All Columns articles – Page 61

  • Opinion

    Letters: December 2011

    2011-11-29T08:39:00Z

    Metals and metalloid elements in the environment have a major impact on human, animal and plant life as seen in the recent Hungarian red mud catastrophe. Some elements like calcium, iron, zinc etc serve as essential nutrients without which life fails to thrive, whereas lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, antimony and ...

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    Opinion

    A laboratory is meant to be used

    2011-11-28T15:10:00Z

    Derek Lowes considers the perfect lab environment

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    Sightly scientific environments

    2011-11-28T15:10:00Z

    Philip Ball admires the artistry of contemporary science buildings and a few old masters too

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    Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-11-28T15:10:00Z

    (-)-Gymnodimine

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    Opinion

    Wheatstone's Bridge

    2011-11-28T15:09:00Z

    Of all the paradigms of science, the idea of equilibrium is one of the most fundamental

  • Opinion

    Forgotten pioneers

    2011-11-28T15:03:00Z

    Who were the women that first led the way for female professional chemists? Marelene and Geoff Rayner-Canham reveal the story

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    Comment

    2011-11-28T14:57:01Z

    Nicole Moreau looks back on a year of chemistry

  • Opinion

    Editorial: Celebrating every day

    2011-11-28T14:14:00Z

    This time last year, we were preparing for the launch of the International Year of Chemistry

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    (-)-Gymnodimine

  • Opinion

    Subtle, but not malicious

    2011-10-28T08:59:00Z

    Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist er nicht

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-10-28T08:59:00Z

    35 years ago, Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Letters: November 2011

    2011-10-28T08:59:00Z

    The presenter of the BBC Horizon programme which dealt with the safety of nuclear installations broadcast on 14 September was careful to avoid commitment but clearly implied that, based on the concept of tolerability of risk, the nuclear energy industry is as safe as any other of equal size ...

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    Comment

    2011-10-27T08:44:37Z

    We must improve the chemistry between industry and society, says Graeme Armstrong

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    Comment

    2011-10-27T08:33:16Z

    The UK government has lost the ability to ensure that the research that it really needs gets done, says Jack Stilgoe

  • Opinion

    Editorial: Ig Nobel awards

    2011-10-27T08:33:00Z

    The winners of the Ig Nobel awards were announced on 29 September

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-10-26T15:15:38Z

    Gelsemoxonine

  • Opinion

    Good news for graphene

    2011-10-26T15:15:00Z

    Political party conferences are not noted for taking much interest in science, says Philip Ball

  • Opinion

    Compounds in the dark

    2011-10-26T15:15:00Z

    Derek Lowe discusses the compounds you can buy but won't see anywhere in the literature

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    Opinion

    Weissenberg's Camera

    2011-10-26T15:15:00Z

    In so many societies, bread is the stuff of life the cornerstone of existence

  • Opinion

    Thinking a lot about hydrogen

    2011-09-29T14:44:00Z

    I've been thinking a lot about hydrogen recently