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Issue 19
12th
October 2009
C&I Magazine
C&I MagazineThe leading source of news and opinion in the arena of chemical technology
Cover Story
As laboratory environments continue to evolve, embracing the benefits of
automation and efficient data management is becoming more critical, write
Charles Hindbaugh and Christine Paszko
News
Patrick Walter,
12/10/2009
As many as 7m people in Ukraine
and Moldova are being put at risk
by poor storage of a stockpile of the
chemical hexachlorobenzene (HCB),
the International HCH and Pesticides
Association (IHPA) has warned.
Patrick Walter,
12/10/2009
Christian Jourquin, ceo of Solvay and
European Chemical Industry Council
(Cefic) president, told delegates at
the Cefic Global Chemical Industry
European Convention in Lisbon,
Portugal, that the EU chemical
industry is ‘facing an unprecedented
challenge’.
Features
Anthony King,
12/10/2009
Researchers are gearing up to make batteries for electric vehicles that are
cheaper, safer, lighter and store more energy, reports Anthony King
Michael Gross,
12/10/2009
The price of sequencing
an entire human genome
is falling fast, thanks
to a new generation of
sequencing technologies,
but how low can it go?
Michael Gross investigates
Editor's Blog
Popular science
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Despite all the recent news about falling university applications from students in the UK, due, it is claimed, to the increased fee levels that are now in force, the attraction of science courses appears to be undiminished. In fact, some science subjects may be even more popular in terms of gaining a degree than recent increases in applications may have indicated.
According to figures published last week by the UK higher education admissions service (UCAS), applications from budding chemical engineers have increased by 12.4% to reach 11,890, compared with the same time in 2011. Although overall applications for physical sciences have fallen slightly by 0.6%, applications for all UK university courses have fallen by over 7%. These are the first figures to have been published since the introduction of higher tuition fees, which have risen as high as £9000/year.