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Opinion
The two cultures
This year marks the 50th anniversary of C P Snow's famous Rede Lecture entitled 'The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution'
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Letters: December 2009
So now (post 30 September 2009) you can’t buy sodium chlorate weedkiller, ostensibly as the result of a Brussels directive. Apparently it is too toxic. Or is it that it can be used as an oxidant in terrorism? (But I understand the commercial product contains fire suppressants, and in any ...
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Opinion
The sincerest form of flattery
Is the pharmaceutical industry churning out copycat versions of existing therapies? Derek Lowe dispels a few myths about 'me-too' drugs
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Scientific Debate
Three chemists have resurrected the art of science debate by publishing their conversations on the nature of bonds. This is science that makes you smile, says Philip Ball
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Letters: November 2009
I read Microwaving myth s (Chemistry World, October 2008, p40) and subsequent letter by Frank Smith, a pioneer in microwave-assisted reactions (Chemistry World, July 2009, p39). It appears that 1985 was the beginning of microwave-assisted chemical reactions based on Smith’s as well as our published work. Our group ...
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Senseless screening
Derek Lowe advises opening your mind during the screening cascade taken by potential drug targets, and remaining goal orientated at all times
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The scientific wrinkles of facial rejuvenation
Could red light and green tea really give 'facial rejuvenation'? Philip Ball looks at the intriguing science behind this new claim
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Editorial: Accomplishing the impossible
Gunnar von Heijne of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences didn't mince his words when he announced the 2009 winners of the Nobel prize in chemistry
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Letters: October 2009
We feel obliged to respond to Prof Morel-Desrosiers’ criticisms (Chemistry World, August 2009, p36) of an earlier article highlighting a paper of ours (Chemistry World, May 2009, p5). This paper (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 3129) describes the formation, in an aqueous mixture, of unusual clam-like species in ...