All Columns articles – Page 52
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Flashback: 1988 – chemical weapon collaboration
Russian and British teams discuss chemical warfare as a step towards a ban
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Change: the only constant
Jim Al-Khalili discusses the risks involved in switching to a new area of research and invites chemists to take a quantum biology leap
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A carbon-based future
Society should be prepared to see its reliance on fossil fuels continue long into the 21st century, says Arno de Klerk
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Helium reserves under pressure
Researchers should get ready for ballooning prices, warns Mark Peplow
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Pactamycin
Labelling a molecule 'inaccessible to synthesis' is a red rag to a bull, says Paul Docherty
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Compulsory licences: necessity or threat?
Are compulsory licences for patent-protected drugs a necessary measure, or a threat to innovation?
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Flying: heavier or lighter than air?
Hydrogen balloons have fallen out of favour, except in chemistry demonstrations
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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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Flashback: 1993 – problems at Pittcon
Snow storms stranded people at Pittcon in 1993, making the conference memorable for the wrong reasons
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Bespoke or bodged
A can-do attitude and some lateral thinking can save time and money when it comes to exotic apparatus, says Derek Lowe
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Quantum leaps of faith
The path to quantum mechanics becomes smoother if you take a different route, says Philip Ball