All Columns articles – Page 46
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OpinionThe creative stimulus
Innovative thinking may be difficult to turn on at will, but there are many ways to prepare for inspiration, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionShow the way but leave no trace
Karl Collins examines a stealthy strategy for directed C–H activation
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Opinion
Chemistry and art
Both disciplines should be treated as connected and collaborative endeavours
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OpinionWhat did the Romans do for us?
Today’s researchers owe much to the chemists of civilisations past
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OpinionHow the Pelican got its hue
Philip Ball covers the chemical history of Penguin’s inexpensive educational books
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – CoEBio3
The Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis, Biotransformations and Biocatalytic Manufacture opened its doors in 2004
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OpinionToo big to innovate?
How strong is the correlation between company size and research productivity, asks Derek Lowe
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OpinionA mind-blowing legacy
Alexander Shulgin’s research on psychoactive drugs shows how molecules can take on a life of their own once they leave the lab, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionHow good do you want it?
Quality analysis is a very different ball game to a simple reaction check, says Chemjobber
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OpinionIt belongs to the people
How Marie Curie’s desire to share her science for the common good priced her out of the game
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – big, big pharma
Aventis accepted a takeover bid from French rival Sanofi Synthélabo, creating the world’s third largest pharma giant
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OpinionMessy megamergers
Big company buyouts are more about immediate gains and rarely consider the impact on research, says Derek Lowe
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OpinionWe need to talk about Nagoya
Darren Smyth explains why the Nagoya Protocol could become a problem for European research
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OpinionIs junk DNA all garbage?
A brouhaha in biology shows that uncovering what we don’t know is more important than arguments about what we do, says Philip Ball
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OpinionIt's life, but not as we know it
A living cell that uses artificial bases in its DNA heralds a profound development for chemistry, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionMandelalide A
New reactions need to belong in a synthesis, says BRSM, not be forced in for show
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OpinionThe wisdom of clouds
Kai Kohlhoff discusses the promise and pitfalls of doing science with distributed computing