Recently added articles from Chemistry and Industry:
Defaults to persist until 2010.(Chemical industry trends)
Oct 26, 2009; ... The chemical industry is showing signs of recovery, after suffering badly at the hands of the recession, but analysts warn that bankruptcies and defaults could continue well into 2010 as businesses struggle to refinance and pay down large debts. Questions also remain over how long it will ...
Entrepreneurs--recession slayers?(Leader)(The Entrepreneurs Board )(Survey)(Statistical data)
Oct 26, 2009; ... According to a recent survey, 28% of the UK public think that entrepreneurs are most likely to have the most positive effect on pulling the country out of the current recession. This compares with 24% who believe the government is likely to be the most influential, and 13% who think it ...
Scientists decode first epigenome.(Molecular biology)(Conference news)
Oct 26, 2009; ... A consortium of researchers in the US and Australia has mapped the first complete human epigenome--work that could have major implications for diagnosing and treating diseases. The human genome is made up of around 3bn DNA bases, and the sequence of the bases near to the genes ...
Potential skills shortage in niche research areas.(Bioscience)(Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council)(Report)(Brief article)
Oct 26, 2009; ... An independent panel has made a series of recommendations to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) that it says will help combat a future lack of skilled workers in what it sees as vital, but vulnerable, areas of research. The BBSRC Skills and ...
Nobel Prizes awarded.(News)(Venkatraman Ramakrishnan)(Brief article)
Oct 26, 2009 ... The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for unravelling how the ribosome translates DNA into proteins. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK; Thomas Steitz, Yale University, US; and Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, ...