All articles by Philip Robinson – Page 3

Careers
Take a tour of the Diamond Light Source

2017-09-17T09:00:00Z

The synchrotron researchers exploring the world in atomic detail
Opinion
Chemicals of consequence

2017-09-06T16:06:00Z

Drug misuse is a complex issue, with no easy answers
Opinion
Our unconscious bias

2017-06-23T10:38:00Z

Implicit biases are pervasive and unavoidable. But they can be changed.
Opinion
Knowledge of good and evil

2017-05-03T09:30:00Z

Chemical weapons should be gone, but not forgotten
Opinion
The more you know

2017-04-06T12:46:00Z

Science has come a long way, and it’s up to us to keep it going
Opinion
The burden of truth

2016-12-21T11:00:00Z

When post truth politics are in power, science becomes the opposition
Opinion
Our eponymous epoch

2016-09-21T10:30:00Z

Creating the Anthropocene may have cost us the Earth
News
Paper-based test picks out problem pills

2016-08-22T18:03:00Z

A simple analytical tool can spot poor quality pharmaceuticals
Research
Energy equals chemistry

2016-08-17T12:47:00Z

Dan Nocera shares his thoughts on the future and discusses chemistry’s identity crisis
Opinion
Do androids dream of electrostatics?

2016-04-29T00:00:00Z

Artificial intelligence could be better than you think
Opinion
Don’t be a hero, be a scientist

2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

Keeping the public’s trust is our shared duty
Review
Dangerous diaries: exploring risks and rewards in fabrication

2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

The devil is in the detail
Opinion
The judgement of Paris

2016-01-07T00:00:00Z

Our environmental ambitions are only as good as the companies we keep
Review
Scientific Babel: the language of science from the fall of Latin to the rise of English

2015-11-05T00:00:00Z

Bridging the divide
Opinion
A Nobel purpose

2015-11-02T00:00:00Z

If the prize is right, it means more than recognition
Opinion
Dedicated followers of fashion

2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

How the road less travelled becomes a science superhighway
Opinion
Points of view

2015-07-01T00:00:00Z

A survey of public attitudes to chemistry reveals misconceptions on both sides
Opinion
It's the stupid economy

2015-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some things can’t be measured in money
Podcast
Barbituric acid

2015-03-04T00:00:00Z

It may have been largely superceded in the clinic but Phil Robinson discovers there is no rest yet for barbituric acid
Opinion
Are you sitting comfortably?

2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Science has great tales to tell, but we mustn’t let a good story get in the way of the facts