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In Brief * Collaboration analysing how molecular structure affects polymer propert...
The first silicon chip-based drug delivery systems have been implanted into three pat...
US chemicals giant DuPont could face fines of $184m from the US Environmental Protect...
A passage in the Bible (Exodus, chapter 15, verses 23-25) is often quoted as the earl...
Animal rights activists are congregated this month at a construction site in Oxford. ...
In Brief * New technologies are being developed to respond to chemical and biologi...
23-27 August, Ninth international conference on ferrites. Cathedral Hill Hotel, San F...
Vaccines for Aids, rabies, tuberculosis and diabetes could soon be grown in fields. A...
A polystyrene-based technology that removes palladium efficiently from organic and aq...
RNA interference (RNAi) could be an effective treatment for Huntington's disease and ...
There may be trouble ahead as animal rights activists seem to be diverting more atten...
OPEN access is a wonderful publishing idea; everyone can read the latest scientific r...
A novel catalytic hydrogenation process in supercritical C[O.sub.2] using palladium a...
The UK National Health Service (NHS) may have been defrauded of at least l00m [pounds...
The first request by British scientists to clone human embryos and the establishment ...
Irradiation of food and packaging: recent developments V Komolprasert and K Morehouse...
In Brief * After petchems of 20th century, crop-derived products are making a resu...
The contentious theory that some breast cancers may be caused by a virus has reared i...
Designing enzymes from scratch may one day be possible by creating active proteins fr...
Finally, Japanese scientists [H Nagai, H Segawa, Chem Commun 2004, 974) have construc...
One of the fundamental goals of polymer science is to understand how the characterist...
Sustaining humankind when petroleum runs out will be agriculture's biggest challenge....
When the oil prices increase, you often read that the chemicals industry must dramati...
There is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel for innovative enterprise in the c...
Fritz Haber: chemist, Nobel laureate, German, Jew Dietrich Stoltzenberg Philadelphia:...
Big C[O.sub.2]-producing gas guzzling vehicles will be hit with a pollution tax in Fr...
Pesticides: an international guide to 1800 pest control chemicals (2nd ed) G Milne...
The chemical industry at the millennium: maturity, restructuring and globalization ...
The perceived wisdom is that regulations are the principle driver for environmental i...
I write further to your science brief (C&I 2004, 12, 9) on the use of flavour ing...
The only chemistry based university innovation centre in the UK has been opened at th...
Scientists have welcomed the extra 1bn [pounds sterling] ($1.9bn) that will be pumped...
Pollution, car accidents and lead are having a devastating impact on Europe's childre...
Surface active agents, more commonly known as surfactans, are found in a wide range o...
Hall a dozen chemicals are at the centre of a widening international investigation in...
Tokyo is bombarded by monster hail stones. Manhattan is engulfed by a tsunami and hel...
Forget the disaster portrayed in the movie The day after tomorrow and perish the thou...
Great feuds in technology: ten of the liveliest disputes ever. Hal Hellman Chichester...
Gold nanoclusters, because they can be relatively easily prepared with good control o...
Publish and be damned, the saying goes. But what are the consequences if the results ...
When reactions start to get popular, suddenly everyone wants to use them, but identif...
Remote control of liquid steel Analytical measurements are often required in harsh e...
The biotech industry should remember former US President, Ronald Reagan, by finding a...
In Brief * Rethink the role of R&D * Employ proven techniques for evaluati...
Peaches and nectarines sprayed with calcium salts can be stored and eaten for up to t...
In Brief * Oral solid dosage formulation require a multidisciplinary approach comb...
I have to tell you that the scrubber scheme takes the candle as the most hare-brained...
In Brief * Pharmaceuticals R&D spending could continue to grow at more than 12...
Nanocrystal-based light emitters have taken a big leap toward commercialisation with ...
Halogen-containing natural products are quite common (especially in the case of marin...
A patient's chances of surviving breast cancer could increase significantly, accordin...
DEMONSTRATIONS in Brussels by animal rights protesters targeted the European chemical...
In Brief * Growth in speciality chemicals is being driven by US and Asia * Inv...
Lab-based predictions of potential disruptions by genetically modified (GM) organisms...
Jeering, gridlock, police in riot-gear, baton charges and pepper spray added to the e...
4-9 July, 16th International conference on phosphorus chemistry. Birmingham, UK. Cont...
Ionic liquids from artificial sweeteners The continuing interest in ionic liquids as...
The market assessment process (MAP) helps industry leaders and entrepreneurs evaluate...
The first ever fool-proof document security system could be available within two year...
It really is all downhill after 40, at least as far as mental capacity goes. Genes in...
Organosilanes in radical chemistry Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu Chichester: John Wile...
Two recent reports conclude that France is no longer attractive to the pharmaceutical...
Christopher Gent, former boss of Vodaphone, will become the next non-executive chairm...
As the UK House of Parliament Science and Technology Committee deliberates over how b...
Nearly every modern piece of analytical equipment produces data. The goal of the anal...
Clinical trials planned for later this year will determine if probiotics, 'friendly b...
Cuprate addition/electrophilic trapping Electrophilic trapping of enolates generat...
