All Columns articles – Page 48
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – awards for Chemistry World
Over the past decade the magazine has won or been nominated for several awards
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OpinionTwisting activity from amides
When amides get out of shape, a whole new world of asymmetric aldol reactions opens up, says Karl Collins
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OpinionCarl Djerassi - chemistry and theatre
Carl Djerassi explains his move from distinguished chemist to ‘intellectual smuggler’
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OpinionGarbage in, garbage out
The rise of low-quality and predatory open access journals and conferences worries Derek Lowe
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OpinionGood advice
Rather than axing his chief scientific adviser, the next president of the European commission should enhance the role
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OpinionAppreciating art criticism
Philip Ball considers Chinese works of art that comment on environmental and chemical issues
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Opinion
Thanks all. It's been a pleasure
After five and a half years I’m moving on to new challenges
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OpinionDoes life play dice?
Philip Ball wonders whether life evolved to exploit quantum phenomena, or if it’s just in our nature
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Developments in chemical education
At the American Chemical Society meeting we heard about how students are now engaging in alternative ways of communicating and promoting science
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OpinionThe trouble with boycotts
Cutting academic ties with a censured state can do more harm than good, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionTrekking across chemical frontiers
You can’t shake a 1000 gallon reactor, says Chemjobber, so plant-scale hydrogenation is a challenge of phase boundaries
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OpinionDeath of a reagent
Fashion and progress combine to mean some reactions and reagents persist, while others fall by the wayside, says Derek Lowe
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OpinionPsylloborine A
Late stage dimerisation is a tantalisingly elegant but risky strategy for total synthesis, says BRSM
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OpinionThe crystal ball that can tell lies
X-ray structures are not necessarily definitive, says Derek Lowe, especially when it comes to biomolecules
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OpinionThe fascinating in the familiar
A simple droplet shows that there are still plenty of puzzles to ponder in everyday observations, says Philip Ball