All Columns articles – Page 82

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    Letters: April 2008

    2008-03-26T14:01:00Z

    From Jeremy Tomkinson, Adrian Higson and Geraint Evans We found the article ’Flawed policies encourage damaging biofuels’ (Chemistry World, February 2008, p6) to be disappointingly unbalanced. The provocative titles used for the piece do little to stimulate a reasoned and scientific debate in this immensely complex subject. The RSC has ...

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    Letters: March 2008

    2008-03-26T14:00:00Z

    From Martin Humphrey A group of scientists in New Zealand recently announced that they had genetically modified onions in such a way as to eliminate the lachrymator. Having spent many years studying the chemistry of this phenomenon, I would like to assure them that they will also have removed the ...

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    Radio split the sea water

    2008-03-26T13:15:00Z

    Philip Ball examines the seductive power of burning saltwater

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    A dose of realism

    2008-03-26T13:15:00Z

    The recent row over antidepressants reminds us how little we know about the brain, says Derek Lowe

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    Vigreux's column

    2008-03-26T13:06:00Z

    Does anyone blow glass in chemistry labs any more?

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    Explosive inspiration

    2008-03-26T12:59:00Z

    Peter Wothers describes the lure of the large-scale chemistry experiment

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    Editorial: Access to science

    2008-03-26T11:51:00Z

    'Science is great, isn't it, Dad?'

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    Editorial: Responsible nanotechnology

    2008-02-27T13:38:00Z

    In the field of nanotechnology, the devil is in the detail.

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    Flashback

    2008-02-27T08:52:26Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Conscious chemical systems

    2008-02-27T08:52:00Z

    How can an atomic system (like you or me) be conscious?

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    Preserving the old ways

    2008-02-26T15:33:00Z

    Derek Lowe wonders how to revive some lost techniques

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    Artfully communicating science

    2008-02-26T15:33:00Z

    Art inspired by science should be more than just a pretty picture, says Philip Ball

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    Opinion

    Mohr's burette

    2008-02-26T15:31:00Z

    Titrations are the symbol of all that is boring in science

  • Opinion

    Enterprise Europe Network

    2008-02-26T15:23:00Z

    The launch of the Enterprise Europe Network should help small and medium enterprises to boost innovation throughout Europe says Janez Potocnik

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    Letters: February 2008

    2008-01-28T14:12:00Z

    From Chris Ewels The British Carbon Group (a special interest group of the RSC, the Institute of Physics and the Society of Chemical Industry) is organising an image competition, including a category for under-18s. There is a ?150 prize in each category and there will be a prize-giving ...

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    Flashback

    2008-01-28T14:10:35Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Celebrity chemists

    2008-01-28T14:10:00Z

    I suppose you know that Margaret Thatcher started out as a chemist

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    Opinion

    Sprengel pump

    2008-01-28T13:59:00Z

    It has long been said that nature abhors a vacuum

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    Comment

    2008-01-28T13:01:46Z

    The year ahead may offer financial uncertainty, but it also has abundant opportunities, says Andrew Hagan

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    The fable of phlogiston

    2008-01-28T12:46:00Z

    Philip Ball argues that phlogiston was actually a pretty good idea