Westlake Chemical to buy rival Axiall
US chemical manufacturer Axiall acquired by Westlake Chemical for $3.8 billion, after its earlier bid was rejected (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 14, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rebecca Trager Source Type: research
Nicol’s prism
Andrea Sella illuminates the story of the man who gave the world plane polarised light (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 14, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Andrea Sella Source Type: research
Beating imposter syndrome
Rachel Brazil talks to the experts helping scientists who feel like they don’t belong (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 14, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rachel Brazil Source Type: research
Initiatives link refugee researchers with jobs in Europe
Aid for scientists displaced by Syrian civil war and other conflicts still piecemeal across the continent (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 13, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Emma Stoye Source Type: research
Oxidation state +10 may exist in a platinum compound
Prediction suggests platinum oxide compound is stable in +10 state for nearly a year (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 13, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Matthew Gunther Source Type: research
Serial crystallography enhanced by graphene
Graphene-containing microfluidic device used to study the structures of complex protein crystals (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 13, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hannah Dunckley Source Type: research
Data on demand
Chris Chapman looks at how researchers are overcoming the challenge of accessing analytical data across multiple systems (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 13, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Chris Chapman Source Type: research
Scotland appoints new scientific adviser
Physicist Sheila Rowan will be the Scottish government’s first chief scientific adviser since December 2014 (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 13, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rebecca Trager Source Type: research
Data ex machina
Paul Groth explains why linked data is starting to revolutionise medicinal chemistry (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 13, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Paul Groth Source Type: research
Merck & Co to buy Afferent for neurology drugs
Deal worth up to $1.25bn includes drug candidate for chronic coughs (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 13, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Phillip Broadwith Source Type: research
2Heavy drugs gaining momentum
With the first approval of a drug containing deuterium looking imminent, Nina Notman surveys the deuterated drug landscape (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 10, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Nina Notman Source Type: research
Perovskites spun out into stable solar cells
Device beats previous efficiency record of 15.6%, reaching nearly 20% (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 10, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Matthew Gunther Source Type: research
Mirror-image trick yields real hits from a virtual chemical library
Scientists use mirror-image protein to identify potential new drugs from a previously unexplored library of natural product enantiomers (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 10, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Polly-Anna Ashford Source Type: research
US chemical regulations finally updated
The much-anticipated overhaul of outdated chemicals legislation has cleared Congress and is about to be signed into law (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 10, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rebecca Trager Source Type: research
Explainer: Toxic Substances Control Act
Can US chemical regulation be fixed? Chemistry World helps you to make sense of the new law controlling America’s chemicals (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 10, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rebecca Trager Source Type: research
