All History articles – Page 16
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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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Opinion
How to spot fake scientific instruments
Is this a 16th century astrolabe, or a modern-day forgery?
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Podcast
Book Club – More molecules of murder
John Emsley returns with a new batch of deadly compounds
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Podcast
Methaemoglobin and diaphorase 1
Kat Arney discovers the biological chemistry behind a colourful blood disorder
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News
2019 to be the international year of the periodic table
Celebrations throughout next year will aim to boost public awareness of chemistry
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Research
Abandoned Cornish mine may hold clues to uranium clean-up
First time arsenic has been found to lock up uranium in a mineral
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Podcast
TEMPO – (2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl
Katrina Krämer speaks to organic chemist Daniel Allwood about a multi-talented molecule that proves that not all radicals live up to their name
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Feature
Illuminating manuscript treasures
Rachel Brazil takes a look at the Fitzwilliam Museum’s illuminated manuscripts and learns their scientific stories
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Opinion
Who is the greatest chemist of all time?
Spoiler: you said it was Marie Curie. But how we define greatness matters
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Podcast
Tetranitromethane
Brian Clegg introduces a failed rocket fuel oxidiser with a very tricky structure
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News
George de Hevesy’s chemistry Nobel medal up for auction
Collection of medals of radiochemist who hid two other Nobel laureates’ gold medals from the Nazis by dissolving them is expected to fetch £120,000
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Podcast
Polybutene
Kit Chapman discovers the compound that blighted Nixon’s second presidential inauguration by littering the route with dead pigeons
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Research
Ancient Egyptian uprisings triggered by volcanic eruptions
New evidence that changes in atmospheric chemistry caused social stresses and uprisings against the ruling elite
