All Comment articles – Page 7
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OpinionWhy choice of solvent matters more than you think
Weak interactions with solvents could change the chemical identity of a solution
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OpinionWhy you should care about Fair data
The benefits of findable, accessible, interoperable and re-useable information
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OpinionWhat now for the world's chemical weapons watchdog?
Attacks in Salisbury, Kuala Lumpur and Syria show that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons needs to evolve
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OpinionJames Smithson: a lordly legacy
The chemist who established the world’s largest centre for science
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OpinionCrum Brown: knitting the world
Celebrating the 180th birthday of the man who illustrated the chemical bond
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OpinionLeif Tronstad: the heavy water hero
The chemist who ended Nazi attempts to make an atomic bomb
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OpinionHow to spot fake scientific instruments
Is this a 16th century astrolabe, or a modern-day forgery?
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OpinionA blueprint for colour-blind science
The US political climate is hostile to people of colour – but progress has been stagnant for decades
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OpinionThe value of quantification
A skills gap is emerging in organic synthesis that needs to be closed
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OpinionThe forgotten father of chemistry?
New evidence reveals how a 16th century Italian physician shaped modern science
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OpinionIndependent banking
Research shouldn’t be held ransom by the Spanish government in the fight over Catalonia
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OpinionStanding up for good science
Recent opposition to fluoridation in Hull shows how bad science impacts public opinion
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OpinionIs radiochemistry in danger of collapse?
Retirement and lack of political will is creating a shortfall in skilled scientists
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OpinionWhen Antarctica stopped being only for men
Toxic ideas about heroism blocked women’s access to science
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OpinionRecharging the UK's battery industry
The £246 million Faraday Challenge is welcome – but it’s not enough
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OpinionSolving the technetium medical isotope shortage
The UK has a solution to the potential shortage of technetium-99m – but that’s no reason to be complacent about leaving Euratom