All Comment articles – Page 14
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OpinionStanding up for chemistry
The RSC’s president, Lesley Yellowlees, sets out her ambitions for the coming years
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OpinionSilicone safety: the status quo
Public alarm over the use of silicone is unwarranted, says Alan Lansdown
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OpinionPlaying with water
Tom Waller discusses the science and technology that can help make the difference between swimming and winning
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OpinionProtecting the spirit of competition
Keeping sport clean requires a constant, concerted effort that carries on long after the race is run, says Michael Stow
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OpinionThe knowledge economy
Simon Coles proposes an alternative approach to sharing scientific information. For what it’s worth…
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OpinionSpanish science in crisis?
Reducing Spain’s science budget jeopardises decades of Spanish scientific progress says Nazario Martín
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Opinion21st century toxicology
Thomas Hartung discusses the next generation of toxicity testing and the regulatory science of the future
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Opinion
The Iron Lady
Howard Peters takes a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, an Oxford chemistry graduate who became the UK’s only female prime minister
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Biotech's bravura performer
Bibiana Campos Seijo talks to scientist, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Chris Evans
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The complex paradox of science
Science can provide solutions for society, says Rutger van Santen, but only if it is given the freedom to find the unexpected
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Be careful what you wish for
The struggle for a single unitary European patent may be close to an end, says Darren Smyth, but we must still hold out for an agreement that performs as it should
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Integrity governance, a no brainer
Ireland must match recent research investment efforts with appropriate research integrity oversight or risk losing public support, says Maura Hiney
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Integrity begins at home
James Parry argues that safeguarding the integrity and quality of research is best achieved through cultural and not regulatory means
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Scholarisine A
Ring strain is a fascinating phenomenon - one that is best understood with plastic modelling kits, wearing safety specs for ring sizes of four or less. These smaller rings are packed with energy, resulting from both tight bond angles (deviating from the tetrahedral ideal of 109.5?), and ...
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OpinionAsteriscunolide D
Medium rings are a beguiling feature found in a host of natural products, owing to their behavioural oddities. While the properties and synthesis of smaller rings (three to six atoms in size) are well known, and that of true macrocycles can at least be estimated, each medium ...