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Issue 2
25th
January 2010
C&I Magazine
C&I MagazineThe leading source of news and opinion in the arena of chemical technology
Cover Story
Meredith Lloyd-Evans explores some of the
next wave of innovations emerging from
the world’s vast marine resources
News
Patrick Walter,
25/01/2010
The US chemical industry appears
to have turned a corner as two new
reports suggest that the worst effects
of the recession may be over and
recovery is starting.
Patrick Walter,
25/01/2010
After the failure of the Copenhagen
climate conference to come up with
any binding emissions targets it
appears that many countries around
the world might take matters into their
own hands.
Features
Snehal Desai,
25/01/2010
Levulinic ketals derived from plant biomass provide
novel chemical building blocks that offer practical
alternatives to petrochemicals, writes Snehal Desai
Emma Dorey,
25/01/2010
As scientific enterprise becomes ever more competitive it appears that misconduct
and outright fraud is increasing. Emma Dorey writes that researchers are only now
beginning to get a handle on the size of the problem
Editor's Blog
Davos debates
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In the Swiss winter resort of Davos last week, there appeared to be two groups of delegates at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Europe and the rest of world with two distinct outlooks: optimism in most of the world and pessimism from European attendees. The picture might have been different if the delegates had known that the next news about the world economy was likely to be less than optimistic, but again much of this week’s bad news has been from Europe.
Despite the hand wringing about the economic outlook, there was some ‘good news’ in terms of health initiatives, from the likes of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation amongst others, and there was still room for optimism regarding the outlook for feeding the world's ever-growing population.