All Columns articles – Page 93

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    You cannot express everything in Croatian

    2005-05-27T11:36:00Z

    Croatian chemical nomenclature is in no way singular or peculiar.

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    Letters: June 2005

    2005-05-27T11:05:00Z

    From Roger Fenwick I noted with interest two references to the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in your May edition (pages 2, 7). That chemistry is very much to the fore in the Commission’s recently-published working paper reflects the hard work of national societies, FECS/EuCheMS and Cefic in recent ...

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    Moving to Manchester

    2005-05-26T15:15:00Z

    The new Manchester interdisciplinary biocentre is a haven for life science researchers interested in the interface with physical sciences, explain Andrew Munro and Nigel Scrutton

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    Editorial: Nuclear futures

    2005-05-26T14:00:00Z

    Nuclear power needs to be among the options considered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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    Swings and roundabouts

    2005-05-11T23:07:50Z

    Life in a start-up company can be anything but easy, as Lionel Milgrom discovered

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    Flashback

    2005-05-11T10:10:08Z

    May - 45 years ago; 105 years ago; 110 years ago; 175 years ago; 205 years ago

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    Bucket science

    2005-05-11T10:07:00Z

    Lord Kelvin's bucket technique was easily arranged - cloudy skies are the East Midland's forte after all, and I had a bin liner handy - but to no avail.

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    Editorial: European research funding

    2005-05-11T10:04:00Z

    Research funding is essential for Europe to become a key knowledge-based economy

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    Letters: May 2005

    2005-05-10T11:29:00Z

    From Brian Shelley I was very interested to read Philip Ball’s Ten most beautiful experiments in chemistry (Chemistry World, April 2005, p32). I agree that they all have elements of beauty in them. However I would like to suggest an addition to the list: the discovery of the element promethium. ...

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    Chemistry education's plight

    2005-04-29T16:05:36Z

    Chemistry education in Australia is in decline. Bill Price discusses the problems and proposes some solutions

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    Editorial: Working at the interface

    2005-04-18T14:47:46Z

    Interaction between chemists and chemical engineers remains a problem

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    Flashback April 2005

    2005-04-18T14:41:46Z

    April - 75 years ago, 90 years ago, 95 years ago, 100 years ago, 105 years ago

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    The rift between the arts and the sciences

    2005-04-18T14:40:00Z

    It is almost 50 years since C P Snow first identified the rift between the 'two cultures' of the arts and the sciences

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    Innovate and invest

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    UK science minister Lord Sainsbury presents the government's case on science funding

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    Flashback

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March

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    Remembering Eric Voice

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Last September the RSC lost a much-valued member. Eric Voice probably had more intimate knowledge of plutonium than anyone alive in the UK today.

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    Cutting back

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    With the Kyoto protocol in force, we now need to focus on how to reduce emissions further

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    Letters: March 2005

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Five years ago, at the Royal Institution launch of Simon Garfield’s book on Perkin’s ’Mauve’, the author told me that he thought Perkin’s grave was no longer at Harrow. I was surprised at that because I had visited it sporadically for over 30 years - partly to see that it ...

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    Your views: March 2005

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Which country has the best system for educating professional chemists and why?

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    The nuclear solution

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Tony Ryan argues that nuclear power should be put back on the agenda