More features – Page 27
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FeatureLife in the freeze frame
Using x-rays to probe biological molecules has revolutionised science. Clare Sansom looks at a century of progress
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FeatureThe power of perovskites
Andy Extance finds out how the efficiency of perovskite solar cells has risen so quickly
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FeatureShould they stay or should they go?
Angeli Mehta asks what a yes vote in Scotland’s independence referendum would mean for chemistry
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FeatureThe worldwide chemist
Bea Perks profiles Martyn Poliakoff, the internet’s favourite ‘mad professor’
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FeatureThe other carbon dioxide problem
Carbon dioxide produced by human activity is acidifying the ocean at an unprecedented and alarming rate. Nina Notman investigates
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FeatureDetecting chirality
Katia Moskvitch finds out about the latest techniques to determining a molecule’s chirality
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FeatureChemists at war
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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FeatureThe art detectives
Spectroscopic techniques allow scientists to look over the shoulders of old masters. Emma Stoye reports
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FeatureBeyond wonder
Five artists show Andy Extance why science and art need not be mutually exclusive
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FeatureUnwitting artists?
Is there art in chemical structures and diagrams? Jennifer Newton looks at the aesthetics all around us
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FeatureConservative innovations
Rachel Brazil finds out how chemists can restore art to its former glory
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FeatureThe colourful science
Philip Ball traces how chemists and artists have been inspiring each other for centuries
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FeatureTriple-stranded success story
Tom Brown is our Entrepreneur of the Year. He tells Sarah Houlton the secrets of his success
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FeatureSafety first?
Just how safe is working in a laboratory? Jon Evans discovers that it depends on where you are
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FeatureReaching out
Andy Extance surveys how pharma uses outsourcing in a variety of different ways
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FeatureEliminating Syria's chemical weapons
Nina Notman reports on the international efforts to destroy Syria’s stockpiles of chemical agents
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FeatureGreen packaging blues
Plastic packaging is ubiquitous, but uses precious resources and goes straight to waste. Bea Perks takes a look
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FeatureA fat lot of good
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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FeatureIt's even cheaper being green
Reducing the environmental impact of your lab can save money as well as water and fuel. Phillip Broadwith reports