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Chemistry World September 24, 2009 Ned Stafford |
ETH research director steps down A cloud of unanswered questions and potential legal difficulties is hanging over the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, following the news that internationally recognised chemist Peter Chen is stepping down as its research director over allegations of data falsification. |
Chemistry World September 28, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Interview: Ralph Eichler, ETH Zurich Last week's announcement that chemist Peter Chen is stepping down as head of research of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich over allegations of data falsification in his research group triggered headlines around the world. |
Chemistry World March 1, 2012 Ned Stafford |
Austrian institute hits the funding big time The money would enable the institute to focus on basic research and PhD training in the natural sciences and to incrementally expand to as many as 100 research groups with around 1000 employees by 2027. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2014 Anthony King |
Swiss readmitted to Europe's huge science program Switzerland has been readmitted to part of the EU's huge science program, but this may be only temporary. |
Chemistry World August 24, 2010 Leila Sattary |
Research fraud costs dear A group from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York has developed a model that estimates the monetary costs of scientific misconduct cases. |
Chemistry World July 2008 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: There's plenty of room in the middle Today, chemists and biologists are looking at the space between their own disciplines and asking big questions about where science at the interface might lead them. |
Chemistry World November 2011 Graeme Armstrong |
Good Chemistry We must improve the chemistry between industry and society. |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Editorial: Balancing up the equation Academic chemistry is a less welcoming environment for women than it is for men. |
Chemistry World February 20, 2014 Angeli Mehta |
Immigration battle set to freeze Swiss out of European research The EU has suspended negotiations with Switzerland on the Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ research and education programs after the Swiss government said it could not sign an agreement to open its borders to immigrants from the EU's newest member -- Croatia. |
Chemistry World October 2010 |
A renaissance in school chemistry John Holman, former director of the UK's National Science Learning Centre, is optimistic about the current state of chemistry education. But important caveats remain |
Chemistry World November 2009 Bibiana Campos-Seijo |
Editorial: Ringing in the Nobels This year the chemistry prize seems to have once again caused a bit of a commotion. The criticism? Well, some in the scientific community have suggested that the research had too strong a biological focus. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
US urged to rethink chemistry graduate education US chemistry graduate education needs an overhaul to address a possible glut of chemistry PhDs and other obstacles, according to a new report released by the American Chemical Society. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Intellectual Ferment There are exciting connections between chemistry and biology from both "sides" of the disciplinary divide. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2011 Sean Milmo |
King's College resurrects chemistry department King's College London is reopening its department of chemistry in 2012, eight years after it was closed due in part to a sharp drop in the popularity of the subject. |
Chemistry World June 9, 2010 |
Chemistry at Sussex under threat again The department, which topped The Guardian's 2010 university league table for chemistry, is set to lose some 40 per cent of its faculty, according to Phil Parsons, head of organic chemistry at Sussex. |
Chemistry World October 7, 2015 |
Live blog: Unravelling DNA repair mechanisms takes chemistry Nobel Our live blog explains the vital statistics of the Nobel chemistry prize and the countdown to the award announcement. |
Chemistry World January 2008 Gurney & Adams |
Comment: How Good is UK Chemistry? Using bibliometrics as the key measure, the author compares the publication output of different countries. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2008 |
Chemical Education in Need of Reform China's university chemistry departments are struggling to attract students despite the rapid expansion of the country's higher education system. |
Chemistry World December 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Surfing Web2O The rapid evolution of the world wide web is creating fresh opportunities - and challenges - for chemistry. |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
A new year and a new dawn As the International Year of Chemistry drew to a close last year, we were delighted to see the future of chemistry in the UK being bolstered with two universities planning to reopen their chemistry departments |
Chemistry World January 4, 2008 Ned Stafford |
German Chemistry Rated World Class An independent study has shown that German chemistry remains world class, with 16 of 57 universities and seven of 20 research institutes rated as being global leaders in at least one field of chemistry research. |
Chemistry World May 30, 2013 Andy Extance |
Catalyst duo exerts powerful stereocontrol Chemists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, have teamed chiral catalysts in pairs to selectively drive a reaction towards desired stereoisomeric products with high selectivity. |
Chemistry World December 2011 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: The End of a Good Start Chemistry can and should be celebrated every day. |
Chemistry World January 16, 2014 Hepeng Jia |
Leading Chinese chemist jailed for embezzlement A leading environmental chemist has been jailed for embezzling money earmarked for research in China. |
Chemistry World May 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Keeping it Green Some chemistry enthusiastically labeled as green may be nothing of the kind, warn researchers who worry that mediocre -- if well-meaning -- science is damaging their subject. |
Chemistry World August 18, 2010 Andy Extance |
