All Columns articles – Page 68
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Opinion
Editorial: Development goals
World leaders gathered in New York, US, at the end of September to attend a summit on the UN Millennium Development Goals
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Opinion
Letters: September 2010
It was interesting to read Matt Brown's article on the liaison between Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Cornell
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Opinion
Periodic Improvements
There is no hidden understanding to be teased out by ‘improving' the periodic table, argues Philip Ball. But Eric Scerri begs to differ
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Opinion
How much selectivity do you want?
Derek Lowe considers the quandaries of living in the age of the kinase
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Opinion
Editorial: Renewal and revitalisation
The end of the summer is near and many are already getting ready for the start of the new term
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OpinionGooch's crucible
Many years ago, a friend of mine teased me about how I, as a chemist, would probably die young of some dread occupational disease
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OpinionHaldane's blood gas analyser
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who steered Ivory Coast to independence in 1959, was known as the Sage of Africa
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Opinion
Sulfur or sulphur?
Sulfur or sulphur? The controversy over the spelling of element number 16 rumbles on
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Opinion
Letters: August 2010
I was interested to read Philip Ball’s piece on the automated future of chemical crystallography, based on work at St Andrew’s University, Scotland, UK, to develop an entirely automatic diffractometer capable of ’flexible thinking’ designed to mimic the thought process of a crystallographer (Chemistry World, June 2010, p34). While this ...
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Opinion
Missing methods
Derek Lowe reminisces about lost laboratory techniques and wonders which will be next to go
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Opinion
Cadmium colourants and 'Shrekgate'
Philip Ball looks at the chemistry behind colourful cartoon characters served up by a fast food chain