All Culture and people articles – Page 168
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NewsChemistry Nobel awarded for protein receptors
US scientists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka take prestigious gong for pharmacologically important breakthroughs
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NewsDeveloping countries look to greater scientific cooperation
Increasing the number of collaborations between developing nations should help to build their research bases
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OpinionColour and controversy
Bob Hefford considers the spotted past and uncertain future of the chemicals that built the hair dye industry
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Opinion20 years ago - Investigating crizzling
Studying decay in glass exhibits at the Victoria & Albert museum in London
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Review
Inorganic electrochemistry: theory, practice and application (2nd edn)
Inorganic redox processes
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OpinionRunning on sun
On the centenary of Giacomo Ciamician’s prediction of a solar-fuelled future, international experts discuss artificial photosynthesis
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OpinionThe art of translation
The world of odour and scent presents a unique communication challenge, says Will Andrews
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ReviewInventing chemistry – Herman Boerhaave and the reform of the chemical arts
John PowersUniversity of Chicago Press2012 | 280pp | £26 (HB)ISBN 9780226677606Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738) was a pivotal figure in early chemistry. His professional life was devoted to the medical curriculum at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, from 1701–1738 and he was professor of chemistry there from 1718 (a visit to the ...
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CareersTastefully done
Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow
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