In focus – Page 21
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SoundbiteWhite wine and fish
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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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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FeatureNew challenges for photocatalysts
Titania catalysts are being used to keep hospital surfaces clean and to produce hydrogen in solar cells
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FeatureThe battle for magenta
Three years after the discovery of mauveine in 1856 by William Henry Perkin, the second commercially synthetic dye, magenta, was in production
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The MoleA day in the life of technical editor: Celia Gitterman
Celia Gitterman has spent the past four years working for the Royal Society of Chemistry as a technical editor. She talks to Tom Bond about her typical day
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The MoleThe sunshine vitamin
Vitamin D is often called the sunshine vitamin, but what is vitamin D, why is it so important, and what evidence is there to link it to such a range of illnesses?
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NewsToxic Sunscreen Testing
Chemists use spectroscopic technique to shed light on the toxic metals in sunscreens and cosmetic products
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SoundbitePotassium permanganate
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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FeatureOcean Acidification
Recent evidence suggests that ocean removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is having serious consequences for marine life
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FeaturePhosphorus - food for thought
Can phosphorus-rich foods, such as fish, improve our intellect?
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The MoleFlood: will all the land be covered by water if the polar ice caps melt?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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