All Columns articles – Page 94
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Opinion
Cross-disciplinary successes
Cross-disciplinary research is essential. Chris St Pourçain explores the funding problems and ways to increase the number of applications
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Opinion
Editorial: Can't quit coal? Capture carbon
Mechanisms exist to help China minimise the environmental impact of its dependence on coal
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Letters: December 2005
From Graham Hills How many chemistry departments do we need? How long is a piece of string? If you ask a simplistic question you must expect a simplistic answer. All that your correspondents are able to offer are patched-up versions of the status quo (Chemistry World, October 2005, p11). More ...
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The good, the bad and the ugly
Three events which together constitute the good, the bad and the ugly sides of a medical breakthrough
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Opinion
Editorial: Testing Reach
Progress of the EU chemicals policy, Reach, highlights the need for alternative tests
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Opinion
Quorn and industrial espionage
The recent acquisition of Quorn by Premier Foods rekindles memories of one of the most audacious cases of industrial espionage.
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Opinion
Keeping European chemistry competitive
Alfred Oberholz says the EU's sustainable chemistry technology platform can help boost the European chemical community's competitiveness
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Letters: January 2006
From Barry Knight Richard Biddulph asks whether there is a procedure for neutralising acid inks using zinc diethyl (Chemistry World, November 2005, p32). The Library of Congress, Washington DC, US, did indeed carry out lengthy experiments on deacidifying books with diethyl zinc (DEZ) in the 1980s. However, DEZ reacts violently ...
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Letters: October 2005
From Bill George In his article entitled Claiming Einstein for chemistry (Chemistry World, September 2005, p38) Philip Ball admits to talking ’somewhat with tongue in cheek’. The claimed contribution of special relativity in 1905 to chemistry as practised and generally understood is tenuous. Ball is misleading by crediting Einstein ...
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How many chemistry departments do we need?
The number and nature of departments delivering undergraduate chemistry degrees is changing. Paul O'Brien analyses how many are needed