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Chemistry World May 2007 Dylan Stiles |
Bench Monkey One has to wonder if Pauling, Sacks and Woodward would have ended up like they did if it were not for the very early hands-on experience they got with chemistry. Today's chemistry sets may be safer, but they're also a lot more boring. |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Column: In the pipeline Problems develop when there are too few workhorse reactions, which may well generate compounds that are too similar to each other. Are we at that stage now? |
Chemistry World April 17, 2014 Robert Jackson |
UCL chemistry department: 1828--1974 As well as describing the history of University College London chemistry, this book mentions the staff, as well as information about the buildings occupied. There's plenty of chemistry as well, which is a very nice touch. |
Chemistry World October 30, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Celebrating chemistry There's a big birthday celebration happening in Marburg, Germany, today, attended by about 800 chemists, to commemorate the birth of chemistry as an academic subject. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2015 |
All set for chemistry Chemistry sets through the years have both weathered and reflected many changes in science and society, as Philip Ball discovers |
Chemistry World April 11, 2014 |
Former chief executive of Royal Society of Chemistry dies As leader of the Chemical Society, John Ruck Keene oversaw its amalgamation with the Royal Institute of Chemistry, Faraday Society and Society for Analytical Chemistry to become the RSC in 1980. |
Chemistry World October 1, 2012 Andrea Sella |
Dufton's spiral column Distillation still lies at the heart of chemistry and among the many methods to attain chemical virtue, Dufton's fractionating column is one of the most exquisitely delicate and visual. |
Chemistry World August 15, 2014 Patrick Walter |
Former Royal Society of Chemistry president dies After retiring from active research, John Mason Ward continued to play an active role in the chemistry community. |
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley |
Mark Leach Interview with the owner of Meta-Synthesis, a company aimed to reveal the inner secrets of chemistry to as wide an audience as possible. |
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley |
Dick Wife An interview with the chemical IT scientist and co-founder of SORD, a scientific publishing company that seeks to solve the problem of organizing the myriad of undocumented chemistry and the chaotic mess of the commercial database. |
Chemistry World April 22, 2008 Killugudi Jayaraman |
Indian Chemist Accused of Plagiarism The Indian Academy of Sciences is to investigate after Chemistry World alerted it to a possible instance of plagiarism by an Indian chemist. |
Chemistry World August 2007 Derek Lowe |
Opinion: In the Pipeline Process chemists just don't get the credit they deserve. |
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 July 27, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Peer review by live blogging Blogging can immediately bring together expert opinion on a given topic. Poorly reviewed papers claiming novelty can be expected to be rapidly dissected in the blogosphere, as some chemists have found out. |
Chemistry World December 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Surfing Web2O The rapid evolution of the world wide web is creating fresh opportunities - and challenges - for chemistry. |
Chemistry World November 2011 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the Pipeline In recent years there's another class of 'unknown' compounds that's become more prominent than ever: the ones you can buy from the chemical catalogues. |
Chemistry World March 27, 2014 Derek Lowe |
Known unknowns Most dangerous substances announce themselves by their structures and reactivity, and a competent organic chemist should be able to read those signs. |
Chemistry World August 8, 2013 Victoria Druce |
Chemistry: the impure science Chemistry: the impure science by Bensaude-Vincent and Simon, delves into the past to assert the foundations of a modern chemistry, with a concluding chapter that might propel the subject into an ethically sound and influential future. |
Chemistry World January 9, 2014 Andrea Sella |
Tsvett's column Chemistry is not dissipating. In the life sciences it has come to underpin everything from physiology to imaging to genetics. And, for me, that all began with the work of an obscure botanist trying to understand photosynthesis. |
Chemistry World June 23, 2015 John Nicholson |
The matter factory: a history of the chemistry laboratory There has been no comprehensive history of the chemistry laboratory, an omission put right in The matter factory by the distinguished historian, Peter Morris. |
Chemistry World May 2012 |
Help or harm? Malcolm Dando asks whether we are sufficiently aware of the potential for chemistry to be misused and what may result if we are not |
Chemistry World August 9, 2012 Derry Jones |
Day by Day On the Cucumber Tree, by Peter Day, is an illustrated memoir by an Oxford inorganic chemist who directed institutions in Grenoble, France and London and worked with institutes in Europe and the US. |
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. |
Reactive Reports Issue 49 |
Star Picks Chemogenesis is an e-book that goes in depth into chemical reactions and reactivity... Check out the Wiki books on chemistry for an open source chemistry textbook... |
Chemistry World December 13, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Breaking the strongest bonds Chemists have uncovered a way to sever two of the strongest bonds in chemistry - in dinitrogen and carbon monoxide - and make useful organic compounds. |
