All Columns articles – Page 96
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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. ...
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Chemistry education's plight
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
Interaction between chemists and chemical engineers remains a problem
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Flashback April 2005
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
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
UK science minister Lord Sainsbury presents the government's case on science funding
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Remembering Eric Voice
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
With the Kyoto protocol in force, we now need to focus on how to reduce emissions further
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Letters: March 2005
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
Which country has the best system for educating professional chemists and why?
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Editorial: Corporate goodwill
The pharma industry must maintain its support for the areas affected by the tsunami
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Your views: February 2005
Q: What one chemistry fact should every member of the public know?
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Editorial: Stemming the flow
What should the government do to stop chemistry departments closing?
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Letters: April 2005
I wanted to mention that there is an error in the Chemistry World article, Record breakers about the world’s smallest test tube (December 2004, p7). In the initial press release we errantly listed the volume of our test tube as 10-24 litres, or a yoctolitre. In reality, it is 10-21 ...