In focus – Page 17
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FeatureMolybdenum and evolution
Recent discoveries indicate that our atmosphere was not always oxygen rich - molybdenum could have been the limiting factor in the evolution of life on earth
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SoundbiteDetecting explosives
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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FeatureA healthy, wealthy, sustainable world
..won't happen without chemists. We need a new generation of young chemists to avoid becoming an undernourished, impoverished, unsustainable world.
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FeatureThe discovery of fluorine
The hazardous nature of hydrogen fluoride brought agony and death to investigators during early attempts to isolate fluorine
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OpinionRoses are red and so is blood
Peter Childs, University of Limerick, investigates words in chemistry.
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The MoleThe Last Castle – can a water cannon fire a hook and chain?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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The MoleWater for life
Tom Westgate investigates the chemistry and chemists helping more people to access clean water
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FeatureThe evolution of catalytic converters
From early smog problems to modern concerns about air pollution, catalysts pave the way in controlling the emissions from combustion engines
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OpinionWater, water, everywhere, but...
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry
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FeatureBiomimetics
The next generation of functional materials will need to include aniostropic (directionally dependent) crystals. But how has nature been the source of inspiration for these?
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FeatureDiscovering iodine
From a chance discovery by a French saltpetre manufacturer, iodine celebrates 200 years of use in industry and medical science in 2011
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The MoleChemical waste
In the school lab, the chemicals you deal with are easily disposable but what about back in the technician’s store?
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FeatureDiamond Light Source: illuminating chemistry
Synchrotron light allows chemists to see within structures and individual atoms, without disrupting samples
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FeatureForensic science and the case of Dr Mario Jascalevich
Forensic science is depicted in several television programmes as a near-perfect means of solving major crimes. In real life, forensics may sometimes point to guilt, but in the end be insufficient to prove it. This is the account of one such case
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FeatureVincent van Gogh, chemistry and absinthe
The consumption of absinthe was once banned due to its reputation as a mysterious psychoactive drink. What does it contain? Was it responsible for the death of Van Gogh?
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