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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
Perceptions of climate change
Are you a denier or a doubter? Uninterested or engaged? These are the four categories of people identified in a survey carried out Italy and the UK as having views on climate change (I. Lorenzoni and M. Hulme, Public Understanding of Science, 2009, 18, 383). The researchers also add that for most people in Europe, climate change is distant from their lives.
And now with the latest revelations about the IPCC and the activities of its members, public disinterest is only likely to increase.