More features – Page 26

  • fish in a coral reef
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    The other carbon dioxide problem

    2014-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Carbon dioxide produced by human activity is acidifying the ocean at an unprecedented and alarming rate. Nina Notman investigates

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    Detecting chirality

    2014-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Katia Moskvitch finds out about the latest techniques to determining a molecule’s chirality

  • rows of artillery shells
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    Chemists at war

    2014-07-24T00:00:00Z

    The first world war saw chemistry play a vital role – and in more than just poison gas. Mike Sutton looks back

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    The art detectives

    2014-06-27T00:00:00Z

    Spectroscopic techniques allow scientists to look over the shoulders of old masters. Emma Stoye reports

  • copper sulfate crystals
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    Beyond wonder

    2014-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Five artists show Andy Extance why science and art need not be mutually exclusive

  • Loschmidt’s drawings
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    Unwitting artists?

    2014-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Is there art in chemical structures and diagrams? Jennifer Newton looks at the aesthetics all around us

  • Restoration of ancient Christian icon with agate burnishers
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    Conservative innovations

    2014-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Rachel Brazil finds out how chemists can restore art to its former glory

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    The colourful science

    2014-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Philip Ball traces how chemists and artists have been inspiring each other for centuries

  • Tom Brown
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    Triple-stranded success story

    2014-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Tom Brown is our Entrepreneur of the Year. He tells Sarah Houlton the secrets of his success

  • man in PPE
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    Safety first?

    2014-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Just how safe is working in a laboratory? Jon Evans discovers that it depends on where you are

  • worms
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    The chemistry of inaction

    2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Philip Ball delves into the suspended animation of cells

  • Outsourcing cartoon
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    Reaching out

    2014-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Andy Extance surveys how pharma uses outsourcing in a variety of different ways

  • man in smoking rubble
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    Eliminating Syria's chemical weapons

    2014-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Nina Notman reports on the international efforts to destroy Syria’s stockpiles of chemical agents

  • A colourful pile of plastic bottles
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    Green packaging blues

    2014-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Plastic packaging is ubiquitous, but uses precious resources and goes straight to waste. Bea Perks takes a look

  • Lipid membrane with proteins
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    A fat lot of good

    2014-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Lipids have been the the poor relations of DNA and proteins for some time, but Philip Ball discovers that they are ready to take centre stage

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    It's even cheaper being green

    2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Reducing the environmental impact of your lab can save money as well as water and fuel. Phillip Broadwith reports

  • Phil Baran
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    The sultan of synthesis

    2014-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Phil Baran is spurring organic chemists to rethink how they make complex compounds, as Mark Peplow discovers

  • mammography
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    Targeting breast cancer

    2014-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Tamoxifen has been treating breast cancer for 40 years, but few would have predicted how much this drug would contribute to saving lives, writes John Mann

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    Digging deep for safer water

    2014-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Arsenic-laced water is still poisoning millions of people in Asia. Nina Notman looks to see if an end is in sight

  • The hull of the Mary Rose, being preserved in a museum
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    Preserving the Mary Rose

    2014-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Jon Evans explores the chemistry stabilising the Tudor battleship for display