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Chemistry World March 2011 |
My hero: The greatest influences of chemistry When we devised this series to run through the International Year of Chemistry, there was some concern that everyone would choose the same hero. How wrong we were. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2015 Derry W Jones |
Great minds: reflections of 111 top scientists This perceptive and enjoyable compendium, though intelligible to non-scientific readers, will appeal especially to professional scientists aware of the characters' achievements. |
Chemistry World October 18, 2006 Ned Stafford |
Nobel Lobbying Skews Prizes, Chemist Claims US success among the 2006 Nobel prizes has prompted a top German chemist to complain that US domination in recent years has more to do with lobbying efforts than with superiority over European peers. |
Chemistry World January 2011 |
My hero: The greatest influences of chemistry Nobel laureates Harry Kroto was one of three recipients to share the 1996 Nobel prize in chemistry for the discovery of fullerenes (buckyballs) and he offers his opinion of Sir John (Kappa) Cornforth. |
Chemistry World January 5, 2015 Adam Brounsell |
Welcome to 2015 and to a new volume Chemistry World demonstrates how science is relevant to everyone, not just scientists. Discoveries never go stale; they are made anew by each person when he or she first encounters them. |
Chemistry World March 2012 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: What makes a good chemist? Excellence in problem solving and a mind for analytical detail are attributes that immediately spring to mind. |
Chemistry World April 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Hirsch Index Ranks Top Chemists Living chemists have been ranked in a league table based on what some argue is the fairest measure of research achievement ever devised. |
Chemistry World July 6, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Whitesides Charges to the Top US chemist George Whitesides has overtaken Harvard compatriot E. J. Corey to top a league table measuring the research achievements of living chemists. |
Chemistry World November 2011 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: Nobels and Nobility The 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Daniel Shechtman at Technion in Haifa, Israel, for the discovery of quasicrystals. |
Chemistry World December 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Fiction failure Rare as it is for chemistry and its ideas to star in fiction, it's rarer still to find a story with a character who happens to be a chemist, but is also simply a well-rounded human being. |
Chemistry World July 2009 Bibiana Campos-Seijo |
Editorial: Out and about Reports from recent scientific conferences: Energy materials to combat climate change meeting... 11th Erbi Biopartnering event... ChemSpec Europe 2009... |
Chemistry World January 16, 2015 John Hudson |
Fred Sanger -- double Nobel laureate: a biography Fred Sanger, who died in 2013 aged 94, is one of only four people to have won two Nobel prizes, and the only person to have received the chemistry prize twice. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2012 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
The gift of science Nobel prize winner Robert Curl recalls: 'When I was nine years old, my parents gave me a chemistry set. Within a week, I had decided to become a chemist.' A familiar story? I'm sure it is. |
Chemistry World November 20, 2013 Patrick Walter |
Two-time chemistry Nobelist Fred Sanger dies Double chemistry Nobel laureate Frederick Sanger died yesterday at the age of 95. The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, where he spent much of his research career confirmed his death this morning. |
Chemistry World June 5, 2015 |
A prescription for chemists The Public attitudes to chemistry survey revealed that many people confuse chemists with pharmacists. |
Chemistry World September 2009 |
Living the Nobel life In Lindau, Germany, groups of Nobel prize winners are invited to meet with a new generation of young scientists. This year was the chemists' turn and the theme of this year's event was renewable energy and climate change |
Chemistry World December 17, 2012 Patrick Walter |
RSC acquires rights to Merck Index The Royal Society of Chemistry has acquired the rights to the 'bible' of chemistry, the Merck Index, familiar around the world to medicinal chemists and drug discovery scientists. |
Chemistry World November 2009 Bibiana Campos-Seijo |
Editorial: Ringing in the Nobels This year the chemistry prize seems to have once again caused a bit of a commotion. The criticism? Well, some in the scientific community have suggested that the research had too strong a biological focus. |
Chemistry World November 27, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
End of the road for h-index rankings US chemists who have ranked living chemists based on their h-indices have decided to stop. The decision comes after criticism that the list lends too much emphasis to a single metric for assessing academic performance. |
Chemistry World December 2007 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: The Gift of Science A weekend trip to your local toy shop may reveal a vast array of choices for the budding chemist. |
Chemistry World February 2008 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the Pipeline Does it matter whether or not a pharmaceutical company is run by a chemist? |
Chemistry World February 2012 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: The energy conundrum Energy, the environment and sustainability all go hand-in-hand, providing multiple areas for chemists to make an impact, and so 2012 will be another opportunity for our discipline to shine. |
Chemistry World January 4, 2008 Ned Stafford |
German Chemistry Rated World Class An independent study has shown that German chemistry remains world class, with 16 of 57 universities and seven of 20 research institutes rated as being global leaders in at least one field of chemistry research. |
Chemistry World December 2011 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: The End of a Good Start Chemistry can and should be celebrated every day. |
Chemistry World December 17, 2010 |
Lights, camera, action An interview with chemist Martyn Poliakoff, who is research professor of chemistry at the University of Nottingham in the UK. His main research interest is the application of supercritical fluids with a focus on green and sustainable chemistry. He is one of the |
Chemistry World February 2009 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline How important is it to have the best equipped lab? One group holds that there's little effect at all, that good scientists can do good work with whatever's at hand. |
Chemistry World February 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Computers Learn Chemistry Chemists who trawl through the thousands of chemistry papers published every month must wish their computers could do the job for them. Well, maybe one day they will. |
Chemistry World September 2006 Yfke Hager |
Careers: Analytical Expertise After years of jumping between chemistry jobs, Adam Hold created his dream career by setting up his own company to provide analytical services. |
D-Lib January 2005 Chris Petersen |
Linus Pauling and the Nature of the Chemical Bond: A Documentary History In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Linus Pauling's receipt of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, awarded for his work on the nature of the chemical bond, the Oregon State University Libraries have launched a digital library which is devoted to Pauling's epic achievement. |
Chemistry World October 7, 2015 |
Live blog: Unravelling DNA repair mechanisms takes chemistry Nobel Our live blog explains the vital statistics of the Nobel chemistry prize and the countdown to the award announcement. |
Science News October 27, 2007 |
Science Safari: Chemistry--Weird and Otherwise Visit this computational chemist's blog to learn the who, what, when, where, and why of chemistry. |
Chemistry World March 2006 |
Flashback 60 Years Ago: US chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis died... 90 Years Ago: Christian Boehmer Anfinsen was born in Pennsylvania... 95 Years Ago: Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff died... etc. |
Chemistry World December 8, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Japan's research funds at risk Japanese scientists are waging a last-minute battle to convince the recently elected government to abandon plans to slash research spending. |
Chemistry World March 2011 |
Column: The crucible Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball |
Chemistry World December 2007 Henry Nicholls |
The Chemistry Set Generation Thinking about buying a chemistry set for someone this Christmas? A nostalgic look at an inspirational toy that could be on the verge of a comeback |