All History articles – Page 27
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PodcastMercury fulminate, Hg(CNO)2
Michael Freemantle examines the explosive history and chemistry of mercury fulminate
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ResearchUncoiling collagen using advanced computers
Two-dimensional mass spectrometry allows rapid analysis of complex samples
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PodcastScientific Babel by Michael Gordin – Book club
We probe the nature of scientific language with Michael Gordin’s bestseller, Scientific Babel
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OpinionFlashback: 1985 – 'the experimental discovery of the unexpected'
Sir Jack Baldwin’s enthusiasm for science began with the gift of a chemistry set
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PodcastGuncotton or nitrocellulose
From an apron aflame to a popular propellant, Michael Freemantle tracks the history of guncotton
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ResearchVan Gogh’s Sunflowers may be wilting in the sun
Post-impressionists’ most famous painting may contain photo-sensitive lead-based pigments that are darkening under light
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PodcastCephalosporins
A story which starts knee-deep in sewage and ends with the spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA
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NewsUniversity renovations reveal antique US chemistry classroom
Builders discover remains of a 19th century lab hidden behind a wall
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PodcastA is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup – Book club
In the first of a brand new podcast series, we get together to discuss ‘A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie’
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PodcastXenon hexafluoroplatinate
Hayley Birch discovers the compound that opened up a wing of the periodic table for reactions: Xenon hexafluoroplatinate