All Flashback articles – Page 2
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – the periodic table as contemporary art
An RSC poster of the periodic table from Damien Hirst’s restaurant sold for £6000
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – mergers in Manchester
UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester merged to form the University of Manchester
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – awards for Chemistry World
Over the past decade the magazine has won or been nominated for several awards
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – the National Science Learning Centre
Plans were laid for a new network of science learning centres to be established across the UK
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – CoEBio3
The Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis, Biotransformations and Biocatalytic Manufacture opened its doors in 2004
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – big, big pharma
Aventis accepted a takeover bid from French rival Sanofi Synthélabo, creating the world’s third largest pharma giant
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – love for the library
The Royal Society of Chemistry gave members access to the Knovel library
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – soapy artworks
Soap was found to have formed on the surface of some oil paintings
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – new superheavy elements
Scientists in Russia and the US created elements 113 and 115
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – counterfeit coinage
XRF spectrometry helped to sort real money from fool’s gold
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – new lab for Oxford
Researchers moved into Oxford University’s new Chemistry Research Laboratory
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OpinionFlashback: 1988 – chemistry in Westminster
MPs were entertained with dry ice at the RSC’s first chemistry week exhibition in Westminster
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OpinionFlashback: 1988 – British Biotechnology
The excitement surrounding the Oxford based firm was unfortunately not to last
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OpinionFlashback: 1983 – a new award from the RSC
The Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship was launched to encourage research in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry of transition metals
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OpinionFlashback: 1983 – Cookson Group celebrate golden anniversary
Cookson Group celebrate 50 years at Perivale site
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OpinionFlashback: 1993 – forensic advice
After a suggestion from the RSC a royal commission proposed a Forensic Science Advisory Council
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OpinionFlashback: 1988 – chemical weapon collaboration
Russian and British teams discuss chemical warfare as a step towards a ban
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Flashback: 1993 – problems at Pittcon
Snow storms stranded people at Pittcon in 1993, making the conference memorable for the wrong reasons