All Columns articles – Page 49
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OpinionIs there a drug for that?
Derek Lowe ponders whether anything is truly ‘undruggable’ if we look in the right places
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OpinionThe morning after the night before
Replacing alcohol with a more benign drug sounds like a great idea, but it faces insurmountable hurdles, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionMpemba's mystery
Hot water sometimes freezes faster than cold. The reason still isn’t entirely clear
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Cut price pills cost more than pennies
We can’t afford to let the demand for cheaper medicines force compromises on quality, says Steven Ford
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OpinionFlashback: 2004 – new lab for Oxford
Researchers moved into Oxford University’s new Chemistry Research Laboratory
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Where is the chemistry?
Proposals for doctoral training centres lack one important element, says David Parker: some science
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Unwelcome festive offerings
It’s not easy to learn you’re going to lose your job, especially at this time of year
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OpinionCosmic Chemistry
Perhaps the island of stability lives among the stars instead of at the bottom of the periodic table
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OpinionPut the chemistry back in medicinal chemistry
Pursuing skewed priorities and easy options has impoverished the pharmaceutical industry, says David Lathbury.
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OpinionFlashback: 1988 – chemistry in Westminster
MPs were entertained with dry ice at the RSC’s first chemistry week exhibition in Westminster
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OpinionRolling boulders uphill
Is Derek Lowe troubled by his failure to develop a compound that has made it to the pharmacy shelf?
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OpinionGone to completion
After a 66-step journey, Paul Docherty ponders the future of total synthesis in his final column
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OpinionA century of isotopes
Once appalled by the military use of his discoveries, Frederick Soddy would pleased by his legacy today, says Mark Peplow
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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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OpinionMarcfortines B & C
Paul Docherty ponders a tasty cheeseboard as a source of synthetic inspiration
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Nobel double whammy for chemistry
Is ‘they don’t do “real” chemistry’ the worst argument ever?
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OpinionNatural born chemists
Redesigning nature’s catalysts is tantalising but tricky, says Derek Lowe