All History articles – Page 27
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Podcast
Guncotton or nitrocellulose
From an apron aflame to a popular propellant, Michael Freemantle tracks the history of guncotton
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Research
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers may be wilting in the sun
Post-impressionists’ most famous painting may contain photo-sensitive lead-based pigments that are darkening under light
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Podcast
Cephalosporins
A story which starts knee-deep in sewage and ends with the spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA
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News
University renovations reveal antique US chemistry classroom
Builders discover remains of a 19th century lab hidden behind a wall
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Podcast
A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup – Book club
In the first of a brand new podcast series, we get together to discuss ‘A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie’
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Podcast
Xenon hexafluoroplatinate
Hayley Birch discovers the compound that opened up a wing of the periodic table for reactions: Xenon hexafluoroplatinate
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Opinion
Celebrating 150 years of Queen’s University, Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast celebrated its 150th anniversary by planting a laburnum tree outside the former laboratory of chemist Thomas Andrews
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Podcast
Antimony sulfide
It’s at the heart of the first chemical equation, and makes Hayley Birch think of quiche. This week’s compound is antimony sulfide
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Opinion
Flashback: 1985 – Dorothy Hodgkin at the National Portrait Gallery
A painting of Dorothy Hodgkin depicting the busy scientist with four hands went on display at the National Portrait Gallery