French plough money into green chemistry Green chemistry is one of five technologies set to benefit from a 1.35 billion ( 1.11 billion) cash injection over the next 4 years in France. |
Chemistry World January 17, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Sugars synthesised with help of promiscuous enzyme European researchers have discovered a new way to make synthetically elusive sugar molecules that could lead to novel vaccine candidates and other medically important compounds. |
Chemistry World February 16, 2011 Laura Howes |
International Year of Chemistry launches across the world Over 1000 people from more than 60 countries helped to launch the International Year of Chemistry at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, France. |
Chemistry World June 2007 |
Student Book Reviews Chemistry for CSI Fans... At the Heart of Molecular Biology... A Broad Vista of Chemistry...Rings Are Not Just for Carbons... etc. |
Chemistry World July 18, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Hovering reaction driven by sound Colleagues at ETH Zurich in Switzerland used their acoustic levitator to create an explosive mid-air reaction between a tiny water droplet and a grain of sodium. |
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley |
Mark Leach Interview with the owner of Meta-Synthesis, a company aimed to reveal the inner secrets of chemistry to as wide an audience as possible. |
Chemistry World December 18, 2014 |
Reflections on the REF After a formidable amount of work, the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise is complete and published. The results capture the UK chemistry research environment and the quality and impact of that research. |
Insurance & Technology January 15, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Zurich's Sagalow Pursues "Customer-Centric Innovation" Former AIG executive Ty Sagalow has taken on the role of chief innovation officer for Zurich North America Commercial. |
Information Today March 29, 2010 |
UC's California Digital Library Launches DataCite Archive for Research Data The University of California's California Digital Library has become a founding member of the international DataCite consortium, a group of 12 leading academic and scientific memory institutions worldwide, providing data publishing opportunities for researchers |
Chemistry World November 8, 2013 Rowan Frame |
Big data approach to solar cells After 150 million theoretical calculations, scientists at Harvard University in the US reveal results that could cut down the time and cost of experimental tests to find better organic electronic materials for solar cells. |
Chemistry World December 17, 2010 |
Lights, camera, action An interview with chemist Martyn Poliakoff, who is research professor of chemistry at the University of Nottingham in the UK. His main research interest is the application of supercritical fluids with a focus on green and sustainable chemistry. He is one of the |
Chemistry World July 25, 2012 Lesley Yellowlees |
Standing up for chemistry As I start my term as president of the Royal Society of Chemistry, I'd like to share some of the issues I wish to address during my presidency. |
Chemistry World July 31, 2012 Duncan Macquarrie |
Environmentally friendly teaching Green Organic Chemistry in Lecture and Laboratory edited by Andrew Dicks covers a wide range of key themes, ranging from the 12 principles of green chemistry via various different approaches to conventional synthetic procedures, waste management and more. |
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever. |
Chemistry World August 8, 2013 Victoria Druce |
Chemistry: the impure science Chemistry: the impure science by Bensaude-Vincent and Simon, delves into the past to assert the foundations of a modern chemistry, with a concluding chapter that might propel the subject into an ethically sound and influential future. |
Chemistry World February 2, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
UK chemistry student numbers hold steady University chemistry departments across the UK are breathing a sigh of relief as the number of people applying to study chemistry has held steady despite a large increase in tuition fees for degree courses in England and Wales. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2012 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
The gift of science Nobel prize winner Robert Curl recalls: 'When I was nine years old, my parents gave me a chemistry set. Within a week, I had decided to become a chemist.' A familiar story? I'm sure it is. |
InternetNews July 7, 2010 |
IBM Testing Hot Water to Cool Servers IBM researchers in Switzerland are standing server cooling on its head, using water as warm as 140 degrees to cool processors that have an unusually high safe operating temperature. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Paul Muhlrad |
Irving Epstein: Better Living Through Chemistry (Class) It will require a change in mindset for chemistry faculty if we are going to get students into chemistry because they want to be, rather than because they have to be. |
Insurance & Technology January 26, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell |
Engineering Underwriting Gary Kaplan, chief underwriting officer and head of the Technical Center strategic service unit for Zurich Financial Services subsidiary Zurich North America's commercial business division brings a more methodical and technology-driven approach to the company. |
Chemistry World December 2007 Henry Nicholls |
The Chemistry Set Generation Thinking about buying a chemistry set for someone this Christmas? A nostalgic look at an inspirational toy that could be on the verge of a comeback |
Insurance & Technology September 9, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Zurich Canada Selects Guidewire Claims System Zurich expects the system to deliver greater operational efficiency, improved service, and the ability to attract top talent to the company's claims team. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Gan Shermer |
Organic chemistry Textbook of Organic Chemistry by C. Pillai is aimed at undergraduate chemistry students who already have a basic knowledge of organic chemistry. |
Information Today May 28, 2015 |
Kudos Signs Up New Institutional and Publisher Partners Kudos will use this partnership program to shape its service for helping universities and research institutes understand how Kudos' tools explain and share researchers' work as well as the effects of these actions. |