This week on Chemistry World…
Posted by Chemistry World on Mon 18 Oct 2010Categories: News , This week's stories | [3] Comments
18 October 2010: Have something to say about an article you’ve read on Chemistry World this week? Leave your comments below…
This week’s stories:
UK carbon capture a one horse race
E.ON pull out of the competition to develop a CCS pilot, leaving ScottishPower the sole contender
Nanoparticles make leaves glow
Can street lights be replaced by trees? Taiwanese scientists believe that they can using gold nanoparticles to induce luminescence in leaves
Where on Earth has our water come from?
Evidence shows that water could have been present in the cosmic dust that formed the Earth
Extended elements: new periodic table
Proposed layout extends table from 118 to 172 elements
Studies probe key flu protein
Two new papers focus on the structure of a protein that could hold the key to new anti-flu drugs
Dancing facets reveal nanowire kinetics
Scientists snap sapphire columns taking two steps forward, and one step back
Mining soil DNA for molecular decorators
Enzymes buried in the genomes of soil bacteria can be harnessed to modify natural molecules in new ways
Science budget frozen in spending review
The UK’s science budget has been frozen until 2014 and higher education funding will bear the brunt of deep departmental spending cuts
Enzymes – a new ingredient for marine paint?
Cross-linked enzyme aggregates could have great potential in marine paints
Tumour detection takes an ultrasonic leap
Hollow silica nanoparticles filled with gas improve ultrasound imaging of breast cancer
Immigration cap could spell disaster for UK science
The UK could learn lessons from countries that have a separate immigration rule for scientists and university researchers
Red mud could prompt chemical rule review
The red mud in Hungary has brought EU rules under scrutiny
Wed 20 Oct 2010 at 7:22 pm
Re: Immigration cap could spell disaster for UK science
I’m glad to see you acknowledge that the USA’s visa caps are extremely flexible, and the standards low. They’ve also been extremely excessive since at least 1965, and border and port security lax. Though the article suggests an H-1B total cap of 85K, it has been usual for 110K or more H-1B visas to be issued each year.
These excessive and flexible caps have been disastrous for science and technology in the USA, in part because they have facilitated knowledge transfer and off-shoring.
Wed 3 Nov 2010 at 1:40 am
The original goal of the Arab League was to stop Jewish immigration. Muslim Immigration is OK with them. Twenty million Muslims have immigrated to EUROPE since then and the United States now has seven million Muslims according to The Council on Islamic American Relations. Could you imagine if current Western Nations had a League to stop Muslim immigration? Or would it just be a balanced scale?
Wed 3 Nov 2010 at 1:56 am
I am sure the cap is to gain some measure of control over Islamic extreme. A 2004 law passed by Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers, entitles expatriates of all nationalities who have resided in the Saudi Kingdom for ten years to apply for citizenship. Naturally only Muslims need apply. Could you imagine a Western Country with a law like that?