All Columns articles – Page 83

  • Opinion

    Editorial: Funding physics

    2008-01-28T11:38:00Z

    Physics is embroiled in a funding crisis

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-12-20T14:38:27Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Letters: January 2008

    2007-12-20T14:29:00Z

    From Bernard Langley May I congratulate you and your colleagues on your splendid November issue of Chemistry World. The balance of topics, the quality of the writing, the enthusiastic spirit of the whole thing - from your editorial right through to that magnificent killer review of the green chemistry book ...

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    Opinion

    Schlenk apparatus

    2007-12-20T14:20:00Z

    Wilhelm Johann Schlenk, the German chemist who prepared some of the first organosodium and organolithium compounds, and developed the inert-atmosphere techniques now common in many labs

  • Opinion

    A notable year for closures and layoffs

    2007-12-20T14:11:00Z

    It's been a rough year, but the future looks bright, says Derek Lowe

  • Opinion

    The confines of chemical space

    2007-12-20T14:11:00Z

    Philip Ball wonders whether chemical space limits chemists' creativity

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    Comment

    2007-12-20T14:03:52Z

    Karen Gurney and Jonathan Adams of Evidence Ltd investigate how the numbers stack up

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    Editorial: Hail to the chief

    2007-12-20T13:31:00Z

    The new year sees John Beddington begin his tenure as the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-11-28T15:18:07Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Being a chemist is not bad for your health

    2007-11-28T15:17:00Z

    In every issue of RSC News, I look at the 'deaths' column

  • Opinion

    Letters: December 2007

    2007-11-28T15:17:00Z

    From David Feakins Congratulations on the splendid October issue of Chemistry World. I found all the articles on the topic of energy absolutely riveting. For example, I have always been a supporter of nuclear fission as a medium-term answer to the supply of energy, but had not realised until I ...

  • Opinion

    Beckmann thermometer

    2007-11-28T14:11:00Z

    There was a time, long ago, that few of us remember, when you couldn't just head down to the basement and get a quick NMR or mass spectrum of your latest compound

  • Opinion

    The complicated context of credit

    2007-11-28T14:10:00Z

    Philip Ball wonders how to give credit where it's due

  • Opinion

    Is chemistry still valuable?

    2007-11-28T14:10:00Z

    Derek Lowe squares up to the challenge of biologics

  • Opinion

    Comment

    2007-11-28T14:04:25Z

    Population growth, climate change and pollution are placing huge pressures on the global supply of clean water. Chemists can help, says Alasdair Maclean

  • Opinion

    Editorial: Your first chemistry set

    2007-11-28T12:52:00Z

    Do you remember your first chemistry set?

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-10-26T13:33:22Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    How much are you worth?

    2007-10-26T13:33:00Z

    'Every man has his price,' said Robert Walpole

  • Opinion

    Letters: November 2007

    2007-10-26T13:33:00Z

    From Alfred Bader Why do chemists refer to Avogadro’s number (Chemistry World, August 2007, p11) when, correctly, it should be called Loschmidt’s number? Amedeo Avogadro predicted in 1811 that someone, some day, would be able to calculate that number. The calculation of the number was first done by Joseph Loschmidt ...

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    Opinion

    Kipp's apparatus

    2007-10-26T11:24:00Z

    If there's one piece of glassware other than a conical flask that spells the word 'chemistry' in the minds of most people it is Kipp's apparatus