All Columns articles – Page 55

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35 years ago: A prize for Poliakoff

2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

The 1976 Meldola medal and prize is awarded

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Make or break: the laws of motion

2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

Molecular machinery involves a delicate interplay of forces, but biology has found the balance, says Philip Ball

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Pentalenolactone A methyl ester

2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty revises a reaction he never could quite remember

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Full disclosure?

2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

The pharma industry should be more open with its trial data, says Derek Lowe

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Losing concentration

2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick McGhee argues for a more egalitarian research funding policy

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Penning’s vacuum gauge

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Born not from the spark of an idea but the afterglow

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Epicoccin G

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty gets to grips with some thiodiketopiperazines

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High finance meets big pharma?

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Derek Lowe examines an alternative funding model for pharmaceutical research

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Dark matter

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

Could the chemical world still be holding out on us?

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20 years ago: degrading spacesuits

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, US, has discovered that its reference collection of spacesuits is deteriorating rapidly

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h is for horoscope?

2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Can scientists’ success be reduced to a formula, asks Philip Ball

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Elemental recognition

2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

Today you’ll find Lise Meitner celebrated in the periodic table

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Colour and controversy

2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bob Hefford considers the spotted past and uncertain future of the chemicals that built the hair dye industry

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20 years ago - Investigating crizzling

2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

Studying decay in glass exhibits at the Victoria & Albert museum in London

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Cosmetics, perfume and fashion

2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The October special issue is dedicated to lifestyle

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Dufton's spiral column

2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The winding path to chemical virtue

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Prostaglandin F2α

2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty comes face to face with an old adversary

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Blues standard

2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

Chemists may have finally got the blues, says Philip Ball

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Under pressure

2012-09-26T00:00:00Z

There might be a better way to interview new starters, suggests Derek Lowe

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Running on sun

2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

On the centenary of Giacomo Ciamician’s prediction of a solar-fuelled future, international experts discuss artificial photosynthesis