All Comment articles – Page 15

  • TOTALLY-SYNTHETIC_p038_200
    Opinion

    Dragmacidin D

    2011-12-22T10:14:00Z

    Why do we make functional groups? That might come across as the dumbest question of the year, but there’s actually a point behind it. The majority of functional groups present in the synthetic intermediates in a synthesis don’t make it to the target - they are consumed, ...

  • TOTALLY_SYNTHETIC_p36_180
    Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-11-28T15:10:00Z

    (-)-Gymnodimine

  • Opinion

    Forgotten pioneers

    2011-11-28T15:03:00Z

    Who were the women that first led the way for female professional chemists? Marelene and Geoff Rayner-Canham reveal the story

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-11-28T14:57:01Z

    Nicole Moreau looks back on a year of chemistry

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-10-27T08:44:37Z

    We must improve the chemistry between industry and society, says Graeme Armstrong

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-10-27T08:33:16Z

    The UK government has lost the ability to ensure that the research that it really needs gets done, says Jack Stilgoe

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-10-26T15:15:38Z

    Gelsemoxonine

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-09-29T14:20:32Z

    Will filling your car with biofuel ever be sustainable? Matthew Aylott says that new technology is set to make this dream a reality

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-09-29T14:19:17Z

    Biofuels are needed more urgently than ever, but issues of land use change and management must be considered first, say Jeremy Woods, Seyed Ali Hosseini and Nilay Shah

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-09-29T14:18:01Z

    On their return from Monza, Bibiana Campos Seijo talks to the Williams F1 team about tyre performance, fuel and the chemistry of racing

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-09-29T14:14:35Z

    The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is having to make some tough funding decisions, says David Delpy

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-09-29T13:42:00Z

    Synechoxanthin

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-08-26T14:36:38Z

    Gliocladin C

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-08-26T11:44:40Z

    A confused picture has emerged following the EPSRCs funding announcement, says David Phillips

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-08-26T11:38:20Z

    Ahead of the 24th General conference on weights and measures in October, Peter Atkins explains the benefits of the new SI

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-08-26T11:34:49Z

    Following the recent release of guidelines detailing how universities will be assessed in the upcoming REF, Richard Catlow talks about this important exercise

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-07-28T15:17:57Z

    Yuanhuapin

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-07-28T15:08:14Z

    Gordon Mizner argues that fair and well-structured internships are vital to attracting the best students into chemical careers

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2011-06-30T09:50:29Z

    Trevor Keel and Graham Hutchings celebrate a partnership that rarely gets a mention

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-06-30T09:50:28Z

    Rippertenol