All History articles – Page 35
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ResearchDigitally unrolling historical scrolls
X-ray tomography can unroll and read parchment scrolls that have become stuck together.
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Opinion
Flashback: 1993 – problems at Pittcon
Snow storms stranded people at Pittcon in 1993, making the conference memorable for the wrong reasons
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Opinion20 years ago: The rising tide
Committee of Women in Science and Technology is set up by the Office of Science and Technology
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Opinion25 years ago: Roald Hoffmann publishes his poetry
The Nobel prize winner shows his artistic side
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FeatureAlfred Werner: the well-coordinated chemist
Alfred Werner’s careful experiments led to the discovery of what came to be known as coordination bonds. Mike Sutton looks at how he pointed the way to chemistry’s complex future
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Opinion
A (chemical) potential theory of life's origin
Philip Ball says we should look beyond the molecules that make us to find the spark of life
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OpinionRoyal Institution's chemical heritage for sale
If the Royal Institution is to have a future, it cannot be separated from its past, says Mark Peplow
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Opinion30 years ago: The oldest operational PerkinElmer spectrophotometer in the UK is found
Firm celebrates silver jubilee with competition
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OpinionThe founding myths of chemistry
Chemists should learn from the past, says Philip Ball, but they may need a history lesson first