Europe plans large cash injection for research

05 December 2011

The successor to the FP7 programme will put 80 billion euros into research over the next seven years

Australian carbon tax passes into law

14 November 2011

Top 500 polluters will have to pay per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted in 2012

Autumn windfall for UK science and industry

30 November 2011

Measures to stimulate innovation and R&D are broadly welcomed by industry and science

White House science office budget cut by a third

21 November 2011

Office of Science and Technology Policy has its funding cut after spat with Republicans over China collaboration

European economy burdened by air pollution costs

02 December 2011

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest industrial facilities cost the region as much as 169 billion euros in 2009

Farewell to the International Year of Chemistry

23 December 2011

Curtain falls on global chemistry event

Nanotechnology risks get minimal press coverage

23 November 2011

Newspaper articles are generally positive about nanotech, according to latest analysis

India won't boycott Olympics over Dow sponsorship

01 December 2011

Bhopal campaigners have objected to Dow's sponsorship of the London 2012 games, but have been overruled

Cuts threaten autonomy at EU universities

23 November 2011

A new report says that funding cuts are having a damaging impact on university freedoms

Soot inspires a self-cleaning glass

01 December 2011

Using candle soot as a template leads to a transparent coating that is both water and oil repellent

Too much caffeine in your coffee?

01 December 2011

Large variations in caffeine content have been found in espressos in high street coffee shops

A thermoset plastic that bends like a thermoplastic

17 November 2011

Thermoset plastic can be reworked like its thermoplastic cousin thanks to its reversible crosslinks

How to make a crab shell see-through

30 November 2011

From crabsticks to plastics as researchers find a new use for these crustaceans

Metallic microlattice 'lightest structure ever'

17 November 2011

US team makes a metal-based microlattice structure lighter than aerogels whose properties differ remarkably from the bulk material

Capturing compounds in cages for chemical control

08 December 2011

Encapsulating a reagent inside a molecular capsule circumvents the need for lengthy protecting group chemistry

New spin on spider silk

28 November 2011

An insect repellent discovered in spiders' webs that wards off natural predators could keep ants out of houses

Rewriting the rules for polar molecules

24 November 2011

A molecule containing two atoms of the same element can have a permanent electric dipole, say US scientists, contradicting the traditional view of molecular polarity.

Chemical bonding between tectonic plates

01 December 2011

A better understanding of covalent interactions between rocks and plates might help with predicting earthquakes, a US group says

Blocking cancer's path

24 November 2011

Simple synthesis of natural product that can stop cell signalling pathway for cancer studies

A lab you can wear?

17 November 2011

Cotton cloth microchips give new meaning to the words 'lab coat'

Bright sparks

From the Olympics to New Year's Eve events, fireworks are synonymous with celebration. James Mitchell Crow looks into some pyrotechnic research worth celebrating in itself

DNA motors on

With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success

Editorial: In with the new...

A new year sees Chemistry World launch its new look

Rising interest in compound bank

David Fox argues for the creation of a centralised repository for small molecules to harness research efforts in drug discovery

Cultivating collaboration

A new network aims to bring the power of interdisciplinary innovation to bear on global food issues. Laura Barter, Stuart Dunbar, Angela Karp and Rudiger Woscholski explain

A new year and a new dawn

News of chemistry departments reopening is welcome, writes Jim Iley, but departments must think carefully about how to ensure their success

The Educated Chemist: Science without borders

Yfke Hager finds out how a nanoscience PhD course is training scientists to cross boundaries and push frontiers

Profile: A wealth of experience

Steve Carlo's career path hasn't always been smooth, he tells Sarah Houlton, but now he's got a license to print money

Reviews

Chemistry World Student Book Reviews, December 2011

Letters

Chemistry World Letters, January 2012

Puzzles

Puzzles, January 2012

Chemistry through the lens

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