A sense of optimism is returning to the biotech investment sector, founded on continu...
2003 saw the highest number of biotechnology drugs and biologics approved by the US F...
Business confidence among European speciality chemicals firms seems to be increasing,...
UK drug-delivery company SkyePharma has played down talk of boardroom dissent and pro...
The UK's two biggest pharma companies have both posted falling profits, but show very...
Microscopic fragments of plastics materials have been found in the Atlantic Ocean and...
Aryl transfer from silicon Unusual coupling partners in metal catalysed reactions op...
Scientists have pinpointed a gene that may play a role in the risk of heart attack. ...
2003 was a good year for the biotechnology industry, $16.4bn was raised in financing,...
A fragrant introduction to terpenoid chemistry Charles Sell Cambridge: Royal Society ...
Open access (OA) could drastically reduce the cost of publishing, according to a rece...
The main problem in trying to understand Alzheimer's disease (AD) is that it is incre...
Microwaving the heart may soon become a routine procedure for the treatment of heart ...
Diego Maradona's admission to a clinic in Buenos Aires in April 2004 has focused medi...
Dr Alan Tulley, formerly of Kodak, gave a splendid illustrated lecture 'A History of ...
Platinum in a lead cage Free-standing clusters of the post-transition metals, the we...
The subject of science education has been of great concern to academics in science de...
Textile finishing Derek Haywood (ed) Bradford: SDC, 2003 How does a consumer make a ...
As C&I went to press, twenty four people were reported injured, and another sixte...
MARK Boleat's (C&I 2004, 8, 14) call for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to...
IN the BBC TV Panorama programme: 'Secrets of Seroxat' a serious deliberate suppressi...
Finally, a nice organopalladium cyclisation offers an interesting way to end the Orga...
Inorganic electrochemistry: theory, practice and application Piero Zanello Cambrid...
Speaking at the Open Forum on Reach, at SCI headquarters in London, UK, Steve Elliott...
The challenge is still there in the design of organic synthesis, and relatively small...
AS a result of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Centre and the Pentago...
Chemicals are not included in the first phase but some activities, such as combined h...
Aventis was beginning the fight back against Sanofi's bid as C&I went to press, w...
Science and spirituality: the volatile connection David Knight London: Routledge, ...
Recently WWF reported the results of its survey showing that there are tiny amounts o...
If the UK Government's plans for carbon emissions get the goahead, it will cost the U...
HAVING all too obviously failed to force Huntingdon Life Sciences out of business, th...
There have been calls for specific legislation to deal with animal extremists in the ...
Scientists have responded with outrage to recent claims by US scientist Panos Zavos t...
Eating grapefruit does help weight loss, according to new research. And it could help...
News from Switzerland generated the main talking point as the fine chemical custom ma...
Signs of global environmental stress are reported with increasing frequency. People b...
Epiuleine (8) is a more conventional target structure, but chirality in the molecule'...
Speaking in Las Vegas, a city built on at least two of the seven deadly sins, David K...
There is as yet no hard evidence that endocrine disruptors are damaging our health, b...
9-11 February 2004, Practical approaches to nasal and pulmonary drug delivery II. Del...
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has launched a hostile bid for Aventis, the Stra...
On behalf of the Society's World President Jeroen van der Veer, Vice Chairman of the ...
The human genome project, nanotechnology and bioinformatics have been major advanceme...
SCIpharm 2004 is the first event of its kind aimed at the pharmaceutical industry. Th...
Bioscience 2015, a wide-ranging report by the Bioscience Innovation and Growth Team (...
A new European fine chemicals group, formed within Cefic, the European Chemical Indus...
Concern about the effects of pesticides on humans and the environment helped launch t...
Peter Atkins Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003 Pages 235 20 [pounds sterlin...
Chemistry & Industry has reported on some fascinating news lately and you may hav...
Plummeting levels of prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will have de...
Stockmarkets around the world grew in 2003 despite a slow start to the year, with the...
The SCI Web Team wishes all our Members a happy and prosperous New Year. I hope, like...
John Hepworth, David Waring and Michael Waring Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry,...
2004 should be a better year for biotech but parochial and risk-averse investment str...
This year saw the 21st annual SCI Process Development Symposium at Robinson College, ...
The year 2003, with its sweltering summer and droughts across the globe, is likely to...
At its meeting in October 2003, SCI Council approved the creation of a new SCI Specia...
19-20 January 2004, Uncertainty, evaluation and associated statistical modeling. Tedd...
In April 2003 Jason Hindmarsh, from Auckland, New Zealand, travelled to the UK with t...
The fine chemicals sector has been facing a challenging market over the past few year...
A cynic might say that adding an empty box and a square dot before one of the world's...
Come and ask your question at the SCI REACH Forum. Panellists will represent Friends ...
* This star means there will be a welcome meeting with this event. This is a chance ...
Cheap as diamond chips Diamond is a material with uniquely attractive physical, ther...
'In the chemical industry, far-sightedness is the key to success,' says Jurgen Hambre...
Gary Williamson and Celestino Santos-Buelga (eds) Cambridge: The Royal Society of Che...
