Ilan Marek discusses the historic reasons for Israel's success in chemistry, as well as its present and future
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Chemistry in Israel
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Hierarchy of Research
Adam Heller discusses that not all research is equal and gives his personal suggestion on how to fund critical, independent thinking
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Chemical Poems: Calcium
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table
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The Last Alchemist in Paris
Henning Hopf, Germany, reviews the book "The Last Alchemist in Paris & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry" by Lars Öhrström
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Guess the Chemist (28)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?
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Heat-Conducting Polymer
Thermal interface material developed which is able to conduct heat 20 times better than the original polymer
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Encapsulation for Electrolytes
Incorporation of cyclodextrin nanochannels in solid polymer electrolytes results in enhanced conductivity
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Angewandte Chemie 14/2014: Can You Do Without?
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
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247th ACS Meeting
Impressions of the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Dallas
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Understanding Noble Metal Catalysis
Thin gold-silver alloy films were used to shed light on the mechanisms of oxidation catalyzed by nanoporous gold