All articles by Chemistry World – Page 12
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OpinionFlashback: 2001 – chemical landmark for John Desmond Bernal
A blue plaque for crystallographer John Desmond Bernal
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PodcastWhy Science is Sexist by Nicola Gaston – Book club
This month we discuss unconscious bias and other reasons why science is sexist
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Opinion25 years ago: Papers on disk
A survey revealed researchers’ willingness to use e-mail and submit journal papers electronically
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PodcastElements of Power by David Abraham – Book club
This month we learn of the problems that arise from mining rare metals in David Abraham’s The Elements of Power
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Promotion
Come to the Chemistry World communication competition live final
Register now to be in the audience in the Faraday lecture theatre on 21 March
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OpinionFlashback: 1991 – Alfred Bader award for Dudley Williams
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s second Alfred Bader award was given to Dudley Williams
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PodcastAdventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince – Book club
This month we consider the dawning of a new epoch as we discuss Gaia Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene
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OpinionFlashback: 1996 – GM tomatoes
Zeneca brought puree from genetically modified tomatoes onto UK supermarket shelves
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OpinionFlashback: 1976 – computerised Chemical Registry System
CAS and computers came together to create unique chemicals identifiers
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PodcastThing Explainer by Randall Munroe – Book club
Our book club podcast considers simple language in science as we discuss Randall Munroe’s new book, Thing explainer.
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PromotionChemistry World's science communication competition 2016
The theme for the 2016 Chemistry World science communication competition was public attitudes to chemistry
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – December 2015
This month, we learn how to leave the calories out of fine chocolate, and discover the earth might be older than we thought
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PodcastWhy Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell? by Andy Brunning – Book club
In this podcast, we learn why does asparagus make your wee smell, as we discuss Andy Brunning’s new book
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – November 2015
This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner, Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death