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Being a chemist is not bad for your health
In every issue of RSC News, I look at the 'deaths' column
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Letters: December 2007
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 ...
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Beckmann thermometer
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
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Letters: November 2007
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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OpinionKipp's apparatus
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
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The obfuscated origins of life on Earth
It is inevitable that the origins of life on Earth will be forever shrouded in mystery, says Philip Ball
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OpinionBunsen burner
In terms of equipment associated with science, few, if any, are more iconic...
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Letters: October 2007
From Geoff Cloke, Andrew Smith and Bob Allison We were astonished to read the remarks made about chemistry at the University of Sussex by Professor Sir Richard Sykes (Chemistry World, September 2007). In particular, the statement: ’If chemistry is a drain, vice-chancellors have no choice but to deal with ...
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Better isn't everything
Feel free to make photovoltaics better, says Philip Ball. But don't forget they have to be cheaper, too