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We were intrigued by the continuous-flow reactors described by Robert Winder (C&I...
A vote at the United Nations has highlighted a rift within Europe over the issue of c...
The UK farm-scale evaluations (FSEs) were established in 1999 in response to question...
Platinum dianions The relativistic contraction and stabilisation of it 6s orbital en...
Marketing myopia Avoid marketing short-sightedness when you are trying to define c...
Frank Gunstone (ed) Bridgwater: The Oily Press, 2003 Pages 322 85 [pounds sterling...
The northeast of England would not be one of the first places that would come to mind...
Adaptable ligands Ligands do not have to be rigid to be effective in catalysis. Two ...
The UK's largest drug companies, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and AstraZeneca (AZ), have bot...
Cars that run on cow pooh could be the next big trend in California, A Swedish-Cal...
In Brief * The combination of high electricity demand and privatisation lowering p...
10-11 November, British Industrial TRCUK Association connections conference, an essen...
A way of halting and even reversing Creuzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) and BSE could be w...
A synthetic blood that is mixed into liquid form in much the same way as a cup of ins...
The discovery of a gene involved in memory and learning disabilities in Down's syndro...
Environmentalists say results of the UK's GM farm-scale evaluations (FSEs) have sound...
The final draft of the Reach proposals has been adopted. However, there is still wide...
Magnetic resonance in chemistry and medicine Ray Freeman Oxford: Oxford University Pr...
There were a number of key flaws in the design and management of the farm-scale evalu...
James Keeler & Peter Wothers Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 Page 243 14.99...
Slawomir Siekierski & John Burgess Chichester: Horwood Publishing, 2002 Page 198 ...
PLoS Biology, a free-access journal launched on 13 October 2003, is pitching itself a...
Chinese scientists have caused a stir by using the cloning technique 'nuclear transfe...
Alzheimer's research has received a huge boost this week with the discovery of a meth...
G Gribble & T Gilchrist (eds) Oxford: Elsevier Science, 2002 Pages 376 $210/210 [...
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) is the first company to sign up for SCI's Corp...
Corrole-stabilised nitrido complexes Corrole rings are known to be more effective in...
Characterising paint by metal composition Lead-based paints have been manufactured...
Gert Billing Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 Pages 236 52.50 [pounds sterling] ...
In Brief * Germanium nanorods * Playing with ring size * Pentalenes * ...
Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes this year, in medicine and physics, but the U...
Playing with ring size Synthetic chemists like to work with six-membered rings, but ...
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A healthy woman attending cancer screening is more likely to have harmful but useless...
Much has been written about the threat to businesses from terrorist attacks or other ...
In pharmaceutical ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion) departmen...
Revisions of the proposed EU chemicals regulations do not go far enough, according to...
The 'no' result of the UK government's debate on GM means that GM crops are unlikely ...
Parents of small children who renovate or move into a new house may be putting their ...
The first draft of the Ethics and Governance Framework which will set the standards b...
In Brief * Therapeutic antibodies market will reach $9bn in 2005, with 25% growth....
Intense lobbying from the combined tortes of the US and European chemicals industries...
12-14 October: BioPartnering Europe. QE2 Conference Centre, London. Contact: Emma Tim...
THE statement that screening does more harm than good is not supported by the facts. ...
Monsanto, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Bayer Crop Science and Syngenta have been found guilty of ...
Whether you want to come across as emotional, tough-minded or extroverted, there is a...
A new substance that 'beats up' bugs could be the answer to the problem of methicilli...
Ursula Klein California: Stanford University Press, 2003 Pages 305 50.95 [pounds ster...
Richard Kogan, Schering-Plough's (SP) former CEO and chairman, has been personally fi...
C&I's short news piece on the John Hopkins' ecstasy study, uncritically reporting...
Researchers have found the Achilles' heel of cancer tumours. meaning that many cancer...
28-30 October, Corrosion 2003--coatings for the protection of structures, a three-day...
What is a 'zip' file and how do I open one? 'Zipping' files makes it easy to group f...
The chemicals industry is promising to become one of the great enigmas of the early 2...
As governments worldwide introduce legislation to enforce plastics recycling, there i...
All parties interested in the proposed EU chemicals regulation, otherwise known as Re...
SCI is planning to launch a new Special Interest Group with a real 'where science mee...
Gary & Terry Reineccius (eds) Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2002 Pages 372 95....
Man's ability to produce his own materials is one of the very cornerstones of civilis...
In brief * LCD and flat-screen technology look set to take over from cathode ray t...
After years of bad press, things seem to be looking up for gene therapy. Experts pred...
Fire medicine is the direct translation of the characters that form the English word ...
One of the (many) tasks in the Society's 2003 Plan was to identify common themes that...
Mechanically strong hydrogels While most gels tend to be on the wobbly side and are ...
P Belton, A Gil, G Webb & D Rutledge Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003 ...
