Chemistry World February 2012

February 2012

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February 2012

News and analysis

16 December 2011

Chemical industry predicts new business opportunities as last minute agreement hammered out at UN climate summit

10 January 2012

Prime minister Manmohan Singh says that the country is falling behind other research competitors such as China

19 December 2011

The NIH, EPA and FDA initiate automated screening system to help determine chemicals' effects on human health

23 December 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency's new rules will limit power plants' emissions of mercury and other toxins

09 January 2012

With criminal charges brought over the death of a UCLA student, US labs are looking at ways to improve safety

16 January 2012

Chinese government reportedly interested in study that recommends a carbon price of �1 per tonne of carbon dioxide

05 January 2012

New type of university would receive no public money with funding to come from businesses

04 January 2012

Joining the EU will offer Croatian researchers access to more funding but they may find it difficult to secure

14 December 2011

MOST and NSFC to fund domestic scientific instrument development

21 December 2011

Complaints from companies looking to manufacture 1234yf have led to a formal investigation into anticompetitive behaviour

Industry news, February 2012

New products, February 2012

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Research

02 February 2012

Scientists working in Israel and Spain have used two-dimensional NMR to monitor a reaction in real time

05 January 2012

A supermagnetic particle could reduce heavy metal pollution in blood

09 December 2011

Meningitis-causing bacteria produce a sugar layer that could be used against them in a vaccine

22 December 2011

Artificial hips lubricate themselves by grinding up proteins, but are graphite fragments something we want in our bodies?

08 January 2012

Chemists find evidence that a nucleic acid that is simpler than RNA could have been the primordial genetic material

04 January 2012

Silica nanoparticles could help exterminate entire termite colonies

12 December 2011

Microneedle system made from silk protein can be formulated with drugs with no need to refrigerate them

15 December 2011

Computer simulations suggest that corrugated graphene layers could be a useful way of reversibly storing hydrogen

06 January 2012

A gel to form a permanent barrier between blood components in separation tubes prevents the components mixing again during transportation

05 January 2012

New technique reveals the electric field created by optical excitation of plasmonic modes

22 December 2011

Scientists have created nanocapsules to enable insoluble micronutrients to be added to clear drinks to make them healthier

03 January 2012

A rapid, high-yield approach produces indole alkaloid natural product analogues that can interfere with cell division

09 January 2012

UK scientists suggest that one form of ice crystal thought to arise from supercooled water may have been misidentified

09 January 2012

Scientists working in Germany have developed a tiny listening device to eavesdrop on the sounds of microscopic objects such as living cells

14 December 2011

A database of quantum chemical results and some clever algorithms can be used to predict atomisation energies

12 January 2012

A microfluidic probe allows fine control of immunohistochemistry staining

15 December 2011

Yongyuth Yuthavong discusses the challenges that face scientists in Thailand with Kathleen Too

Features

Nanosilver is filtering into the environment in ever-increasing quantities. But is it the nano or the silver component we should be worrying about, asks Hayley Birch

Emma Davies investigates attempts to stem the flow of potentially harmful fluorinated chemicals into both our environment and our bloodstreams

James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth

Magnetocaloric materials reveal their magnetic charm to Andrew Turley

Opinion

Switching on the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All

The private sector offers significant benefits to public sector labs hampered by bureaucracy and financial constraints, argues Quentin Maxwell-Jackson

Manoj Mehrotra discusses the rapid rise of outsourcing strategies in research, development and manufacturing

Derek Lowe wonders what the lab lingua franca might be in the years to come

Asteriscunolide D

To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball

Chemistry World Jobs

Yfke Hager takes a look at careers in agricultural chemistry and the scientists who are working to feed the world

Rian Charles tells Hayley Birch that getting a job as a forensic scientist takes conviction

Charlotte Ashley-Roberts puts the work of analytical chemists under the microscope

When it comes to the world of patents, a chemist's knowledge of the laws of the lab can be as important as knowing the laws of the land, as Sarah Houlton finds out

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