Commentary – Page 11

Opinion

Diplomacy through education

2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

Jay Siegel is building the future of China’s Tianjin University by looking to its past – combining the academic cultures of east and west

Opinion

Peak oil is not a myth

2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

Fracking won’t plug the gap in crude oil’s falling figures, says Chris Rhodes. Oil’s exhaustion is inevitable

Opinion

Arsenic and old waste

2014-01-23T00:00:00Z

William Bains worries that scientists are losing their way in the wild frontiers of research

Opinion

Cut price pills cost more than pennies

2013-12-19T00:00:00Z

We can’t afford to let the demand for cheaper medicines force compromises on quality, says Steven Ford

Opinion

Where is the chemistry?

2013-12-13T00:00:00Z

Proposals for doctoral training centres lack one important element, says David Parker: some science

Opinion

Put the chemistry back in medicinal chemistry

2013-11-28T00:00:00Z

Pursuing skewed priorities and easy options has impoverished the pharmaceutical industry, says David Lathbury.

Opinion

Clearing the air about the hydrogen economy

2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hydrogen as an important fuel is no pipe dream, says Martin Smith

Opinion

Emancipate your data

2013-09-23T00:00:00Z

Henry Rzepa explains why our data deserves a place all its own

Opinion

Possible versus practical

2013-09-19T00:00:00Z

Hype and fanciful predictions are distracting society from finding realistic solutions, say William Banholzer and Mark Jones

Opinion

Science unlimited

2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

Diversity breeds creativity, says Geri Richmond, but only if everyone feels part of the team

Opinion

Diversity: leading the way

2013-08-15T00:00:00Z

Julia Higgins discusses gender diversity in the sciences, what has been achieved and what still needs to be done

Opinion

Cost reporting is more than worth it

2013-07-25T00:00:00Z

The time for the chemical sector to report the environmental impact of its products is long overdue, says Michael Collins

Opinion

An 'Aye' for details

2013-07-10T00:00:00Z

Small steps by synthetic chemists could mean giant leaps for those who follow, says Karl Collins

Opinion

The Choshu five

2013-06-27T00:00:00Z

Alwyn Davies recounts how five Japanese students and their chemist mentor changed Japanese society forever

Opinion

Change: the only constant

2013-06-20T00:00:00Z

Jim Al-Khalili discusses the risks involved in switching to a new area of research and invites chemists to take a quantum biology leap

Opinion

A carbon-based future

2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Society should be prepared to see its reliance on fossil fuels continue long into the 21st century, says Arno de Klerk

Opinion

Compulsory licences: necessity or threat?

2013-05-23T00:00:00Z

Are compulsory licences for patent-protected drugs a necessary measure, or a threat to innovation?

Opinion

Chemical bibliometrics

2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

Andreas Barth suggests that regarding research from a molecular viewpoint reveals the big picture

Opinion

Opening up and sharing

2013-04-18T00:00:00Z

Openly sharing information and research is changing chemistry, says Jean-Claude Bradley. Be first, or be forgotten

Opinion

An artful solution to scientist shortfall

2013-04-04T00:00:00Z

Joe Connor recalls a little known scheme to persuade arts students into science and asks what we might learn from it today