All Columns articles – Page 65
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Opinion
Letters: April 2011
With regard to your piece on 60 years of innovation (Chemistry World, March 2011, p38). Can I put in a plea for recognition of the pioneering work carried out in the UK on liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in the years following 1970. Following some early work on displays in the ...
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Opinion
Replication, in theory
Experiments are seldom replicated by different research teams, says Philip Ball. Why is this and does it really matter?
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OpinionThe return of the return of natural products
'Natural products are back!' is a headline Derek Lowe has seen several times before
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OpinionPardy apparatus
Martin Luther Kings great 1963 speech calling for racial equality and an end to discrimination
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Opinion
Editorial: Relying on advice
The essential role that scientific advice has to play worldwide was brought sharply into focus
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Opinion
Letters: March 2011
David Jones in ’Sparks of illumination’ (Chemistry World, January 2011, p80) lists three sparkers: iron, titanium and cerium, but he does not refer to the actinide metals, neither does he refer to pyrite, FeS2. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek in allusion to the sparks emitted when it ...
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OpinionThe risk vs reward of drug discovery
Drug discovery is an inherently risky business. Derek Lowe tries to balance some of the risk equations
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Opinion
Reducing Chemistry Conceptually
Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball
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OpinionWarburg's manometer
It is probably fair to say that for all its crucial importance to the smooth running of society, accountancy seldom generates great excitement or wide acclaim
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Opinion
Editorial: A ’shocking wake up call'
The news that most of Pfizer's employees at the Sandwich site will be made redundant over the next two years was met with surprise, disappointment and anger
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Opinion
Letters: February 2011
With the climate change problem increasing by the day, the apparent lack of urgency exemplified by the European Union’s renewable energy programme (Chemistry World, December 2010, p8), with the ’first allocations of funding in the second half of 2012’ is surely disturbing. The longer we delay, the more the ’catch-up’ ...