Chemistry World May 2010

May 2010

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May 2010

News and analysis

25 March 2010

Science and industry are offered a glimmer of hope in the latest UK budget

07 April 2010

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called on the UK government to clarify its research funding commitments

29 March 2010

Extensive consultation leads to changes to the proposed Research Excellence Framework, but questions over impact assessment remain

Rules for treatment of scientific advice in UK government unsatisfactory

25 March 2010

Under Obama's new healthcare reform, drug companies will pay more than $80 billion for rules that fit the bill

01 April 2010

China has updated its chemical registration rules, to bring the country in line with other countries

19 April 2010

Hamish Curran, chief executive of TMO Renewables, on how happy bugs turn waste into ethanol

31 March 2010

US Environmental Protection Agency adds bisphenol A to 'chemical concern' list and will look more closely at its environmental impacts

16 April 2010

UK losing attraction as business base

09 April 2010

US regulators are expanding the Toxics Release Inventory for the first time in over a decade

Industry news, May 2010

Short items

Analytica special. In this months's marketplace we round up some of the most exciting Analytica product launches

Short items, May 2010

Short items, May 2010

Chemical science

06 April 2010

Carbon nanotubes can be degraded by an enzyme found in human immune cells, report US researchers

08 April 2010

Researchers have identified the protein target of arsenic trioxide used in leukaemia treatment

06 April 2010

An orally available drug for African sleeping sickness is on the horizon, say UK scientists

24 March 2010

Lock-and-key assembly system could open up a 'galaxy' of possibilities for colloid researchers

15 April 2010

Important Martian meteorite has been found to be half a billion years younger than previously thought

21 March 2010

Nanoparticles injected into the blood of cancer patients successfully reached their target and silence genes

15 April 2010

Japanese researchers show that lead can be incorporated into an aromatic ring, the heaviest metal so far to do this

04 April 2010

A new iodide-free electrolyte could bring low cost dye-based solar cells closer to the market

09 April 2010

A new class of silver based catalysts for propylene oxide formation based on subnanometer clusters of three silver atoms

12 April 2010

Energy loss caused by previously ignored lithium ion exchange between storage particles inside a battery

01 April 2010

Researchers from the UK and their collaborators demonstrate a novel approach to anticancer drug design combining the active fragments of two known anticancer agents

11 April 2010

Carbenes have been used to trap and stabilise rare and elusive forms of phosphorus

13 April 2010

An important insight into the mechanism of hydrocarbon reactions has been revealed by chemists working in France

25 March 2010

Catalytic converter based on perovskite minerals could perform as well as platinum while much cheaper

30 March 2010

Magnetic particles have been used to directly detect the pathogenic Streptococcus suis bacterium for the first time

24 March 2010

US team creates compound with the highest coordination number yet seen

07 April 2010

Colloidal coal-water suspensions may rise to the challenges of clean coal technology with the help of a new production method

01 April 2010

French scientists have designed a new type of polymer actuator that can push and pull instead of bending

20 April 2010

Brett Paull talks about analytical chemistry, the effect of personal care products on the environment and the amazing opportunities chemists have to travel

Features

It takes a mix of ingenuity and engineering expertise to develop mass spectrometers for use in extreme environments. Emma Davies investigates

As the world's petroleum supply dries up, Phillip Broadwith goes hunting for oil armed with a mass spectrometer, a chromatography column and state-of-the-art data-mining software

Electron spin resonance is emerging as a valuable analytical tool with a wide range of uses. Michael Gross reports

Katharine Sanderson unveils the proof that finally showed quite how special the green solvents ionic liquids really are

Opinion

The end of April saw an almost complete lock-down of European airspace

The technology we've got used to accessing through our desktops is moving at high speed to our mobile phones, says Antony Williams

Derek Lowe wonders whether tagging molecules with fluorescent labels for assay is like tracking the members of a shoal of fish by tying each one to a whale

Englerin A

Philip Ball considers the iconic role of the humble test tube

Chemistry World Jobs

CSIRO employs about 700 chemists, as Karen Harries-Rees reports.

Stephen Batchelor really can help you achieve a 'whiter wash'. With over 70 patents, he is one of Unilever's top inventors. Manisha Lalloo discovers what inspires him

The CV that has suited your current employers might need some rejigging before you send it elsewhere. Caroline Tolond shows you how