The battle for hearts and minds
The role of science in policy-making has been a matter for debate in recent years. This is especially true of chemicals policy, which needs to rely on the bedrock of sound science if it is to have cre...
Personalised probiotics
In a paper in the Lancet in February 2008, researchers reported1 that 24 people taking part in trials of a novel treatment for acute pancreatitis involving probiotics had died, compared with only nine...
More support needed for biopesticides
The management of plant pests relies heavily on synthetic chemical pesticides, but problems of natural resistance and the withdrawal of some products from the market for either regulatory or commercia...
The chemistry of trust: attracting new talent
The perception of the chemical industry is not a positive one, which is both unfair and worrying in its consequences. The out-dated image of grimy manufacturing industry, toxic and polluting compounds...
Can engineers solve global warming?
Professor Roger Kemp Over the past 10 years, combating global warming has moved from a subject discussed at environmental conferences to a main plank of national and international policy. Few now...