All History articles – Page 44

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-01-28T15:07:05Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-200
    Opinion

    Petri dish

    2010-01-28T13:34:00Z

    When I was about 16, I came across a peculiar novel in my father's study

  • Periodic table of the elements – 58 – Cerium
    Podcast

    Cerium

    2010-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Andrea Sella tells the story of an element that sparks up lighters, vanishes burns, and helps to clean up the fumes from cars and trucks

  • Periodic table of the elements – 17 – Chlorine
    Podcast

    Chlorine

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Tim Harrison brings us the story of a 'Jekyll and Hyde' element

  • Periodic table of the elements – 24 – Chromium
    Podcast

    Chromium

    2010-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The colourful history of chromium

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-01-06T12:31:05Z

    10 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-210
    Opinion

    Hofmann's voltammeter

    2010-01-06T11:06:00Z

    As a child, I remember wondering how far one could count

  • Periodic table of the elements – 27 – Cobalt
    Podcast

    Cobalt

    2010-01-06T00:00:00Z

    An element named after the German word for goblin or trouble maker

  • Periodic table of the elements – 29 – Copper
    Podcast

    Copper

    2009-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Steve Mylon tells the story of the element that has carried us from the Stone Age to the Information Age

  • Periodic table of the elements – 96 – Curium
    Podcast

    Curium

    2009-12-23T00:00:00Z

    Richard Corfield tells the story of a hard, brittle, radioactive metal that can only be produced in nuclear reactors

  • Periodic table of the elements – 110 – Darmstadtium
    Podcast

    Darmstadtium

    2009-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg explains the fast paced chemistry of darmstadium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 105 – Dubnium
    Podcast

    Dubnium

    2009-12-09T00:00:00Z

    The Cold War fight to find new elements

  • Periodic table of the elements – 66 – Dysprosium
    Podcast

    Dysprosium

    2009-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explains the widely applied chemistry of dysprosium

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2009-11-26T13:38:32Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-250
    Opinion

    Keck clip

    2009-11-26T11:33:00Z

    Sooner or later, everyone has to grow up

  • Periodic table of the elements – 99 – Einsteinium
    Podcast

    Einsteinium

    2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The element named after the most famous scientist that has ever lived

  • Periodic table of the elements – 112 – Copernicium
    Podcast

    Copernicium

    2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

     Sigurd Hofmann shares the story of the search for element 112: copernicium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 68 – Erbium
    Podcast

    Erbium

    2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Andrea Sella tells the story of Robert Bunsen and the element erbium

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2009-10-28T10:19:36Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Ernst Büchner (right) with his father Wilhelm, Pfungstadt, Germany, c. 1865
    Opinion

    Büchners Funnel

    2009-10-28T09:35:00Z

    Laboratories are noisy places. Stop and listen.