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  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-01-31T09:55:06Z

    Salvileucalin B

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    Opinion

    Elevating enzymes

    2011-01-31T09:55:00Z

    Enzymes have been giving chemists inferiority complexes since day one, says Derek Lowe. But there's no denying their potential

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    Crying chemistry

    2011-01-31T09:55:00Z

    Philip Ball looks at research that is beginning to explain why we cry

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    Comment

    2011-01-31T09:18:51Z

    What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020?

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    Opinion

    Craig's rotary evaporator

    2011-01-31T09:18:00Z

    Years ago, a non-chemist friend of mine visiting my lab asked me what a rotavap was for

  • Opinion

    Editorial: EFS and Arctic oil

    2011-01-31T09:03:00Z

    January was a slow starter

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-01-05T11:50:12Z

    25 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Sparks of illumination

    2011-01-05T11:50:00Z

    Sparks of illumination

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    Letters: January 2011

    2011-01-05T11:50:00Z

    I was delighted to see the glass industry under examination in The last retort (Chemistry World, November 2010, p78). However, I was surprised at David Jones’ lack of understanding of materials’ properties and the current state-of-the-art in the glass industry. Glass is actually a relatively good thermal insulator; an ...

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    Opinion

    Töpler pump

    2011-01-05T11:03:00Z

    Too many arm curls

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    Editorial: The International Year of Chemistry

    2011-01-05T11:03:00Z

    Happy new year! And a very special one as in 2011 we will be celebrating the International Year of Chemistry

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    Opinion

    Fluorine fanatics

    2011-01-05T09:59:00Z

    Some medicinal chemists can't get enough fluorines in their molecules. Derek Lowe explains the love-hate relationship

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-01-05T09:59:00Z

    Leiodolide B

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    Collaboration or opportunism?

    2011-01-05T09:59:00Z

    Dutch Nobel laureate Peter Debye has been branded a Nazi collaborator, but Philip Ball suggests that the historical facts permit several interpretations

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    Comment

    2011-01-05T09:53:53Z

    What future do Britain's museums face in the light of government spending cuts? Science communicator Alice Bell discusses what it could mean for the next generation of scientists

  • Opinion

    Strike a light

    2010-11-30T08:38:00Z

    Strike a light

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2010-11-30T08:37:59Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Letters: December 2010

    2010-11-30T08:37:00Z

    I was interested to read Harry Kroto’s account of graphite losing its lubricating properties in a vacuum (Chemistry World, November 2010, p37). When I was working for Morganite Carbon in the early 1960s I saw a demonstration of an electric motor running inside a bell jar. When pressure was ...

  • Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2010-11-29T13:25:22Z

    Maoecrystal V

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    We need more surprises

    2010-11-29T13:25:00Z

    Who's that asleep at the back? Don't be too quick to blame yourself when tedious talks and soporific seminars fail to inspire, says Derek Lowe