All The crucible articles – Page 7
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OpinionComputational chemicals
Philip Ball explains how creative chemists are teaching molecules some new tricks
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Sense and sense ability
Philip Ball is surprised to discover just how sensitive we are about our feelings
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OpinionWe choose to go to the muon
Subatomic sorties have uncovered strange new species, says Philip Ball. Should we give these alien atoms a place at the table?
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OpinionNovelty hits top the charts
There’s no formula for citation success, says Philip Ball, but high-impact tracts mix the classical with the unconventional
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Chemistry's climate of scepticism
Philip Ball asks why chemistry seems to have more than its share of global warming’s opponents
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OpinionCrystallography 101
Philip Ball reflects on a century of progress in the science of structure
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DNA waves don't wash
Philip Ball asks why a spectacular claim seems to have been overlooked. Sometimes science doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to
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OpinionA self-assembled periodic table
Philip Ball unpacks the instructions for a new periodic table
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The name's (quadruple) bond?
Philip Ball discusses the contentious issue of C2 bonding. Dare we draw four lines?
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OpinionQuantum leaps of faith
The path to quantum mechanics becomes smoother if you take a different route, says Philip Ball
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A (chemical) potential theory of life's origin
Philip Ball says we should look beyond the molecules that make us to find the spark of life
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OpinionThe founding myths of chemistry
Chemists should learn from the past, says Philip Ball, but they may need a history lesson first
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OpinionMake or break: the laws of motion
Molecular machinery involves a delicate interplay of forces, but biology has found the balance, says Philip Ball
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OpinionThe automatic chemist
Philip Ball considers the creation of a collective chemical brain, and what it might dream up
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Nullius in verba
Philip Ball asks how much of the published literature you should believe. Not much, by some accounts