All Columns articles – Page 47
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An end to bubble puzzle trouble?
Has a 20-year-old problem finally been solved, asks Philip Ball
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Power to the people
Scientists are harnessing public support to strengthen their political muscle
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Progress at the pace of the slowest
Chemistry is rarely the rate-limiting process in getting a drug to market, says Derek Lowe
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Synthesising the midnight oil
A chemical plant on a night shift is just as lively as through the day, says Chemjobber, but for different reasons
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It's time to speak up for Europe
Researchers in the UK benefit enormously from their country’s membership of the EU. They need to say so, argues Mark Peplow
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Flashback: 2004 – the periodic table as contemporary art
An RSC poster of the periodic table from Damien Hirst’s restaurant sold for £6000
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Public health is the bottom line
To safeguard society, regulators must be free from the influence of industry interests, says Martin Pigeon
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Good science, bad science?
Paul Leonard is concerned by industry’s exclusion from policy panels – it’s the science that matters, not who pays for it
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An interdisciplinary celebration
This year’s Nobel prize in chemistry is a classic tale of beating impossible odds and the laws of physics
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Flashback: 2004 – mergers in Manchester
UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester merged to form the University of Manchester
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Lycopodium alkaloids
Not all natural products are created equal. BRSM looks at a flexible route to some perennial favourites
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Chemical space is big. Really big
You think it’s a long way to the back of your screening libraries? That’s peanuts to chemical space, says Derek Lowe
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Two for the price of one
This year’s Nobel prizes show that chemistry truly is the central science
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Not all science is created equal
John Ioannidis explains why researchers should be curious about the differences between disciplines
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An escape plan
Karin Bodewits suggests that academia’s chairs might hold more women if they have a clear view of the exit
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