A breakthrough paper describing the successful reprogramming of human cells with rabb...
Robin Rogers & Kenneth Seddon (eds) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002 Page...
March 2004 2 Tue ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS BIOACTIVE ...
12-14 October: BioPartnering Europe. QE2 Conference Centre, London, Contact: Emma Tim...
Fuel cells have the potential to make a major breakthrough in reducing carbon dioxide...
In my last article for C&/(2003, 7, 12) I challenged the perception of marketing ...
What comes to mind when you think of Scotland? Perhaps it is the beautiful scenery, f...
Optical polymeric logic gate Molecular electronics and photonics have become an ac...
September 2003 1 Mon NEUROTOX 2003 BIOACTIVE to ...
The much-hyped field of nanotechnology could suffer the same fate as genetic modifica...
As the colleges fill up, so do the bars, with rowdy students fresh from their summer ...
H Cheng & Alan English (eds) Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2002 PAGES 448 87.5...
Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) work by the passage of electric current through...
In today's competitive job market, do you have a defining edge over the competition? ...
Because SCI has certain interests in common with those of many different professional...
Since their introduction into peptide chemistry by Bruce Merrifield in the early 1960...
The amazing pace of scientific discoveries and breakthroughs seen in recent years wil...
If a week is a long time in politics, two weeks is just about long enough to let an e...
Please send summaries of your proposed poster or oral presentations on a single A4 si...
Drug companies are finding variable success in their attempts to develop a promising ...
The genome contains the full set of instructions to code for all the proteins that ma...
The balance between the price of crude oil and natural gas is crucial for chemical pr...
Patchwork parts may be the solution to the problem of the shortage of donor hearts fo...
Prior to the invention of the washing machine, the weekly washday was strenuous exerc...
There has been a great deal of public concern about the safety of the food we eat. Ar...
October 2003 5 Sun 38th SCI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPEAN SCI to ...
K Rajasekaran, T Jacks & J Finley (eds) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002 Pag...
Post-genomic challenges Post-genomic opportunities are hard to categorise. They rese...
High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) was developed in the 1950s. According to P...
Open networks from vanadosilicate clusters The use of clusters as building blocks fo...
Food is controversial. There is no denying that in Europe there is considerable publi...
Each year in the UK around 2.5 million computers are dumped in landfill sites and a f...
Young Person of the Year award winner--Analytical Development Chemist at GSK What ...
Women vaccinated only once against rubella, born before 1988 in the UK, may be insuff...
J Nicholas De Bonis, Eric Balinski & Phil Allen New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002 Pa...
Following successful research in sheep, Australian scientists are set to grow bone in...
January 2004 9 Fri REVIEW MEETING--ORGANIC SYNTHESIS: IT'S YOUNG ...
December 2003 1 Mon REVIEW MEETING, ORGANIC SYNTHESIS: IT'S YOUNG ...
New catalysts for asymmetric additions Noyori's ruthenium arene complexes, such as 1...
November 2003 4 Tue DELIVERING IPPC: 2003 ENVIRONMENT to ...
H Bohidar, P Dubin & Y Osada (eds) Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 200...
23-26 September: 22nd International Federation of the Societies of Cosmetic Chemists ...
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has resolved its long-running dispute over the sup...
There is almost certain to be another outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (...
In keeping with tradition and with the fresh approach being taken to many aspects of ...
Corporate social responsibility' is a phrase that trips so readily off the tongue, it...
Please send summaries of your proposed poster or oral presentations on a single A4 si...
Prilosec, the former world number one drug, is continuing to cause friction and uncer...
Falling rates of vaccination in the UK could allow measles to regain a foothold as an...
Darren Flower (ed) Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003 We are going on a t...
The fine and speciality chemicals sector came together in Manchester in early June 20...
In the first round of half-year results announcements, the major pharmaceuticals play...
SCI is saddened to announce that Peter Strasser, Hon Assistant Secretary of the SCI A...
Europa Bio has welcomed the European Commission's (EC) new guidelines for growing gen...
A party of 20 Members of the Bristol & South West Section and friends visited the...
3-5 September: Chemical development & scale-up in the fine chemicals industry. Ba...
23-26 September: 22nd International Federation of the Societies of Cosmetic Chemists ...
Just two months before what many believe will be the final draft of the EC's proposed...
The GM science review published by the UK government concluded that there is no case ...
New treatments for cancers are more specific and less toxic than earlier attempts. No...
Keith Cadwallader and Hugo Weenen (eds) Washington DC: American Chemical Society, 200...
In Brief * Much collaboration in the biotech sector is based on local clusters ...
Gareth Evans & Judith Furlong Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2003 Our use of...
UK speciality chemicals group ICI has impressed analysts with some solid results and ...
Did you know that SCI presents over 50 scrolls, medals, lectures, scholarships and bu...
Mike Lancaster Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002 Today's chemicals industr...
Edward Tipping Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 In 1603, a book entitled ...
