All History articles – Page 9
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OpinionThe lifesaving work of Evelyn Hickmans
Anne Green tells us how a female chemist almost single-handedly established paediatric clinical chemistry and led to a first in global health
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ResearchIsotope analysis of Vesuvius victims reveals how ancient Romans dined
Herculaneum’s men had greater access to fish, while women relied more on terrestrial animal products
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OpinionHidden details in iconic portrait of Lavoisiers reveal fears of coming revolution
As the French Revolution neared the Lavoisiers were reimagined as scientific progressives rather than out of touch aristocrats
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OpinionPodbielniak’s contactor
How a new spin on separation produced petroleum, penicillin and much more
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OpinionClara Immerwahr – out of her husband’s shadow
The tragic story of the chemist best known as Fritz Haber’s wife might not be as clear cut as many believe, finds Bárbara Pinho
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ArticlePeptones: over 100 years of life-saving innovation
After a century, peptones continue to play a vital role in biopharmaceutical innovation
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OpinionInsulin as a murder weapon
Forensic experts can tell if high insulin levels have a natural or criminal cause
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OpinionLetters: August 2021
Readers discuss etymology and national service, and question if we should celebrate someone with Nazi links
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OpinionKathleen Culhane Lathbury – an industrial pioneer
Nina Notman tells the story of the interwar industrial chemist whose analytical skill and persistence saw her outmanoeuvre sexism and prove her research aptitude
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FeatureOne hundred years of insulin
Mike Sutton looks at the journey the diabetes treatment took from the Toronto miracle to mass-production – via a controversial trip to Stockholm
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OpinionWhat’s revolutionary about the Chemical Revolution?
How an event in chemistry shaped philosophy
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OpinionMabel FitzGerald and the mystery of oxygen sensing
Katharine Sanderson celebrates the tenacious and brilliant researcher who came tantalizingly close to describing oxygen sensing, a concept that earned the Nobel prize over 100 years later
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OpinionAre we giving chemicals bad names?
Does it matter that we use a mixture of old and systematic names for chemicals?
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NewsUC Berkeley to auction off digital mementos of Nobel prize discoveries
Sale of digital data related to cancer immunotherapy and Crispr will be used to finance research
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OpinionStable isotopic analysis identifies unknown casualties of war
Humanitarian aid provided by forensic science
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OpinionLife as a chemist in the second world war
Margaret Appleton shares the recollections of her father Robert Hopkins, a chemist at the De Havilland Aircraft Company
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ResearchTooth isotope analysis proves ancient Greek historians wrong
Analysis of ancient soldiers’ 2500-year-old remains suggests they were foreign mercenaries rather than the locals contemporary historians described