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OpinionLiebig's Kaliapparat
Justus von Liebig (1803–1873) was a German chemist, co-discoverer of isomerism, father of agricultural chemistry and revolutionised chemical analysis
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Editorial: Spanish science
You could say that this editorial is completely biased. And, to an extent, it is, as it covers new technologies and focuses on Spain
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Difficult diseases to drug
Derek Lowe wonders why some diseases are easier to drug than others
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Letters: September 2009
Derek Bailey raises his concerns over the amount of carbon sequestration that can occur before oxygen depletion becomes a significant issue (Chemistry World, August 2009, p36) and asks if the relevant calculations have been done. Although the Earth System is complex and exhibits tightly coupled feedback loops, indicative upper limits ...
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Darwin's chemistry
This year marks the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the sesquicentenary of his On the Origin of Species, one of the most important and influential books ever published.
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Problems starting
My boyfriend continues to question why his car battery has chosen today (at -2°C) to fail
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Letters: August 2009
My colleagues and I on the committee of the South Africa North local section of the RSC enjoyed the excellent article highlighting some of the challenges facing us in South Africa, particularly when it comes to developing the chemical sciences (Chemistry World, June 2009, p46). We were, however, extremely ...
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A nose for nanoparticles
Zinc nanoparticles appear to have the ability to make odorants smell stronger and could a give a valuable insight into how olfaction works, says Philip Ball
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Beautiful chemistry
Derek Lowe considers what makes a good looking drug molecule - and how beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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OpinionThiele tube
Johannes Thiele - the Prussian inventor of a temperature-stable convection heating tube for melting point analysis
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Editorial: Impact factors
Every year at the beginning of the summer, the ISI journal impact factors (IFs) are announced
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OpinionMary's bath
Approximately 2nd century AD. One of the earliest alchemists, inventor of the 'bain marie', the kerotakis apparatus and the tribikos still
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Polyhedra of the past
Today polyhedra speak to chemists of fullerenes and other cage molecules. But they once had a very different meaning, says Philip Ball
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Formulation chemist friction
Derek Lowe wonders where we'd be without the formulation chemists