All Columns articles – Page 93
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Your views: September 2005
Chemistry research is not an essential component of a science-based university. Discuss.
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Editorial: Critical collaboration
Collaboration is important for those wanting to keep up with Chinese science
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Letters: August 2005
From Derrick Stevens There has been a lot of publicity recently concerning the use of hydrogen as a ’clean’ fuel. Three hydrogen-fuelled London buses which cost £1 million each are covered in slogans proclaiming the fact that they emit only water in their exhaust, and no less a ...
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Letters: July 2005
I am in complete agreement with the views expressed by Huw Pritchard in his letter (Chemistry World, June 2005, p31). In my first chemistry lesson in 1961 the master was talking about the action of metals on water. He illustrated his talk by dropping pieces of sodium ...
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Bologna and the European higher education area
The Bologna process began in 1999 with the aim of setting up a European higher education area by 2010. Terry Mitchell looks at what still needs to be done
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You cannot express everything in Croatian
Croatian chemical nomenclature is in no way singular or peculiar.
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Letters: June 2005
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
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
Nuclear power needs to be among the options considered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Swings and roundabouts
Life in a start-up company can be anything but easy, as Lionel Milgrom discovered
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Bucket science
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
Research funding is essential for Europe to become a key knowledge-based economy
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Letters: May 2005
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. ...