RNA interference could be used to create animal models of disease much more quickly a...
Close your eyes and imagine that you cannot open them again, that you feel yourself s...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Caption: Prof Clive Thompson was awarded with the 2003 SCI...
In Brief * Signs of hope as difficult year draws to a close * Growing strength...
In Brief * Value of biotech-pharma partnerships has grown from $1m in 1978 to $7.2...
In Brief * Understanding the way diatoms make silica could benefit industrial proc...
19-20 January 2004, Uncertainly, evaluation and associated statistical modeling. Tedd...
At the SCI meetings in Barcelona and New York in October, global leaders from several...
In Brief * Stable Ianthanide complexes * Cobalt-based catalysts * Phosphor...
The US has criticised the Kyoto protocol and heralded its own record on climate chang...
Factiva.com As an SCI Member, you are already part of an elite group of people tha...
SCI is a friendly society; it is one of the places that you will genuinely meet peopl...
Pages 186 12.95 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9 85404 692 5 Shawn Doonan Royal Society of...
Cobalt-based polycarbonate copolymerisation catalysts. There has been widespread res...
In Brief * More than 100 on-site generators in the UK and 270 in Europe * On-s...
Ultrasonic spectroscopy is a nondestructive analytical technique based on the measure...
How do I set the SCI website as my home page? When you open a web browser it will la...
Food safety is a concern the world over, and customers may be changing their ideas ab...
Bioprocessing should be one of the key areas for development if the UK is to have a t...
Pages 290 389.50 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 85404 851 0 Biophysical chemistry: membr...
Pages 299 70.00 [pounds sterling] ISBN 3 527 40392 2 100 years Werner Heisenberg: ...
Pages 290 89.50 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 1 84127 334 1(UK) 0 8493 2810 1(US) K Cliv...
Pages 383 $45 ISBN 0 08 043261 1 Jonathan Clayden Oxford: Elsevier Science, 2002 ...
A group of Iraqi scientists has met at the UK Royal Society to establish an autonomou...
SCI is of course led by Members, but the work of the Secretariat is vital in supporti...
An artificial cornea that circumvents the wait for a donor cornea and heals faster co...
The Royal Society has called for a radical overhaul of the way research funds are all...
Persistent diarrhoea in infancy can affect IQ up to 10 years later, and possibly long...
In Brief * Specialities sector characterised by SMEs * Sector usually more pro...
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline recently gave its first research update for thr...
Afraid? Don't be. Scientists say that one day a pill will help you get over your fear...
In Brief * Microfluidics * Fingerprinting diamonds * Determination of merc...
Frodo Baggins, a true and noble hobbit, is the bearer of the One Ring. It falls to hi...
A two-year funding drought for companies in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medica...
The chemical industry has changed significantly over the past decade. Investors have ...
In Brief * Consumption growth in China is twice that of the US and three times tha...
Fingerprinting diamonds by laser ablation A reliable method to identify the origin o...
Pages 313 89.50 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 632 05435 2 Chirality in natural and appl...
A number of experts have questioned recommendations by the UK Committee on the Safety...
UK biotech's biggest players are facing more set-backs with drug launches, as their c...
The creation of cheaper, more reliable fuel cells has brought hydrogen and methanol p...
The festive lights in Regent Street have now been switched on and the shops are stock...
The UK Government is prepared to let the whole European Directive on Tissues and Cell...
The final week of October saw the 14th annual Convention of Pharmaceutical Ingredient...
The reactive oxygen allotrope ozone, most commonly associated with climate change, co...
Squeezing water through tiny tubes could produce enough energy to power mobile phones...
New restrictions on the use of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in California could p...
Zeolites for cleaner technologies Michel Guisnet and Jean-Pierre Gilson London: Imper...
S David Jackson, JSJ Hargreaves and D Lennon (eds) Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemis...
Brazilian scientists claim to have restored feeling to patients paralysed for two yea...
Tony Hargreaves, Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003 Pages 180 23.95 [poun...
In Brief * New regional initiatives set up to satisfy diverse business interests w...
The pilot plant real book Francis McConville ISBN 0 9721769 1 8 Pages 312 US$89.95...
Optical applications of liquid crystals L Vicari (ed) Bristol: Institute of Physics, ...
Rivals for Viagra just keep on coming. You stick the latest version up your nose. Pa...
Polycyclic polyether synthesis Polyether natural products make nice targets to demon...
The deadly West Nile virus will seem much less menacing if clinical trials being cond...
Bayer is to move its chemicals businesses into a stand-alone company as it continues ...
The UK Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is concerned about the level of R&D ...
Currently, hydrogen peroxide is one of the most essential chemicals for pulp bleachin...
Last month saw the launch of PLoS Biology, an open-access journal that hopes to compe...
'Deny the problem, deny the solution, exaggerate costs, ignore benefits, suppress dis...
Scientists at the New Zealand Institute of Crop and Food Research are set to harvest ...
IT IS quite right that Justin Woolford be given the opportunity to put WWF's case on ...
Nanomedicine, or nanobiotechnology as it is also known, is loosely defined as the use...