Chemistry World January 2010

January 2010

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January 2010

News and analysis

27 November 2009

New EU regulation will require cosmetics to list nanoparticles on ingredients list; Germany raises concerns

11 December 2009

UK pre-budget report announces �600 million to be slashed from science, research and higher education

25 November 2009

DOE panel calls for US to build two major isotope production facilities, House passes bill to promote domestic production of key medical isotope

08 December 2009

Japanese scientists vocal in battle to protect research funds from plans for drastic cuts

11 December 2009

US politicians raise pressure on scientists to ensure research legitimacy after email leak suggesting unethical practices at University of East Anglia

14 December 2009

Experts call for EU leaders to make 'radical improvements' in research policy following an assessment of the current state of European science

10 December 2009

Glue that sticks mussels to rocks inspired scientists to develop a new medical adhesive for an experimental diabetes treatment

20 November 2009

New enthusiasm for nuclear power by UK government has focused attention on the stockpiles of 50 years' worth of accumulated radioactive waste

18 November 2009

Mission scientists say spectroscopic data show tell-tale signs of water in shadowy impact crater

09 December 2009

US senator argues it is time 'to sound the alarm' over the country's regulatory system for chemicals, and plans to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act

18 November 2009

A failed antidepressant has been shown to increase women's sex drive

15 December 2009

Our round-up of the pharmaceutical industry in 2009 shows the fallout from this year's mega-mergers has swept across the sector

23 December 2009

Chemistry World's roundup of the year's chemical industry activities shows the growing strength of emerging economies

Industry news, January 2010

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New products, January 2010

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Chemical science

13 December 2009

Chemists have severed one of the strongest bonds in chemistry - in dinitrogen - and reacted it with carbon monoxide to make useful organic compounds

03 December 2009

US researchers discover that C-H bond reactivity is linked to whether the bond's activation will reduce strain in the molecule

27 November 2009

Pd-catalysed olefination of an arene can be directed by simple modification to the substrate and amine ligands to steer the catalyst

15 November 2009

US researchers engineer bacteria to photosynthetically convert carbon dioxide to useful biofuel

12 November 2009

Researchers have caught a rare glimpse of carbonic acid - and it turns out to be much more acidic than the textbooks say

22 November 2009

Unusual compound of xenon and hydrogen made under high pressure by researchers in the US

07 December 2009

High-resolution electron microscopy films individual metal atoms as they move around and react inside a carbon nanotube

03 December 2009

New nickel-based catalyst shows impressive stability under fuel cell conditions

23 November 2009

Alaskan beetles lead scientists to discover new class of biological antifreeze molecules - the first that do not contain proteins

09 December 2009

A new microRNA-based hepatitis C treatment that could avoid drug resistance is being tested on humans after encouraging trials in chimps

30 November 2009

New colorimetric gold nanoparticle-based test quickly measures arsenic levels in contaminated groundwater to very low concentrations

01 December 2009

Metal-organic framework with open magnesium sites selectively captures carbon dioxide and releases it with ease

04 December 2009

A unique memory effect enables photocatalysts to continue to kill bacteria after the lights go out

03 December 2009

A cheap and disposable microfluidic device can test if water is safe to drink

23 November 2009

Iron-laden nanoparticles used as non-toxic labels for magnetic resonance imaging

20 November 2009

A painless breath test can identify trace gases emitted by malignant cells

18 December 2009

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

Features

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is allowing art conservators to rewrite sections of art history, reports Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay

Western companies are now outsourcing highly skilled science work to China. Can the industry's growing demands be met, asks Sarah Houlton

Vitamin D deficiency is on the up. With links to bone diseases and even cancer and MS, we need sun sense, says Justine Davies

Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical? Philip Ball investigates

Opinion

We've decided to start 2010 off with a bang!

Regulators struggle with nanotechnology. It's time for more self-regulation, say Marion Palmer and Matthew Felwick

I'm no fan of reality TV. But watching people just going about their business can be fascinating, says Philip Ball

Derek Lowe takes a look back over his 20 years as a medicinal chemist

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Science for society