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June 1, 2006
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Museum Paints the Town Purple The museum of science and industry in Manchester (MSIM) has a week of hands-on activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of William Perkin's discovery of the purple dye mauveine while he was trying to make quinine from coal tar. |
Chemistry World
June 2006
Philip Ball |
Chancing Upon Chemical Wonders Serendipity has played a big part in many of chemistry's major discoveries, from electrically conducting polymers to mauve dye. Here the author shows how anyone can make a mistake, but it takes a special sort of person to draw gold from the dross. |
Chemistry World
September 27, 2012
Philip Ball |
Blues standard The identification of a new inorganic blue pigment in 2009 looked promising for artists. Chemists at Oregon State University, US, found that manganese ions produce an intense blue colour, with the prized 'reddish' shade of ultramarine, when they occupy a trigonal bipyramidal site in metal oxides. |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2015
Paul Brack |
Egyptian blue: more than just a color The blue pigment was first used by Egyptian artist 2600 BC. Today it has possible uses in security inks or for biomedical imaging. |
Chemistry World
July 2008
Kevin Rogers |
What future for small molecule therapy? Pharmaceutical companies overlook bench chemists at their peril |
Chemistry World
December 7, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Dress dye analysis points to fast-moving fashion in 19th century A chemical analysis of the purple threads from silk dresses dating back to the 19th century has shed new light on the early trade and manufacture of synthetic dyes. |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2013
Laura Howes |
More clues to Maya blue The early Maya chemists managed to make pigments that are incredibly stable. The color has lasted longer than the civilization and today's modern chemists have been trying to work out why. |
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
August 2007
Derek Lowe |
Opinion: In the Pipeline Process chemists just don't get the credit they deserve. |
Chemistry World
June 2008 |
Column: In the pipeline The author, a medicinal chemist working on preclinical drug discovery, takes a look at the differences between chemists and biologists working on the same team. |
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. |
