All Feature articles – Page 23
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FeatureSingle molecule sequencing
The first draft sequence of the human genome, announced 10 years ago, was time-consuming and expensive
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FeatureIron ocean seeding
Carbon sequestration - the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - is an active area of research
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FeatureThe medicinal history of phosphorus
In the early Middle Ages 'physicians' treated most illnesses ineffectually, with herbs and plant extracts
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FeatureThe importance of weak forces
London dispersion forces - instantaneous dipole-induced dipole attractions - are extremely short ranged
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FeatureLead in the environment
Interest in lead pollution has tended to focus on the environmental consequences of the use of tetraethyl lead in petrol and of lead compounds in paint
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FeatureLook who discovered caesium...
Although Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff are often credited with the discovery of caesium, this honour belongs to Carl Setterberg
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FeatureHave your coal and burn it
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and allow us to continue using fossil fuels to generate electricity
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FeatureBlack paper
Flexible carbon nanotube paper is now available for use in high-tech electronics
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FeatureSynthetic vaccines
The design of synthetic vaccines offers a more systematic approach to vaccine therapy for many illnesses, including cancer, and even drug addiction
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FeatureModern mass spectrometry
Advances in mass spectrometry (MS) technology over the past 30 years have pushed this technique into the hands of biologists and biochemists
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FeatureMaking the most of valency
Teachers are encouraged to use valency as a way of rationalising the atomic composition of a large number of compounds
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FeatureMass spectrometry - the early days
1912, physicist Joseph John (J. J.) Thomson discovers mass spectrometry
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FeatureA problem shared - the Singapore experience
Problem-based learning (PBL) gives students opportunities for collaborative as well as self-directed learning
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FeatureA blockbuster synthesis for undergraduates
By investigating the synthesis of a major antiulcer drug, undergraduates get an insight into the challenges of modern process chemistry
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FeatureFive rings good, four rings bad
Fifty years ago steroid abuse among sportsmen and women was a serious problem. Today, thanks to the skills of analytical chemists, the sporting cheats rarely win
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FeatureIs propofol a killer?
Few people will not have been touched by the tragic death of musician and pop icon Michael Jackson last summer. The cause of his untimely death has been linked to the drug propofol. What is propofol and is it lethal?
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FeatureUndergraduate chemistry - points of view
What do chemistry undergraduates and their lecturers think about the teaching and learning experience in higher education?
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FeatureNew challenges for photocatalysts
Titania catalysts are being used to keep hospital surfaces clean and to produce hydrogen in solar cells