All History articles – Page 25
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FeatureThe chemist with x-ray vision
Mike Sutton tells the tale of John Kendrew and his work on the structure of myoglobin
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PodcastArsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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CareersWhy I mummified a taxi driver
Stephen Buckley explains how chemistry has rewritten ancient history
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ReviewStalin and the scientists: a history of triumph and tragedy 1905–1953
Scientific life in the Soviet Union
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OpinionHow Roosevelt's Tree Army were poisoned
In the first of a new column, Raychelle Burks investigates a mass arsenic poisoning during the Great Depression
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OpinionHumphry Davy and cutting our carbon footprint
A 200 year old electrolysis experiment could hold the key to sustainable fertiliser production
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ResearchDye detective work uncovers Perkin’s chemistry secrets
The pioneering Victorian chemist didn’t reveal all in his patent on the first synthetic purple dye
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ResearchChemists find mummified legs may belong to Queen Nefertari
Gas chromatography reveals legs belong to one of Egypt’s lost queens
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ResearchMpemba effect in hot water after doubt cast on its existence
Frosty reception for claim that effect where hot water freezes faster than cold has no basis
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