All History articles – Page 47

  • Periodic table of the elements – 26 – Iron
    Podcast

    Iron

    2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Kary Mulllis discovers what makes metabolism possible

  • Periodic table of the elements – 36 – Krypton
    Podcast

    Krypton

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Angelos Michaelides meets the element that inspired Superman

  • CLASSIC-KIT-310
    Opinion

    Mary's bath

    2009-06-29T10:22:00Z

    Approximately 2nd century AD. One of the earliest alchemists, inventor of the 'bain marie', the kerotakis apparatus and the tribikos still

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2009-06-26T15:26:07Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Periodic table of the elements – 57 – Lanthanum
    Podcast

    Lanthanum

    2009-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The element with film star status

  • Periodic table of the elements – 103 – Lawrencium
    Podcast

    Lawrencium

    2009-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Eric Scerri puts an element back in its place

  • Periodic table of the elements – 82 – Lead
    Podcast

    Lead

    2009-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Phil Ball explores the multifaceted ways of lead (also known as plumbum)

  • Periodic table of the elements – 3 – Lithium
    Podcast

    Lithium

    2009-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Matt Wilkinson and the calming properties of lithium

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2009-05-29T17:57:14Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-200
    Opinion

    Ostwald's viscometer

    2009-05-29T16:47:00Z

    One man who took little on trust was Wilhelm Ostwald. Born in Riga, Latvia, he studied chemistry at the University of Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia).

  • Periodic table of the elements – 71 – Lutetium
    Podcast

    Lutetium

    2009-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton with a personal account of why lutetium matters

  • Periodic table of the elements – 12 – Magnesium
    Podcast

    Magnesium

    2009-05-20T00:00:00Z

    It was once the destroyer of cities – now it's a saver of energy

  • Periodic table of the elements – 25 – Manganese
    Podcast

    Manganese

    2009-05-13T00:00:00Z

    The element that makes photosynthesis happen, with Ron Caspi

  • Periodic table of the elements – 109 – Meitnerium
    Podcast

    Meitnerium

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Nik Kaltsoyannis enlightens us on how an element was born out of difficult beginnings

  • Periodic table of the elements – 101 – Mendelevium
    Podcast

    Mendelevium

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    A different kind of element, as explained by Hayley Birch

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2009-04-28T14:32:45Z

    10 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-180
    Opinion

    Gaede's diffusion pump

    2009-04-28T09:50:00Z

    A new generation of faster, stronger and more reliable vacuum pumps

  • Periodic table of the elements – 80 – Mercury
    Podcast

    Mercury

    2009-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Fred Campbell discusses liquid silver and the element the Romans loved

  • Periodic table of the elements – 42 – Molybdenum
    Podcast

    Molybdenum

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    A case of (elemental) mistaken identity, with Quentin Cooper

  • Periodic table of the elements – 60 – Neodymium
    Podcast

    Neodymium

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    One of a pair of elementary twins that now turns up in toys, lasers and powerful magnets