Chemistry World June 1, 2012 Derek Lowe |
Peace, love and understanding You'd think that the chemists and biologists working in drug discovery would understand each other pretty well by now. You would be wrong about that. |
Chemistry World January 2, 2013 Derek Lowe |
Fear of the unknown My mental file drawer labelled 'Terrible Reagents I Have Known' is even larger than the one called 'Lunatics I Have Worked With and their Life-Threatening Ideas'. We organic chemists really do work with some terrible chemicals, and it's up to us to keep them from causing havoc. |
Reactive Reports Issue 66 David Bradley |
Nuclear Chemist's Love of the Web Benefits Chemists Everywhere Mitch Andre Garcia uses the internet to help the chemistry community. His latest web creation is a ranking tool which allows users to submit research papers of interest and for others to vote on their worthiness or otherwise. |
Wired June 2006 Steve Silberman |
Don't Try This at Home Garage chemistry used to be a rite of passage for geeky kids. But in their search for terrorist cells and meth labs, authorities are making a federal case out of do-it-yourself science. |
Chemistry World February 24, 2006 Jon Evans |
Information Free-for-All The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia could become the main source of chemical information in 5-10 years, according to a professional chemist. |
Reactive Reports November 2005 David Bradley |
Peter Murray-Rust An interview with the scientific software developer, originally a crystallographer with a DPhil from Oxford, on how he is now helping to establish novel software and Web technologies for chemists and other scientists underpinned by the concept of open source. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
US urged to rethink chemistry graduate education US chemistry graduate education needs an overhaul to address a possible glut of chemistry PhDs and other obstacles, according to a new report released by the American Chemical Society. |
Chemistry World November 2006 Yfke Hager |
Careers: Heartfelt Chemistry After working in New Zealand, medicinal chemistry tempted Ashley Jarvis back to the UK. He now works in his dream field. |
Reactive Reports Issue 55 David Bradley |
Interview with Wendy Warr This well-known and well-respected expert in the field of chemical information creates online reports and opinions that are essential reading for chemists hoping to understand the changes in information that are currently underway. |
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 |
Chemistry World March 5, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Forgotten synthetic PhD theses set to be given new lease of life A team of researchers have amassed a digital collection of more than 75,000 compounds from PhD theses that might otherwise have mouldered in obscurity. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams. |
Carolyn Bertozzi: Changed Expectations Chemists trained in biology were once a rarity -- now they're becoming the norm. |
Reactive Reports Issue 51 David Bradley |
Jean-Claude Bradley Drexel University and Blogmaster of Usefulchem.Blogspot.Com This chemist is the creator of a fascinating blog (Web log) called UsefulChem, which aims to bring important and global problems to the attention of the wider chemical community in the hope of finding chemistry-based solutions. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2012 Harriet Gould |
Is organic really organic? John Emsley's Islington Green: A Book of Revelation, should serve as an educational gem for the young, inexperienced chemist, as well as a useful tool to aid anyone's debate as to whether organic is best. |
Bio-IT World August 18, 2004 Kevin Davies |
In Praise of Chemical Diversity How to build better small-molecule libraries. |
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 August 13, 2015 |
Exploiting the data mine Chemists must embrace open data to allow us to collectively get the best out of the masses of new knowledge we unearth, reports Clare Sansom |
Reactive Reports Issue 45 |
Star Picks Chemistry Web sites: Chemists Celebrate Earth Day: Resources... Doing Chemistry... Chemistry Question... |
Chemistry World July 21, 2008 |
Chemical Education in Need of Reform China's university chemistry departments are struggling to attract students despite the rapid expansion of the country's higher education system. |
Chemistry World January 14, 2015 Derek Lowe |
Ignorance is no defense Chemists can be a danger to themselves and others if they don't know enough about the compounds they're working with. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Sarah C. P. Williams |
Living Chemistry Biologists understand better what chemists can bring to the table. And chemists understand better the questions that biologists really care about. This has led to a bigger impact of chemists on biological problems. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Former Royal Society of Chemistry president Lord Lewis dies Lord Jack Lewis was known for his inorganic chemistry research, as well as his contributions to science policy in the House of Lords. |
Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley |
A Chemist's Thoughts on Computational Power and the Future of 'The Chemical Web' Interview with Steven Bachrach, a chemist with a flare for physics. |
Chemistry World August 2009 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author considers what makes a good looking drug molecule - and how beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
Chemistry World July 2008 Kevin Rogers |
What future for small molecule therapy? Pharmaceutical companies overlook bench chemists at their peril |