All Culture and people articles – Page 155
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FeatureThe green molecule
From the observation that plants replenish oxygen in the air to artificial photosynthesis for making liquid fuel, Mike Sutton tells the story of the chemists fascinated by chlorophyll
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OpinionFlashback: 1970 – meeting the Chemical Notation Association
The UK chapter of the Chemical Notation Association met for the first time
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Yves Chauvin dies aged 84
Catalysis chemist unravelled how olefin metathesis reactions took place paving the way for more efficient syntheses
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OpinionWhat we mean when we talk about bonds
Santiago Alvarez delves into the debates and disagreements that surround one of chemistry’s most fundamental concepts
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NewsEx-US Navy weapons specialist arrested over chemical stockpile
Arrest made in Canada over osmium tetroxide stores and other chemicals that triggered evacuation of nearby homes
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CareersStrictly spectroscopy
Emma Davies chats to the creator of an interactive artwork that lets people get on down with some chemical choreography
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ResearchTomography allows ancient texts to rise from the ashes
Scroll from town destroyed in Vesuvius eruption over 2000 years ago deciphered
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PodcastTungsten carbide
Matt Gunther introduces the alloy that links armour-piercing bullets and ball point pens: Tungsten carbide
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ResearchTaj Mahal browning due to light-absorbing particles
Researchers have identified the pollutants behind the marble monument’s gradual colour change
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US science funder updates policy on same sex partners
National Institutes of Health now recognises same sex marriages in its grants policies
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NewsFormer Royal Society of Chemistry president dies
Polymer chemist and past chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Anthony Ledwith has died aged 81
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Government rejects home secretary’s student visa proposal
International students will not have to return home straight after graduating
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