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Flying: heavier or lighter than air?
23 May 2013 Last Retort
Hydrogen balloons have fallen out of favour, except in chemistry demonstrations
Oh what a surprise!
25 April 2013 Last Retort
Sometimes great chemistry results from unexpected findings
On Ilkley Moor bar TNT
21 March 2013 Last Retort
A large explosion could have added an extra verse to the folk tune
The magic of microwaves
28 February 2013 Last Retort
Do the devices just heat cups of tea or is there more to their use in chemistry?
Ominous isotopes
28 January 2013 Last Retort
Heavy elements are one thing, but it is lighter uranium that is the worry
Automatic for the chemist
18 December 2012 Last Retort
How automatic structure elucidation could lead to more creative chemists
Dickens and the haunted chemist
29 November 2012 Last Retort
Christmas carol author explored chemistry in fact and fiction
Elemental recognition
3 October 2012 Last Retort
Today you’ll find Lise Meitner celebrated in the periodic table
How to unstopper a stopper
30 August 2012 Last Retort
Years as a practical chemist can come in useful when trying to unjam a dram
Black crystal arts
31 July 2012 Last Retort
The secret tricks needed to coax out crystals hark back to our alchemical past
Can chemistry get a podium place?
20 June 2012 Last Retort
The Olympic site in London has a deep chemical heritage, and it should be built upon
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29 November 2011 
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An explosion is the sudden release of gas, creating a sonic report
The last retort
29 July 2011 Last Retort
The 2010 Nobel prize for physics went to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
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30 June 2011 Last Retort
'Absurd', 'roundabout', 'clumsy these words well describe the way we turn heat into electric power
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