All History articles – Page 15
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PodcastPhenolphthalein
Kat Arney gets to the bottom of the story of phenolphthalein – a chemical with two very different uses. If you've measured pH in a classroom or had some trouble in the bathroom, you may have met this compound before.
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PodcastCaryophyllene
A biologically active compound from the biblical balm of Gilead, said to ‘heal the sin-sick soul’ and mentioned at the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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NewsHow Nasa has contributed to chemistry
A look at six decades of science from the US space agency
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ReviewChernobyl: History of a Tragedy
What went wrong on the 26 April 1986 disaster and what continued to go wrong in the days, weeks and years that followed
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OpinionThe physicist's guide to biology
How Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life? overlooked the central science
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NewsChemist confused for French architect in Russian monument
Wikipedia blamed for depicting wrong person in tribute to the architects of St Petersburg
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OpinionCouette’s cell
Maurice Marie Alfred Couette, French physicist (1858-1943) and pioneer in fluid dynamics
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PodcastEthyl iodoacetate
A tear gas used by the British army in the first world war, picked, in part, because of our access to seaweed
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ResearchIron-trapping nanoparticles could help preserve the Mary Rose
Removing iron from the 16th century shipwreck’s wooden structures can halt the formation of sulfuric acid
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ResearchFatty acid residues reveal impact of climate change on ancient farming community
Lipid biomarkers help track an extended period of drought that brought societal changes to a Neolithic settlement
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FeatureDerek Barton and shape-shifting molecules
It’s 100 years since Derek Barton was born. Mike Sutton looks at his work developing conformational analysis
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ResearchMass spectrometry and machine learning find fake Robert Burns’ manuscripts
Chemical fingerprinting distinguishes famous Scottish poet’s 200-year-old letters from contemporary forgeries
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ResearchAncient Egyptian chemists were making cosmetics 3500 years ago
Formulation of earliest manufactured make-up unmasked