All History articles – Page 4
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Research
Residues from embalming vessels cast new light on ancient Egyptian mummification
Chemists reveal the compounds and sources of embalming treatments
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Feature
The smell of history
Nina Notman sniffs out chemistry’s role in uncovering, documenting and recreating the scents of the past
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Opinion
Will we always keep naming things after people?
Choosing a name deserves careful consideration
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Opinion
The incredible legacy of Tutankhamun
Three-thousand-year-old treasures can still enthral and inspire
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Feature
Unwrapping ancient Egyptian chemistry
From mummification to metallurgy, Rachel Brazil looks at the impressive chemistry used by this ancient civilisation
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Feature
Celebrating Louis Pasteur’s bicentenary
Mike Sutton reflects on the dramatic discoveries of Louis Pasteur, born 200 years ago
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Feature
Visualising the Nobel nomination archive
Who nominated whom for the biggest prize in chemistry
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News
Sequencing of genomes of ancient human relatives takes medicine Nobel prize
Svante Pääbo’s team sequenced the Neanderthal genome and discovered a previously unknown hominin
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Feature
The discovery of mass spectrometry
Mike Sutton traces how Francis Aston’s mass spectrograph shook up chemistry
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Research
Explaining the mysterious purple gold at Spain's Alhambra
Chemical corrosion converts gold leaf into purple nanospheres
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Controversy over ancient Chinese bronze chemistry
Study suggests bronze was made from alloys rather than pure metals, but experts remain unconvinced
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Opinion
Period of discovery
Chemical space contained sufficient information to formulate the periodic system 25 years before Mendeleev