All Chemistry World articles in October 2020
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OpinionMartin Gouterman: the gay man behind the four-orbital model
Abhik Ghosh tells the story of a porphyrin chemist who was a leading figure in Seattle’s gay rights movement of the 1960s
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ReviewSpinach on The Ceiling: The Multifaceted Life of a Theoretical Chemist
Martin Karplus’ autobiography offers deep insights into his scientific work but few personal touches
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OpinionIdentifying mineralised tissue in the fight against wildlife crime
Is it horn, antler, teeth, ivory… or artificial?
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ArticleChemistry pedagogy for a modern world
The Royal Society of Chemistry has taken a new approach to teaching higher education students the fundamentals of maths and stereochemistry, putting students themselves at the heart of the process
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ReviewDisability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
Accounts of grief and joy, independence and interdependence, challenge and transformative creativity
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PodcastBook club – The End of Everything
It’s the end times for our universe with five scenarios that of how it might meet its ultimate demise
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ReviewThe End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
Universe-ending scenarios made to fit our tiny human minds
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OpinionCommunicating chemistry through music
Partnering musicians with researchers produced some emotional results
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ReviewHot Molecules, Cold Electrons
A journey through history and science that lets readers to work out their maths muscles
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PuzzleOctober 2020 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the October 2020 print issue of Chemistry World
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OpinionFully automated synthesis of fluorine-18 PET tracers
Making radioisotopes suitable for positron emission tomography
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OpinionLetters: October 2020
Readers sniff out some chemicals and share how they would respond in an emergency
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CareersTime for the working hours debate
As universities reopen, academics should make time to take breaks
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OpinionBlood offering
Antibodies in various forms could bridge the Covid-19 treatment gap until a vaccine is available
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OpinionChemical detective work shows its power in latest Novichok saga
Analytical chemistry’s forensic feats are astounding but so commonplace now that we’ve become blasé to them
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ResearchAlgorithm discovers how six simple molecules could evolve into life’s building blocks
Program shows how micelles, catalysts and self-replicating chemical systems emerge from abiotic precursors
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ResearchSearching for superconductors with supercomputers
What if most materials are superconductors under the right conditions, wonders José Flores-Livas
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FeatureRoom temperature superconductors
A dream since electricity was first harnessed humanity is tantalisingly close to achieving this goal