All articles by Philip Ball – Page 14
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News
Einstein in your engine
Researchers find that up to 85 per cent of the voltage developed by the lead-acid car battery is due to relativistic effects
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
Dutch Nobel laureate Peter Debye has been branded a Nazi collaborator, but Philip Ball suggests that the historical facts permit several interpretations
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Opinion
Financially motivated sustainability
Philip Ball looks at the financial motivation needed to advance sustainable technology
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News
Water takes forbidden form
Water can adopt a 'forbidden' quasicrystalline state with twelve-fold symmetry, say US researchers
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
Would element 137 really spell the end of the periodic table? Philip Ball examines the evidence
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
There is no hidden understanding to be teased out by 'improving' the periodic table, argues Philip Ball. But Eric Scerri begs to differ
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
Philip Ball looks at the chemistry behind colourful cartoon characters served up by a fast food chain
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
Borodin wasn't such an outstanding scientist after all, says Philip Ball, but science and music are far from mutually exclusive
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News
Blood-like liquid protein formed
A liquid form of the oxygen-binding protein myoglobin retains its biological function even though it seems virtually water-free
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
Man and the machine: Philip Ball welcomes the age of automated chemical crystallography
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
We are getting better at manipulating cells to grow into the tissues we need. Chemical factors are key, says Philip Ball
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
Superatoms reinforce the notion that chemistry is more about electrons than elements, says Philip Ball
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Feature
Welcome to the machine
Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical? Philip Ball investigates
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
I'm no fan of reality TV. But watching people just going about their business can be fascinating, says Philip Ball
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Feature
Proteins unravelled
Philip Ball explores the phenomenon of protein unfolding, and considers new techniques for keeping the egg unscrambled
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Opinion
Column: The crucible
Three chemists have resurrected the art of science debate by publishing their conversations on the nature of bonds. This is science that makes you smile, says Philip Ball