All History articles – Page 40
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OpinionFlashback: 1987 – Refuseniks
Scientists who applied to emigrate from the Soviet Union were refused exit visas and demoted
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Opinion
Flashback: 1977 – 100 years of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
The Royal Institute of Chemistry celebrated its centenary with a luncheon and a reception at the science museum
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OpinionCan chemistry get a podium place?
The Olympic site in London has a deep chemical heritage, and it should be built upon
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Flashback: 1982 – chemical Olympiads
The RSC suggested the idea of chemical Olympiads to be organised by RSC local sections
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OpinionTuring’s machine
Alan Turing, perhaps not often remembered as a chemist, provided the starting point for computational chemistry
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FeatureTuring patterns
Code-cracker Alan Turing’s impact on chemistry is still being realised today, a century after his birth. Philip Ball investigates
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Flashback: 2002 – doping discussion
British Olympic skier Alain Baxter had his bronze medal taken away after a post-race drug test showed traces of methamphetamine
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The Iron Lady
Howard Peters takes a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, an Oxford chemistry graduate who became the UK’s only female prime minister
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News
Old reactions to help the new
US chemists have delved into the history of organic chemistry to better predict the effect that functional groups will have on one another within a molecule
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Opinion
Flashback: 2002 – Puck's potion
Taking up a challenge from the other RSC - the Royal Shakespeare Company
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It's all about presence
I finished last month’s editorial with a question (more about your responses later)
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