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Mapping drugs in Barcelona's groundwater

Posted by Bibi on Wed 2 May 2012
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A study reveals the presence of illegal drugs in the groundwater of the Catalan capital

What is going on in Barcelona’s water? Well, quite a lot! Besides the fact that it contains a variety of illegal drugs (including cocaine, amphetamine compounds, opioids, cannabinoids and so on) it also appears, according to a recent study published in Science of the total environment, that the type of drug found is closely related to the geographical location, a finding that allowed the researchers to draw a map of drug use in the city. (more…)

 

Bye bye pi-pi?

Posted by Laura on Mon 30 Apr 2012
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An interesting title popped up in my feed the other day: Chelsea R Martinez and Brent L Iverson’s Perspective article ‘Rethinking the term pi-stacking’ (Chem. Sci., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20045G). I don’t think I’d ever thought much about pi-stacking if I’m honest; the concept seemed to make sense and it just got absorbed into my brain along with those other concepts that I now find are mutable, like hydrogen bonds. (more…)

 

This week on Chemistry World

Posted by Patrick on Mon 30 Apr 2012
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29 April 2012: Have something to say about an article you’ve read on Chemistry World this week? Leave your comments below… (more…)

 

Who is the living chemist you admire most and why?

Posted by Bibi on Fri 27 Apr 2012
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In my editorial for the April issue I asked the question: who is the living chemist you admire most and why? (more…)

 

Chemistry World’s roundup of money and molecules

Posted by Andrew on Fri 27 Apr 2012
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Watson buys Actavis for €4.3bn – Jazz buys Eusa for $700 million – AZ boss retires (more…)

 

Chemistry World’s roundup of money and molecules

Posted by Andrew on Wed 25 Apr 2012
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Solvay plans to for €3bn in earnings – Merck KGaA to cut 500 jobs – And Amgen buys Turkish drugmaker (more…)

 

Chemistry in its element – Lidocaine

Posted by PhilR on Wed 25 Apr 2012
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Do you like going to the dentist? Well, you’d like it a lot less without the compound developed by Lofgren, Lundqvist and Fischer – three Swedish chemists with an ‘unconventional’ approach to clinical trials. Lars Öhrström looks at lidocaine in this week’s Chemistry in its element podcast.

 

Zip it!

Posted by Andrew on Tue 24 Apr 2012
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The zipper metaphor - what were we telling the kids with this guy? Readers outside the UK might need some explanation: http://bit.ly/Juiv9o

As anyone who’s used Google today will already know, it’s the birthday of Gideon Sundback (1880–1954), the Swedish engineer who brought the zipper to the world. Sundback’s invention has obviously had a profound and lasting impact on the clothing industry, but its influence extends far beyond that. Notably (for us at least…) the humble zipper has become an indispensible metaphor in chemistry. (more…)

 

This week on Chemistry World

Posted by Chemistry World on Tue 24 Apr 2012
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22 April 2012: Have something to say about an article you’ve read on Chemistry World this week? Leave your comments below…

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Paper based blood Q & A

Posted by Laura on Mon 23 Apr 2012
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What’s the oddest reference you’ve ever put in a paper? Have you ever been tempted to slip in a joke reference? I’m sure it’s been done, but this paper cites one of the Harry Potter books for real. (more…)

 

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