All History articles – Page 32
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ReviewLight years: the extraordinary story of mankind's fascination with light
Everything is illuminated
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OpinionFlashback: 1985 – studying as a prisoner-of-war
How prisoners during the Second World War were able to study for chemistry degrees
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OpinionA negative outlook
Could the Shroud of Turin’s mysterious negative imprints have a chemical cause?
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NewsChemists seek end to chemical warfare on centenary of its first use
International community produces the Ypres Declaration to reaffirm disarmament objectives
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OpinionFlashback: 1970 – the Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre
The Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre in Savile Row, London, was used for RSC lectures for many years
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FeatureIs all matter made of just one element?
William Prout’s answer to this perennial question launched two centuries of controversy. Mike Sutton reports
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ResearchShipwrecked beer from 1840s lives again
170-year-old beer recreated with help from chemists
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PodcastSodium thiopental
Once thought to extract the truth and now used to enact the ultimate punishment, this week’s compound is sodium thiopental
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OpinionDial chem for murder
Poisons may seem to be a murderer’s perfect accomplice, but chemists can always persuade them to betray their secrets, says Philip Ball
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FeatureAlchemy on the page
Books used by alchemists offer insights into the relationship between these early chemists and their texts. Philip Ball investigates
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OpinionFlashback: 1985 – a new society emerges
The Metals Society and the Institution of Metallurgists merged to form a new learned society
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OpinionA brave new word
Why did scientists endure, while sciencers perished? Philip Ball examines the quirks of science’s lexical legacy
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