All Culture and people articles – Page 170

Review
Sand and silicon: science that changed the world

2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

Not just microchips
Review
Alcohol and its role in the evolution of human society

2012-09-05T00:00:00Z

The science and history of alcohol
Review
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: an introduction to the principles and practices

2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

XPS analysis
Opinion
40 years ago - The 1972 Olympiad

2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

A megalomaniac monument to the German plastics industry?
Opinion
Lüer's syringe

2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

An innovation that launched a family empire
Review
Orbital approach to the electronic structure of solids

2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bridging the gap
Opinion
Monopoly money

2012-08-23T00:00:00Z

Dean Baker says it’s time to start talking seriously about the way in which pharma is funded
Opinion
Protecting patients at all costs

2012-08-23T00:00:00Z

Suffering stagnant output, and beset by patent expiries and spiralling costs, drug discovery is in poor health. Simon Campbell prescribes a remedy
Feature
Fast, flexible and flourishing

2012-08-22T00:00:00Z

Paul Workman’s experiences in big pharma, academia and biotech gave him the tools to develop new drugs and spin out successful companies. Sarah Houlton profiles the 2012 Chemistry World entrepreneur of the year
Review
From the molecular world: a nineteenth century science fantasy

2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Molecules at play
Careers
Write all about it

2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Chemists with a nose for news and a flair for writing may enjoy life as a science writer, reports Nina Notman
Review
The feeding of nations: re-defining food security for the 21st century

2012-08-16T00:00:00Z

Food security
Careers
What's law got to do with it?

2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sean Seymore’s career has taken him from the lab to law school and back again. Yfke Hager determines his motive
Review
In search of Schrödinger’s cat

2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Quantum mechanics
Review
On the cucumber tree: scenes from the life of an itinerant jobbing scientist

2012-08-09T00:00:00Z

Day by Day
Review
The chemistry of plants – perfumes, pigments and poisons

2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Plant power
News
John Peterson takes the helm at Iupac

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Iupac’s new executive director, John Peterson, starts today
Review
Green organic chemistry in lecture and laboratory

2012-07-31T00:00:00Z

Environmentally friendly teaching
Opinion
Flashback: 1987 – Refuseniks

2012-07-31T00:00:00Z

Scientists who applied to emigrate from the Soviet Union were refused exit visas and demoted
Review
Understanding voltammetry: problems and solutions

2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

Electrochemical measurements