All articles by Philip Robinson – Page 4
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Opinion
Are you sitting comfortably?
Science has great tales to tell, but we mustn’t let a good story get in the way of the facts
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FeatureExplosive chemistry
The Forensic Explosives Laboratory supports police investigations into unlawful use of explosives. Philip Robinson reports from Fort Halstead
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NewsAudit of fracking fluids highlights data deficiencies
Secrecy hampers efforts to understand potential risks of chemicals used in fracking
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CareersTo detect and defend
Rebecca Hopkins tells Philip Robinson about her life and work as a scientist in the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
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FeatureChemistry on the front line
Philip Robinson reports from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in Porton Down
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CareersBy royal appointment
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 brings UK science and industry together through its industrial fellowship scheme. Philip Robinson reports
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FeatureCapital chemistry
This year, the University of Edinburgh celebrates three centuries since the appointment of its first chemistry professor. Philip Robinson looks back in time
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Research
Terahertz turns up fresco's hidden artwork
Concealed image in Louvre artifact revealed by terahertz spectroscopy, after other analytical techniques failed to do so
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Research
The truth about snake oil?
First analyses of elixirs, nostrums and other cures sold at the turn of the last century
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NewsRoy David ‘Gus’ Guthrie AM CChem FRSC (1934–2013)
Former Secretary General of the RSC and founding fellow of two Australian universities died on 12 January
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Research
NMR with a light touch
Scientists in the US are developing a novel NMR method that uses light to pick up the spin of nuclei
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NewsShine on you crazy Diamond
The Diamond Light Source based at Harwell, UK, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and five years of operation
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FeatureGuided by the light of a neutron candle
It is 80 years since James Chadwick discovered the neutral sub-atomic particle and 40 years since the Laue-Langevin Institute opened its doors. To celebrate, Philip Robinson visits the most intense neutron source in the world
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Research
Triazine boosts polymer energy storage
Lithium batteries could potentially store double the amount energy using a new porous framework electrode
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Research
Graphite super lube works at micron scale
Scientists show graphite surfaces can slide over each other with no interference from friction
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X-ray vision uncovers hidden self portrait
Australian scientists use x-ray fluorescence to bring painted over artwork back to life again
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Research
X-ray vision uncovers hidden self portrait
A collaboration between scientists and art historians in Australia has uncovered a lost work of art by one of the country's most famous artists