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INSIDE VOLUME 81 ISSUE 10 FEATURES


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26 Sweet smell of success Tackling malaria with mosquitos


18 The drugs don’t work Inside the US opioid epidemic 22 Speed king The race for supremacy by battery tech developers NEWS


5 Industrial strategy 6 Nanofibre manufacturing risk 7 Better water-splitting catalyst 8 EU biotech delivers 9 Killing fields 10 Magic cure for depression 11 Big birthday wish-list for NHS 12 Business digest 14 People Movers and shakers 15 World’s fastest laser


34 Challenge accepted Informatics for QBD


36 Feed the world Searching for more efficient ways of producing ammonia REGULARS


4 Leader 16 Diary 39 Comment Catalytic future 40 Reviews 42 Global view Argentina 43 Global view India 44 Global view Taiwan 45 Highlights 48 SCI Member news


The new age of electric vehicles will require further improvements for batteries


30 57 channels Enhancing the value chain


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Neil Eisberg Editor neil.eisberg@soci.org


Cath O’Driscoll Deputy editor cath.odriscoll@soci.org


Simon Evans Design sevans@wiley.com


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