All articles by Chemistry World – Page 8
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OpinionLetters: February 2017
The many interesting ways you have almost ended up in hospital thanks to home-brew experiments
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PuzzleOn the spot - At a busy lay by
Click to find out what the National Chemical Emergency Centre says you should do
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PuzzleOn the spot - On a hot day
Click to find out what the National Chemical Emergency Centre says you should do
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PodcastBook Club - The secret life of fat
The Chemistry World team discusses the benfits and drawbacks of the most maligned body tissue
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PromotionJoin us for our science communication competition final
Our 2017 sci-comm competition looks at chemistry where you live
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OpinionLetters: January 2017
You share your memories of bromine explosions and question the blue flash of solvated electrons
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PodcastBook Club - Homo deus and our favourite books of 2016
We review the bestseller, Homo deus and then the Chemistry World team discusses their favourite books of 2016
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OpinionLetters: December 2016
You ask about the value of a library and muse about the perils of review by social media
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PuzzleOn the spot – On a police raid
Click to find out what the National Chemical Emergency Centre says you should do
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CareersTime after time: how academic researchers spend their working life
The average academic researcher spends fewer than four out of every 10 working hours on research
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PodcastBook Club – I contain multitudes
They say you are what you eat, but actually you’re mainly what eats you
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PuzzleOn the spot – Late at night
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OpinionLetters: November 2016
Your opinions about the new-look Chemistry World and how to aid refugee scientists
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PodcastBook Club – Big data: does size matter?
We are destined to become just a number in a big set of numbers. We discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this
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CareersIt all adds up: chemistry courses requiring maths for entry
The UK degree courses that need maths grades
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CareersUniversity challenge: where UK higher education gets its funding
UK universities have a net income of some £33 billion, with almost £6 billion generated in tuition fees. This has more than made up for a drop in funding and increased staff costs since 2011, with a surplus of around £2 billion for 2014/15. (Figures are in millions)Source: HESA
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PodcastBook Club – Science and the city: the mechanics behind the metropolis
In this month’s book club we discuss the technologies that help modern cities function
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OpinionLetters: October 2016
You share how chemistry is fairing in Cornwall and whether deuterium could be responsible for ageing
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OpinionHow to win the Nobel prize part 1: criteria
Bengt Norden discusses the critera against which research is judged