All Columns articles – Page 56
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OpinionA century of isotopes
Once appalled by the military use of his discoveries, Frederick Soddy would pleased by his legacy today, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionNovelty hits top the charts
There’s no formula for citation success, says Philip Ball, but high-impact tracts mix the classical with the unconventional
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OpinionMarcfortines B & C
Paul Docherty ponders a tasty cheeseboard as a source of synthetic inspiration
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Nobel double whammy for chemistry
Is ‘they don’t do “real” chemistry’ the worst argument ever?
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OpinionNatural born chemists
Redesigning nature’s catalysts is tantalising but tricky, says Derek Lowe
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OpinionFlashback: 1988 – British Biotechnology
The excitement surrounding the Oxford based firm was unfortunately not to last
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OpinionExplosive mixtures
Nobel’s name was made in explosives, but what about the chemistry behind them?
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OpinionThe judgement of your peers
A bit of hindsight goes a long way in measuring scientific quality, says Mark Peplow
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Chemistry's climate of scepticism
Philip Ball asks why chemistry seems to have more than its share of global warming’s opponents
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OpinionCrystallography 101
Philip Ball reflects on a century of progress in the science of structure
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Divided by a common language
American and British English may differ, but data has no borders
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OpinionFlashback: 1983 – a new award from the RSC
The Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship was launched to encourage research in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry of transition metals
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OpinionClearing the air about the hydrogen economy
Hydrogen as an important fuel is no pipe dream, says Martin Smith
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OpinionThe great chemistry cookoff
Is the comparison between chemistry and cooking really an insult?
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OpinionWhat's the use?
Not every reaction can be run in a bucket, says Derek Lowe, but there are limits to what should be classed as ‘useful’
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Possible versus practical
Hype and fanciful predictions are distracting society from finding realistic solutions, say William Banholzer and Mark Jones