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Mpemba's mystery
Hot water sometimes freezes faster than cold. The reason still isn’t entirely clear
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Cosmic Chemistry
Perhaps the island of stability lives among the stars instead of at the bottom of the periodic table
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Explosive mixtures
Nobel’s name was made in explosives, but what about the chemistry behind them?
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The great chemistry cookoff
Is the comparison between chemistry and cooking really an insult?
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The elemental treasure hunt
Taking a look behind the periodic table at the stories of discovery
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Flying: heavier or lighter than air?
Hydrogen balloons have fallen out of favour, except in chemistry demonstrations
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The magic of microwaves
Do the devices just heat cups of tea or is there more to their use in chemistry?
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Automatic for the chemist
How automatic structure elucidation could lead to more creative chemists
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Dickens and the haunted chemist
Christmas carol author explored chemistry in fact and fiction
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How to unstopper a stopper
Years as a practical chemist can come in useful when trying to unjam a dram
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Black crystal arts
The secret tricks needed to coax out crystals hark back to our alchemical past
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Can chemistry get a podium place?
The Olympic site in London has a deep chemical heritage, and it should be built upon