All those who use, specify or produce concrete and the materials used to make it in t...
In Brief * Chiral centres can be produced naturally or synthetically, such as by h...
Electrochemical detection for microchip capillary electrophoresis offers a powerful d...
For the second year running the SCI Scotland Section organised a science-based tastin...
Co-operation and compromise promote good labour relations in the German chemicals ind...
In November 2002 SCI Canada celebrated its centennial with the Towards a smarter tomo...
Jurgen Hambrecht, BASF's new CEO, issued a cautious forecast for the next quarter and...
Jeroen van der Veer is President of the Society of Chemical Industry; he is also Pres...
While results In the pharma sector were encouraging in general (see page 6) the same ...
Have the good times come to an end for the custom manufacturing sector? When the big ...
The American Chemistry Council is sounding up-beat in its forecast for the coming mon...
DSM has been given the green light to buy Roche's vitamins and fine chemicals divisio...
Switching from base to nucleophile. In organic synthesis, there are still some simpl...
'It is now two years on from the acquisition of Haltermann by Dow,' says Ian Stark, c...
Maternal diet can permanently alter gene expression and disease susceptibility in a w...
Strange as it may sound at a first glance, colour writing and printing is possible ev...
A tough material is able to absorb a large amount of energy before it finally fractur...
Scientists have found that viruses use a violent explosive force to inject their DNA ...
In Brief * Bioprocesses instead of chemical synthesis will be used in manufacturin...
Stabilising Mo--P triple bonds. Kinetic stabilisation of unsaturated bonds is often ...
A seaweed-based gel, applied vaginally before having sex, could allow women to protec...
Catalyst libraries and substrates on beads. The first paper highlighted here does no...
Could the biotech sector be about to take off? Market capitalisation for the biotech ...
Bayer was one of the worst casualties of the current hot spell. Second quarter result...
J Vaughan & P Judd Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2003 What immediately come...
A dressing derived from dehydrated frog skin could reduce the time of healing for bur...
This month, SCI has expanded its online services for Members. This means Members can ...
The art of chemistry: myths, medicines and materials Arthur Greenberg Chichest...
After much wrangling the European Parliament has decided to introduce stricter labell...
Nitrogen oxides (NO. [NO.sub.2] and [N.sub.2]O) are major air pollutants, Nearly all ...
As the trend for manufacture in clean rooms gathers pace, manufacturers of all types ...
Astex Technology, based in Cambridge, UK, has developed methods to rapidly determine ...
Prof Brian Iddon MP has become SCI's latest Honorary Member. This is a privilege best...
An antibody that specifically binds to the HIV virus has been discovered, paving the ...
London-based SkyePharma (Skye) has acquired several drug-delivery technologies, start...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aims to shorten drug approval times, commis...
The task of designing a balanced chemicals policy is unprecedented in its complexity ...
This is the first course organised by the SCI Young Chemists' Panel on Chemistry for ...
The curriculum vitae (CV) in the UK, or resume in North America, has become an essent...
Washington DC was the focus of the biotechnology industry in late June. Over 16 000 d...
Jack Simans Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 Pages 461 [pounds ...
Resins produced using Basell's Catalloy process have a bright future, according to Se...
Cancer is one of the world's biggest killers. But progress is being made thanks to de...
Scientists have discovered that viruses may be responsible for mental illnesses, putt...
Nutrition through the life cycle Prakash Shetty (ed) Cambridge: Royal Society ...
From the standpoint of environmental protection. processes based on chemically fixing...
July-September. JULY 2003 6 Sun to 10 Thu CARBON 2003: Although many aspects...
Scientists have discovered that the menopause is preceded by a dramatic drop in testo...
Leo Mandelkern Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 Pages 433 [poun...
Alex Izett was 21 years old and a member of the UK's Royal Engineers when the first G...
Organic chemistry G Richard Stephenson University of East Anglia, Norwich Surf...
Proposals to allow EU funding of embryonic stem cell research could still be blocked ...
The European Union (EU) policy on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) came under at...
Tasty supplements Throughout the 1950s, science-fiction was convinced that we woul...
It may look state of-the-art, and be a vital component in countless electronics appli...
A sugary coating that can extend the shelf live of peeled fruit and vegetables by as ...
Taking part in some of the many networking opportunities that are on offer through SC...
BASF vice chairman Eggert Voscherau unveiled the company's environment, health and sa...
A new detection device that glows in the presence of pathogens and disease-causing ba...
Traditional market assessment methods -- focus groups. surveys, and competitive intel...
Victoria Emmerton (ed) Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002 Pages 181 ...
21-23 July: Second international ballast water treatment R&D symposium, Internati...
In a surprise move, GlaxoSmithKline has asked for several of its patents to be remove...
Specialty chemicals in mineral processing D Skuse (ed) Cambridge: Royal Society of...
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will soon publish two pro...
An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unanimously re...