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Chemistry World July 23, 2013 Ned Stafford |
Australia plans to scrap carbon tax early With national elections looming later this year, Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has announced plans to end the highly controversial carbon tax a year ahead of schedule. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2013 Michael Parkin |
Forensic fingers A team in the US has developed a detection system that crime scene investigators can wear on their fingertips to rapidly identify suspected traces of explosives and gunshot residue. |
Chemistry World July 19, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Senate approves Gina McCarthy as new EPA head After a record 136-day battle, a vote in the US Senate has confirmed Gina McCarthy as the new leader of the US Environmental Protection Agency. |
Chemistry World July 19, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Mobile phone powered by urine The first mobile phone battery to be directly charged by microbial fuel cells feeding on neat urine has been reported by scientists in the UK. |
Chemistry World July 18, 2013 Patrick Walter |
Call to arms on data integrity Data integrity in the chemical sciences is under the spotlight. In a broadside aimed at shoddy data practices, the editor of Organic Letters, Amos Smith, has called on chemists to put their house in order and root out poor practice. |
Chemistry World July 17, 2013 Laura Howes |
Chemist found guilty of murder A chemist in the US has been found guilty of killing her husband with thallium obtained from the Bristol-Myers Squibb lab where she worked. |
Chemistry World July 17, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
France says no to shale gas French President Francois Hollande has stated categorically that France will not pursue fracking to access alternative energy sources. |
Information Today July 16, 2013 Nancy K. Herther |
PRISM and the First Amendment: A Critical Issue Once Edward Snowden lands in some friendly country or decides to return to the U.S., we can hope that attention is again focused on PRISM and surveillance. So far, the responses from government officials have been less than stellar. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2013 Michael C. Polentz |
11 Ways to Finance Commercial Real Estate Energy Retrofits While they understand the benefits, the challenge for most commercial real estate owners and operators is not whether to implement energy efficient retrofits, but rather how to pay for or finance such improvements. |
National Defense August 2013 Insinna & Parsons |
United States Remains Concerned About Nuclear Weapons The number of nuclear weapons in circulation worldwide has been slowly but steadily declining in recent years because the United States and Russia are scaling back their nuclear arsenals. |
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