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Features
Silver soils
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
Damage limitation?
Emma Davies investigates attempts to stem the flow of potentially harmful fluorinated chemicals into both our environment and our bloodstreams
Keeping the tap on
James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth
The future of cool
Magnetocaloric materials reveal their magnetic charm to Andrew Turley
Opinions
Editorial: The energy conundrum
Switching on the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Column: The crucible
To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball
Column: Totally Synthetic
Asteriscunolide D
Column: In the pipeline
Derek Lowe wonders what the lab lingua franca might be in the years to come
Profiting from privatisation
The private sector offers significant benefits to public sector labs hampered by bureaucracy and financial constraints, argues Quentin Maxwell-Jackson
Navigating the stormy seas of pharma
Manoj Mehrotra discusses the rapid rise of outsourcing strategies in research, development and manufacturing
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Cyclotron remedy for imaging isotope shortages
22 February 2012
Medical isotope shortages could be a thing of the past as a breakthrough will allow hospitals to make their own
Mapping the reactivity of single nanocatalysts
22 February 2012
The catalytic behaviour of gold nanorods varies across their surface in unexpected ways
The Commercial Chemist
22 February 2012
Chemistry World gets down to business with our twice-weekly roundup of money and molecules
Nanocellulose has paper potential
21 February 2012
Material would cut the carbon footprint of paper substantially - by 15% or more, the researchers say
Nanopore sequencing bags its first genome
21 February 2012
Oxford Nanopore sequences a viral genome and aims to launch its sequencing platforms within the year
Treat science as a hobby
21 February 2012
Jie Liu talks to Heather Montgomery about his scientific inspirations and the next big breakthrough in carbon nanotube research
Unusual kinetics of catalyst revealed
20 February 2012
Understanding the unexpected role of ligands in metal catalysed C-H activation shows that synthetic chemist may need to think quite differently
EPA data decision sparks security row
20 February 2012
Will public access online to information about US chemical plants increase or decrease the security risk?
Risk of water pollution by fracking overstated
20 February 2012
US researchers determine that groundwater contamination at fracking sites is the result of poor waste management and not the fracking process
EU innovation position slipping
17 February 2012
The growth of innovation in the EU is slowing, making it more difficult for the EU to compete internationally
DNA nanorobots seek and destroy disease
17 February 2012
DNA-based robots can perform simple computation to detect cell type, then offload cargo, say US researchers
Making crisps healthier
16 February 2012
Less salt may not necessarily mean less flavour, according to new crisp research. It's all in the way the salt is released into the mouth
'Proton grease' speeds up molecular rotor
16 February 2012
Lubricating protons put a new spin on molecular machine research
Consistent Avogadro number a step nearer
15 February 2012
Chemical metrologists in Canada have made the most accurate measurement of silicon's atomic weight to date
Branched organic nanowire heterojunctions
15 February 2012
Chinese researchers have combined two organic materials to create a tree-like structure that emits various wavelengths
