cocaine in rats, providing potential targets for anti-addiction therapies

18 July 2010

Researchers use transfer RNA as building blocks to construct 3D nanostructures

13 July 2010

Synthetic riboswitches reduce antibacterial drug resistance could increase the lifetime of traditional antibiotics

30 June 2010

Biosensor that monitors stress hormone levels could transform diagnostics and treatment of stress disorders

17 June 2010

A new biocatalyst for chiral amine synthesis could 'significantly improve' industrial production of the one of the world's best selling diabetes therapies

27 June 2010

Remote heating of magnetic nanoparticles can target temperature-sensitive components of cells and whole organisms

04 July 2010

An electrochemical switch that enables precision DNA deposition could help lay the foundations for DNA nanostructures

26 July 2010

Catalyst with single cobalt centre could breathe new life into fuel cell research

02 July 2010

A simple and fast mass spectrometry technique identifies counterfeit notes

06 July 2010

Biorenewable polymer could replace synthetic plastic used in water bottles and other food packaging

23 June 2010

German scientists develop a new low-cost light-driven catalytic system for generating hydrogen from formic acid

15 July 2010

US researchers create an artificial enzyme that can catalyse a reaction that, as far as we know, nature does not carry out

01 July 2010

Cleaning up the environment after chemical spills could be made easier thanks to a material that encapsulates pollutant-destroying microorganisms

13 July 2010

Remote control micro-machines made by shining light on ferrofluids

30 July 2010

A thermoreversible polymer gel that sorts fluorescently labelled cells in a microfluidic device could aid stem cell research

11 July 2010

Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to create the elusive discrete form of uranium nitride

08 July 2010

A simple method to spin-deposit layers of inorganic phosphor onto glass makes plasma displays

07 July 2010

A nanofluid system that removes damaging coatings from wall paintings has been developed by Italian scientists

30 July 2010

Ekkehardt Hahn talks about carbenes, German research and his run-in with the Czech border air police

Features

Physical chemists are finding themselves more in demand than ever. Emma Davies finds out why

Sarah Houlton speaks to research pioneers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as it approaches its first anniversary

One route to developing new drugs is to look at targeting the hundreds of G-protein-coupled receptors that are not currently exploited clinically. Clare Sansom investigates

Dermot Martin profiles Frank Boys, an unsung hero of theoretical chemistry

Opinion

President Obama just got told off by Desmond Tutu