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OpinionThe story of Quickfit, part two: Flaig’s joints
The second article in a Classic Kit series on Quickfit focuses on the family that introduced standardised ground glass joints to the UK
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Opinion
The story of Quickfit, part one: Friedrich's joints
In the first article in a special Classic Kit series on Quickfit, Andrea Sella tracks the origin of standardised ground glass joints to 1900s Prussia
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Review
A Sonnet to Science: Scientists and Their Poetry
A collection of poetry providing insight into the lives and minds of prominent scientists
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Article
The Elements Song 2019
For the international year of the periodic table, we’ve worked with Helen Arney and the Waterbeach Brass Band to update Tom Lehrer’s Elements Song
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Research
Londinium Romans’ blood lead levels so high they may have lowered birth rates
Heavy metal’s levels were more than 70 times higher than pre-Roman populations
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Article
The periodic patience of Dmitri Mendeleev
In our final comic of the International Year of the Periodic Table, Mendeleev puts his elemental cards on the table
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Review
One Hundred Patents That Shaped the Modern World
A short history of world-changing inventions
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Article
Lithium: Good enough for batteries
The powerful revolution in your pocket – starring Yoshio Nishi, John Goodenough, Akira Yoshino…and Thomas Edison
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Article
Chromium: Lust for colour
Van Gogh’s yellow sunflowers owe a debt to Louis Vaquelin, the chemist who discovered the element chromium
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Research
Bronze age tin from Israeli shipwrecks was mined in Britain
Isotope analysis matches metal to mines in Devon and Cornwall suggesting ancient trade route existed
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Review
Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic
A story about the people who harvested, used, abused, regulated and investigated the mind-altering drug
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Podcast
Domoic acid
The marine toxin that drives animals crazy and might have inspired one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous films
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Article
Chlorine, nitrogen and the legacies of Fritz Haber
His ammonia process fed the world – but he also pioneered chemical weapons
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Research
Biomolecular analysis unpicks human story of Himalayan skeleton lake
Archaeological deposits subject to ancient DNA analysis, stable isotope dietary reconstruction, radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis
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Podcast
Boric acid
Mike Freemantle revisits battlefield surgery to investigate boric acid, a key part of Dakin's antiseptic solution used extensively in the first world war
