All articles by Philip Ball – Page 14
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Feature
A sticky end?
Rather than evolving to increase complexity, could protein-protein interactions be part of a self-protection strategy gone too far? Philip Ball investigates
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Opinion
Molecular metaphors
Philip Ball wonders to what extent molecular structures are metaphorical
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Opinion
Morris's arsenic entanglement
How principled was William Morris? Philip Ball examines the evidence
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Opinion
Science, spirituality and scepticism
Philip Ball discusses an award presented to former Royal Society president Martin Rees for work at the interface of science and religion
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Opinion
Replication, in theory
Experiments are seldom replicated by different research teams, says Philip Ball. Why is this and does it really matter?
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Opinion
Reducing Chemistry Conceptually
Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball
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News
Einstein in your engine
Researchers find that up to 85 per cent of the voltage developed by the lead-acid car battery is due to relativistic effects
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Opinion
Collaboration or opportunism?
Dutch Nobel laureate Peter Debye has been branded a Nazi collaborator, but Philip Ball suggests that the historical facts permit several interpretations
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Opinion
Financially motivated sustainability
Philip Ball looks at the financial motivation needed to advance sustainable technology
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News
Water takes forbidden form
Water can adopt a 'forbidden' quasicrystalline state with twelve-fold symmetry, say US researchers
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Opinion
Untriseptium
Would element 137 really spell the end of the periodic table? Philip Ball examines the evidence
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Opinion
Periodic Improvements
There is no hidden understanding to be teased out by ‘improving' the periodic table, argues Philip Ball. But Eric Scerri begs to differ
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Opinion
Cadmium colourants and 'Shrekgate'
Philip Ball looks at the chemistry behind colourful cartoon characters served up by a fast food chain
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Opinion
Serving both music and chemistry
Borodin wasn't such an outstanding scientist after all, says Philip Ball, but science and music are far from mutually exclusive
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News
Blood-like liquid protein formed
A liquid form of the oxygen-binding protein myoglobin retains its biological function even though it seems virtually water-free
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Opinion
The future of crystallography
Man and the machine: Philip Ball welcomes the age of automated chemical crystallography
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