All Columns articles – Page 87

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    Letters: February 2008

    2008-01-28T14:12:00Z

    From Chris Ewels The British Carbon Group (a special interest group of the RSC, the Institute of Physics and the Society of Chemical Industry) is organising an image competition, including a category for under-18s. There is a ?150 prize in each category and there will be a prize-giving ...

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    Flashback

    2008-01-28T14:10:35Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Celebrity chemists

    2008-01-28T14:10:00Z

    I suppose you know that Margaret Thatcher started out as a chemist

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    Opinion

    Sprengel pump

    2008-01-28T13:59:00Z

    It has long been said that nature abhors a vacuum

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    Comment

    2008-01-28T13:01:46Z

    The year ahead may offer financial uncertainty, but it also has abundant opportunities, says Andrew Hagan

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    The fable of phlogiston

    2008-01-28T12:46:00Z

    Philip Ball argues that phlogiston was actually a pretty good idea

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    Editorial: Funding physics

    2008-01-28T11:38:00Z

    Physics is embroiled in a funding crisis

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    Flashback

    2007-12-20T14:38:27Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Letters: January 2008

    2007-12-20T14:29:00Z

    From Bernard Langley May I congratulate you and your colleagues on your splendid November issue of Chemistry World. The balance of topics, the quality of the writing, the enthusiastic spirit of the whole thing - from your editorial right through to that magnificent killer review of the green chemistry book ...

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    Schlenk apparatus

    2007-12-20T14:20:00Z

    Wilhelm Johann Schlenk, the German chemist who prepared some of the first organosodium and organolithium compounds, and developed the inert-atmosphere techniques now common in many labs

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    A notable year for closures and layoffs

    2007-12-20T14:11:00Z

    It's been a rough year, but the future looks bright, says Derek Lowe

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    The confines of chemical space

    2007-12-20T14:11:00Z

    Philip Ball wonders whether chemical space limits chemists' creativity

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    Comment

    2007-12-20T14:03:52Z

    Karen Gurney and Jonathan Adams of Evidence Ltd investigate how the numbers stack up

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    Editorial: Hail to the chief

    2007-12-20T13:31:00Z

    The new year sees John Beddington begin his tenure as the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser

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    Flashback

    2007-11-28T15:18:07Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Being a chemist is not bad for your health

    2007-11-28T15:17:00Z

    In every issue of RSC News, I look at the 'deaths' column

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    Letters: December 2007

    2007-11-28T15:17:00Z

    From David Feakins Congratulations on the splendid October issue of Chemistry World. I found all the articles on the topic of energy absolutely riveting. For example, I have always been a supporter of nuclear fission as a medium-term answer to the supply of energy, but had not realised until I ...

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    Beckmann thermometer

    2007-11-28T14:11:00Z

    There was a time, long ago, that few of us remember, when you couldn't just head down to the basement and get a quick NMR or mass spectrum of your latest compound

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    The complicated context of credit

    2007-11-28T14:10:00Z

    Philip Ball wonders how to give credit where it's due

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    Is chemistry still valuable?

    2007-11-28T14:10:00Z

    Derek Lowe squares up to the challenge of biologics