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Chemistry World
December 1, 2006
Victoria Gill |
Organophosphate Study Reprieved A landmark study into the human health effects of organophosphate chemicals used in sheep dip will resume, according to the UK's Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.   |
Geotimes
December 2006
Megan Sever |
New Explanation Offered for Delphi Trances Geochemists recently sampled the carbonate rock around the spring near the Grecian temple at Delphi to determine the types of gas that might be present at the site. Gases are thought to be responsible for the oracle at Delphi's prophetic powers. |
Chemistry World
November 30, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Morning After Pill Might Prevent Breast Cancer The active ingredient of the morning-after pill -- mifepristone, or RU-486 -- prevents the formation of mammary-cell tumours in mice with a mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, report scientists. |
Chemistry World
December 2006
Dennis Rouvray |
Fat of the Land As we become progressively more rotund, our body chemistry undergoes critical changes that have a major impact on our health. |
Chemistry World
December 2006
Mark Haw |
Comment: A Tale of Two Disciplines Teaching as well as research can help bridge the no-man's land between chemistry and chemical engineering. |
Chemistry World
December 2006
Derek Lowe |
Opinion: In the Pipeline A look at the story behind the growing investment by western companies in medicinal chemistry research in China. |
Chemistry World
December 2006
Philip Ball |
Opinion: The Crucible Being the most applied of the fundamental sciences, chemistry has always had a commercial aspect, which means that its knowledge carries a premium and has sometimes been jealously protected. |
Chemistry World
December 2006
Dylan Stiles |
Opinion: Bench Monkey Every solvent is a unique and special snowflake. None of them is perfect, but if you love your solvents they will love you back, and you can grow old together. Just don't splash on the benzene after shaving. |
Chemistry World
December 2006 |
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Chemistry World
November 29, 2006
Bea Perks |
BASF Touts GM Spuds for Starch German chemical giant BASF is awaiting EU approval for commercial cultivation of one of its latest breakthroughs, an inedible potato called Amflora. The crop has been modified to produce a type of starch particularly suited to paper production. |
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