All articles by Chemistry World – Page 11
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PodcastScience and the City by Laurie Winkless – Book club
In this month’s book club we discuss the technologies that help modern cities function
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OpinionLetters: October 2016
You share how chemistry is fairing in Cornwall and whether deuterium could be responsible for ageing
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OpinionHow to win the Nobel prize part 1: criteria
Bengt Norden discusses the critera against which research is judged
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OpinionHow to win part 2: nominations
Who nominates people for the Nobel prize? Bengt explains the nomination process.
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OpinionHow to win part 3: investigations
In this video, Bengt reveals how the committee investigates nominees to make sure the prize goes to the right person.
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OpinionHow to win part 4: chemistry on rotation?
Bengt tackles the perception that different fields ‘take it in turns’.
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OpinionHow to win part 5: how many people?
Bengt discusses whether the limit of three people will ever change
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OpinionHow to win part 6: 'You've won!'
Winning the Nobel prize has its downsides. Some people change for the worse.
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OpinionHow to win part 7: winners and losers
In our last video, we ask Bengt who should have won, and for his standout recipients
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NewsLive blog: molecular machines take the chemistry Nobel
Join us for news, gossip and comment during the build-up to chemistry’s biggest prize
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OpinionLetters: your Brexit views
Join the debate on how Brexit will affect science in the UK and beyond
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OpinionLetters: September 2016
Your views on our Brexit coverage and drawing pictures of scientists
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PodcastGrunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach – Book club
The non-weapon technologies of war, from penis transplants to maggot therapy
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OpinionLetters: August 2016
You tell us what Ingrid Bergman was up to in a Welsh mine and highlight the career of Roger Taylor
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PodcastHerding Hemingway’s Cats by Kat Arney – Book club
Six-toed cats and misconceptions in genetics are discussed in this months podcast
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OpinionFlashback: 1976 – Meldola medal for Jeremy Morris
Jeremy Sanders received the Meldola Medal for his work in organic chemistry
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OpinionFlashback: 1991 – Helen Sharman honoured
The UK’s first cosmonaut Helen Sharman was honoured at a House of Commons reception
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PodcastSorting the Beef from the Bull by Richard Evershed – Book club
This month we discuss the ubiquitous nature of food fraud and its detection
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Opinion
Letters: July 2016
You give us your thoughts on RSC membership, Switzerland and David Brewster
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FeatureThe element makers: Making superheavy elements
The periodic table has now expanded to 118 elements. We meet the scientists responsible for making new elements to find out how, and what they will be doing next