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AstraZeneca announce new UK hub

19 June 2013 Business

Restructuring will see all AstraZeneca R&D at new location close to University of Cambridge research

Probe into deadly explosion at US plant

19 June 2013 Business

Blast killed two workers and injured another 76

Phosphoric Acid

19 June 2013 Podcast | Compounds

Lars Öhrström on phosphoric acid: Crucial for crops and DNA's backbone, it's the energy currency of the biological world

OLEDs ditch the heavy metals

19 June 2013 Research

Replacing iridium and platinum in smart phone screens could make them cheaper and more environmentally friendly

Stirring microwave synthesis

19 June 2013 Research

New magnetic stir bar designed for narrow microwave synthesis vessels

Earth materials: introduction to mineralogy and petrology

19 June 2013 Review

School of rocks

Goeey secret of naked mole rat's cancer resistance revealed

19 June 2013 Research

Scientists hopeful that strategy can be 'borrowed' to help keep humans tumour-free

Hydrogen generation using sunlight

18 June 2013 Research

First evidence for a light-driven water–gas shift reaction

New evidence links air pollution with autism

18 June 2013 Research

Exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust and airborne metals may double the chance of a pregnant woman giving birth to a child with autism

Switching chirality in amino acids

17 June 2013 Research

Cheap nickel catalysis offers alternative to expensive enzymatic resolution

First vertebrate fluorescent protein discovered

17 June 2013 Research

The UnaG protein from Unagi eels could be the basis for a simple test to check on liver health check

Forget tax credits, fund applied research

17 June 2013 News and Analysis

Thinktank says hundreds of millions of pounds of tax breaks are going to city business firms and would be better spent elsewhere

Pfizer and Takeda win $2.15bn in patent payout

14 June 2013 Business

Teva and Sun fined for selling generics before patent expiry

Companies urged to publish hidden clinical trial data

14 June 2013 Business

Researchers could acquire data and publish themselves if firms refuse

GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation

14 June 2013 Business

Company is retracting a 2010 study in which data were ‘misrepresented’

Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores

14 June 2013 Research

Under intense pressures like those found on Uranus or Neptune ice may behave in very different ways, even giving rise to magnetic fields

Plumage pattern revealed in 150 million-year-old bird

14 June 2013 Research

Chemical mapping could help unpick the biology of extinct animals

Former editor of Chemistry in Britain dies

13 June 2013 News and Analysis

Peter Farago, who edited Chemistry World’s predecessor for over 20 years, dies after a long illness

Diabetes breath test overcomes humidity

13 June 2013 Research

Low-cost sensor for detecting acetone in exhaled air

Bacterium breaks down grass for biofuel

13 June 2013 Research

Microbe that anaerobically degrades plant biomass could help bring down the cost of biofuels

Cyanoacrylate

12 June 2013 Podcast | Compounds

It repairs objects, heals wounds and fights crime. It puts the ‘super’ in superglue. Emma Stoye introduces cyanoacrylate

An end to chasing molecules that were never there?

12 June 2013 Research

Simple method for identifying incorrect structures of organic molecules due to NMR misassignments

'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research

12 June 2013 News and Analysis

New treatments for psychological disorders are being held back by government controls on recreational drugs

No small success

12 June 2013 Feature

Chad Mirkin has spun out his nanotechnology research into several companies

Formulation and function

11 June 2013 The Insider

Working between the R&D lab and the supermarket shelf, formulation chemists turn prospects into products. Yfke Hager takes a look at their work

A carbon-based future

11 June 2013 Comments

Society should be prepared to see its reliance on fossil fuels continue long into the 21st century, says Arno de Klerk

Mussel glue to cut fertiliser impacts

11 June 2013 Research

Polymer coat ensures nutrients are released slowly and as bonus holds water in the soil

French convinced sarin used in Syria

11 June 2013 News and Analysis

Labs in France and the UK have both confirmed the presence of the nerve agent in biological samples

Sandoz manufacturing woes continue

10 June 2013 Business

Regulators warn firm in face of repeated violations

AstraZeneca stocks pipeline with acquisitions

10 June 2013 Business

Spending spree continues with two more deals

Biofuel cell tattoo turns perspiration to power generation

10 June 2013 Research

Device produces electricity from lactate and could run sensors to monitor patients' health

Hairy proteins survive stomach trip

9 June 2013 Research

Polymer modification protects enzymes from digestive track opening up oral route for biological drugs

Job cuts at three US pharma companies

7 June 2013 Business

Endo, Impax and Zogenix are all ‘downsizing’

Fukushima disaster has not raised cancer risks, says UN

7 June 2013 News and Analysis

Latest study at odds with others that predicted a slight increase in certain types of tumours

Artificial 'superatoms' for a new periodic table

7 June 2013 Research

Molecular clusters bond together to mimic ionic structures giving scientists the opportunity to build bespoke materials

Big data to sniff out drug marketing fraud

6 June 2013 Business

US Food and Drug Administration wants to track promotional spending to spot off-label marketing

Power-free nucleic acid extraction device

6 June 2013 Research

Inexpensive sample preparation for monitoring success of Aids treatment

Making the masters choice

5 June 2013 Educated Chemist

Today’s chemistry graduates could find that those with an extra year of study under their belts are landing the best opportunities. Helen Carmichael reports

Uproar over chemical exposure advice for pregnant women

5 June 2013 News and Analysis

Opinion paper published by the Royal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists provokes strong reaction

Industry reaches registration deadline

5 June 2013 Business

Data on thousands more chemicals submitted under Reach regulations

VX

5 June 2013 Podcast | Compounds

The stuff of action films and horrifying news stories, Simon Cotton introduces the infamous nerve agent, VX

Will nanorods be the next big male contraceptive idea?

5 June 2013 Research

Successful experiments on mice bode well for a future human contraceptive - if men can stomach the injections

Raman scattering reaches sub-nm resolution

5 June 2013 Research

Substantially improved resolution sets scene for unprecedented mapping of single molecules

What happens when I poke it?

5 June 2013 Research

Eric Furst talks to Jennifer Newton about prodding things with laser tweezers and why he loves colloids

Misdiagnosed manganism near Mount Etna?

5 June 2013 Research

Surface analysis of lava stones could explain apparent high levels of Parkinson’s in Sicily

Senator behind US chemical reform effort dies

4 June 2013 News and Analysis

Frank Lautenberg, 1924-2013

Brazil puts $680m into innovation centres

4 June 2013 News and Analysis

Funding will keep multi-disciplinary projects running for up to 11 years

Laboratory safety goes digital

4 June 2013 Business

Online video resources aim to bring industry culture to academic labs

Homogeneous catalysis for nanoscale surface designs

4 June 2013 Research

Modified atomic force microscopy probes enable new surface chemistry strategies

'Legal high' production gathers pace

4 June 2013 News and Analysis

New report highlights rapid growth in designer drugs fuelling fears that they could cause many deaths

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