All History articles – Page 35
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Opinion
Flashback: 1983 – Cookson Group celebrate golden anniversary
Cookson Group celebrate 50 years at Perivale site
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Opinion
Flashback: 1993 – forensic advice
After a suggestion from the RSC a royal commission proposed a Forensic Science Advisory Council
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Opinion
The elemental treasure hunt
Taking a look behind the periodic table at the stories of discovery
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Opinion
The Choshu five
Alwyn Davies recounts how five Japanese students and their chemist mentor changed Japanese society forever
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Opinion
Flashback: 1988 – chemical weapon collaboration
Russian and British teams discuss chemical warfare as a step towards a ban
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Feature
A fresh look at alchemy
Lawrence Principe cracks the alchemists’ codes and discovers the sophisticated chemistry they used
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Feature
Capital chemistry
This year, the University of Edinburgh celebrates three centuries since the appointment of its first chemistry professor. Philip Robinson looks back in time
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Research
Digitally unrolling historical scrolls
X-ray tomography can unroll and read parchment scrolls that have become stuck together.
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Opinion
Flashback: 1993 – problems at Pittcon
Snow storms stranded people at Pittcon in 1993, making the conference memorable for the wrong reasons