All Columns articles – Page 83

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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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    Mohr's burette

    2008-02-26T15:31:00Z

    Titrations are the symbol of all that is boring in science

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    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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    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

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    Editorial: Funding physics

    2008-01-28T11:38:00Z

    Physics is embroiled in a funding crisis

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    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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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Flashback

    2007-11-28T15:18:07Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain