In the last few years, the environmental footprint concept has obtained an increasing interest by both the scientific and political communities. The chemical footprint evaluation aims to assess at what extent actual emission of chemicals harms the ecosystems above their capability to recover (the so-called carrying capacity of the system).

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Research Integrity: Science Community Needs to Address Threats by Research Assessments

Roger Pfister

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The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has a long-standing commitment to the International Council for Science (ICSU), a non-governmental organization with a global membership of national scientific bodies representing 141 countries and 31 International Scientific Unions, including IUPAC since 1922. Among its three strategic priorities, the Council works to promote the Principle of Universality of Science, enshrined in its Statute 5 and adherence to which is a condition of ICSU Membership.

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IUPAC and ICSU—A Comment

Leiv K. Sydnes

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Invitation to host the ICSU Secretariat for the Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS)

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Drug Design and Development: A Research Center More Than Twenty Years in the Making

Paul Erhardt

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Youth Views on Sustainability: Size Matters, But So Does Speed

Jonathan de Roo

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I’m a man. I like speed! I drive my car fast. I hate waiting but I always pick the wrong queue in the supermarket. Same thing applies to my research. I’m a chemist and I have to do chemical reactions but can’t stand slow reactions.

IUPAC Wire

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Mort Hoffman Receives Chemistry Education Award

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Professor Morton Z. Hoffman has received the Distinguished Contribution to Chemistry Education (DCCE) Award from the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE) of the on the occasion of the 23rd International Conference on Chemistry Education (ICCE) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (13 July 2014).

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Vânia G. Zuin is awarded the CHEMRAWN VII Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry

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The 2014 CHEMRAWN VII Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry was awarded to Professor Vânia G. Zuin from Federal University of São Carlos in São Carlos, Brazil, at the 5th International IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry, held in Durban, South Africa at the end of August.

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Sébastien Perrier received the 2014 IUPAC- Samsung Young Polymer Scientist Award

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In July 2014, the IUPAC Polymer Division announced that Sébastien Perrier from the University of Warwick, UK and Monash University, Australia, was the 2014 recipient of the IUPAC-Samsung Young Polymer Scientist Award.

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DSM Materials Sciences Award 2014 goes to Prof. Jian Ping Gong

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Royal DSM, the global life sciences and materials sciences company, announced on 8 July 2014 that Prof. Jian Ping Gong, Professor of the Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Japan has been awarded the DSM Materials Sciences Award 2014 in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the advancement of double-network hydrogels and materials sciences.

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2015 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists announced

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The IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists is intended to encourage outstanding young research scientists at the beginning of their careers. The awards are given for the most outstanding PhD theses in the general area of the chemical sciences, as described in a 1000-word essay. The award is generously sponsored by Solvay. Applications for the 2015 Awards are now being solicited and the deadline is 1 February 2015.

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In Memoriam: Gerrit den Boef

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In early July, we learned with sadness of the passing of Gerrit Den Boef. Professor den Boef was 88. He retired from IUPAC activities more than ten years ago as the first chair of the Project Committee (1999-2001) and his last General Assembly was in Brisbane in July 2001. Long-time IUPAC members will remember him either as a Member or President of the Analytical Chemistry Division, or later as IUPAC Secretary General (1991-1995).

The Project Place

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Critically evaluated rate parameters for chain-length-dependent termination in radical polymerization of styrene and n-alkyl methacrylates

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Guidelines for assigning values and calculating uncertainties to the standard atomic weights

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Nano-pesticides in the Environment

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Medicinal Chemistry in Drug Discovery, India

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Biological Context by TextData-mining

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IUPAC Recommendations for the definition, preferred symbol for all transport properties

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End-of-line hyphenation of systematic chemical names

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Making an imPACt

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Single-molecule fluorescence imaging by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (IUPAC Technical Report)

Alex E. Knight

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Updates to the International System of Units (SI) brochure (8th edition)

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Variation in the terrestrial isotopic composition and atomic weight of argon (IUPAC Technical Report)

J.K. Böhlke

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Provisional Recommendations

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Nomenclature and Graphic Representations for Chemically Modified Polymers

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Conference Call

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Big Data for International Scientific Programmes

Simon Hodson

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CD3—A Celebration More Than 20 Years in the Making

Paul Erhardt

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Solid State Chemistry

Milan Drabik

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Where 2B & Y

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Highlights in Medicinal Chemistry

26-30 January 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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European Polymer Congress

21-26 June 2015, Dresden, Germany

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Point of Care Testing

5-6 May 2015, Barcelona, Spain

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Research Integrity

31 May – 3 June 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Mark Your Calendar

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Index 2014

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Stamps International

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The International Year of Crystallography (2014): A Philatelic Celebration

Daniel Rabinovich

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The International Year of Crystallography (IYCr) is a year-round celebration of the science of crystallography, its enthralling history, and its multifarious contributions to society. Sponsored by UNESCO and the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), a sister organization of IUPAC, the year 2014 marks, among other milestones, the centennial of the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to the German physicist Max von Laue (1879-1960) for his seminal discovery of the diffraction of X‑rays by crystals. According to the IUCr, close to 50 scientists have now been awarded Nobel Prizes for scientific achievements directly related to, or relying heavily on the use of, crystallographic methods! Hence, it is not surprising that X‑ray crystallography has experienced an explosive growth since its inception and is now considered to be the most powerful technique for the determination of the structure of matter. As such, it is a key driving force in the development of modern chemistry, physics, molecular biology, nanotechnology, medicine, materials science, and many other fields of science and technology.

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Chemistry International November-December 2014 Volume 36 No. 6

Planetary Boundaries and Chemical Pollution: A Grail Quest?

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Research Integrity: Science Community Needs to Address Threats by Research Assessments

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IUPAC and ICSU—A Comment

Invitation to host the ICSU Secretariat for the Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS)

Drug Design and Development: A Research Center More Than Twenty Years in the Making

Youth Views on Sustainability: Size Matters, But So Does Speed

Abstract

Mort Hoffman Receives Chemistry Education Award

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Vânia G. Zuin is awarded the CHEMRAWN VII Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry

Abstract

Sébastien Perrier received the 2014 IUPAC- Samsung Young Polymer Scientist Award

Abstract

DSM Materials Sciences Award 2014 goes to Prof. Jian Ping Gong

Abstract

2015 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists announced

Abstract

In Memoriam: Gerrit den Boef

Abstract

Critically evaluated rate parameters for chain-length-dependent termination in radical polymerization of styrene and n-alkyl methacrylates

Guidelines for assigning values and calculating uncertainties to the standard atomic weights

Nano-pesticides in the Environment

Medicinal Chemistry in Drug Discovery, India

Biological Context by TextData-mining

IUPAC Recommendations for the definition, preferred symbol for all transport properties

End-of-line hyphenation of systematic chemical names

Single-molecule fluorescence imaging by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (IUPAC Technical Report)

Updates to the International System of Units (SI) brochure (8th edition)

Variation in the terrestrial isotopic composition and atomic weight of argon (IUPAC Technical Report)

Provisional Recommendations

Nomenclature and Graphic Representations for Chemically Modified Polymers

Big Data for International Scientific Programmes

CD3—A Celebration More Than 20 Years in the Making

Solid State Chemistry

Highlights in Medicinal Chemistry

26-30 January 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

European Polymer Congress

21-26 June 2015, Dresden, Germany

Point of Care Testing

5-6 May 2015, Barcelona, Spain

Research Integrity

31 May – 3 June 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mark Your Calendar

Index 2014

The International Year of Crystallography (2014): A Philatelic Celebration

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