All The crucible articles – Page 11
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Opinion
Talking nanotechnology with the public
Philip Ball discusses Europe's efforts to communicate innovations in nanotechnology to a wide audience
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Controversial colloid chemistry
Philip Ball reflects on the long-running debate about how colloids stick together
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Battling bacteria with copper
Copper doorknobs could be the latest - and oldest - way to beat the bugs
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The beauty of biomimicry
Understanding why nature's materials are so smart could be the first step to educating our own dumb polymers, argues Philip Ball
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Life's proton shepherds
Philip Ball uncovers how life shepherds protons around the cell with breathtaking ingenuity
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Alan Turing's leopard science
How did the leopard get its spots? Recent research supports an idea first suggested by legendary code-breaker Alan Turing, says Philip Ball
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Chemistry's clandestine current
Chemistry has always been the most secretive of sciences, argues Philip Ball
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The mysteries of misfolding
In the first of his regular columns throwing diverse aspects of science into the melting pot, Philip Ball looks at an emerging problem with proteins