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The LMB Archive collates scanned/digitised newspaper, magazine and web articles that relate to the activities of the LMB. This database lists the articles that have been catalogued so far.

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  • The Cavendish Laboratory and Structural Biology
    Authors Huxley Hugh Source Physics World March 2003 Year 2003
    Details Subject When James Watson and Francis Crick published the structure of DNA 50 years ago, it revealed the leading role played by the Cavendish Laboratory in structural biology. But why was this discovery made in a physics lab in Britain? Keywords James Watson; Francis Crick; X-ray; Rosalind Franklin; Maurice Wilkins; DNA structure; Max Perutz; proteins; John Kendrew; myoglobin, haemoglobin; Cavendish Laboratory; Lawrence Bragg; William Bragg; William Astbury; John Desmond Bernal; amino acids; Peter Pauling
  • The Crick file: the life and times of Francis Crick
    Authors Wellcome News Source Wellcome News, Q1, 2003, pp.10-11 Year 2003
    Details Subject The Francis Crick papers at the Wellcome Library Keywords Chris Beckett; Sydney Brenner; Francis Crick; Eugenics Society; Heritage Lottery Fund; Arthur Hughes; Peter Medawar; David Pearson; Max Perutz; Marie Stopes; James Watson; Wellcome Library; Maurice Wilkins
  • The discovery of the double helix: a brief history of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
    Authors Finch, John Source School Sciences Review March 2003 Year 2003
    Details Subject The DNA double helix and the first 3-D structures of proteins were worked out in an MRC unit housed in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. Its success has continued in the LMB, built in 1962 to accommodate its growing number of researchers Keywords Lawrence Bragg; Cavendish Laboratory; J.D. Bernal; Max Perutz; Dorothy Hodgkin; John Kendrew; Francis Crick; Sir Edward Mellanby; Caius College; myoglobin; haemoglobin; ‘Sage’; ‘Pykrete’; radar; James Watson; Michael Fuller; Sydney Brenner; Fred Sanger; Linus Pauling
  • The discovery of the structure of DNA
    Authors Squires, Gordon L. Source Contemporary Physics, 44: 289-305, July – August 2003 Year 2003
    Details Subject Discovery of the structure of DNA: scientists sketches, the physics and chemistry involved, events leading up to the discovery Keywords William Astbury; Florence Bell; John Bernal; Lawrence Bragg; Erwin Chargaff; William Cochran; Robert Corey; Edward da Costa Andrade; Francis Crick; Walter de la Mare; Max Delbruck; Jerry Donohue; Rosalind Franklin; Sven Furberg; Raymond Gosling; John Griffith; Bill Hayes; Dorothy Hodgkin; Herman Kalckar; Keats; John Kendrew; Aaron Klug; Salvador Luria; Brenda Maddox; Linus Pauling; Peter Pauling; Max Perutz; John Randall; G. F. C. Searle; William Seeds; Rudolf Signer; Alexander Stokes; J. J. Thomson; Alex Todd; Vladimir Vand; James Watson; Maurice Wilkins
  • The history of molecular structure determination viewed through the Nobel prizes
    Authors Jensen, William; Palenik, Gus J. & Suh, Li‑Hwan Source Journal of Chemical Education 80 (7): 753-761, July 2003 Year 2003
    Details Subject History of molecular structure determination viewed through a history of the related Nobel Prize winners, including those of LMB Keywords Francis Crick; Rosalind Franklin; John Kendrew; Aaron Klug; Max Perutz; James D. Watson; Maurice Wilkins
  • The stamp of true genius
    Authors Elliott, Chris Source Cambridge Evening News, 21 February 2003, p.28 Year 2003
    Details Subject A number of events are planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unravelling of the secret of DNA, including a set of stamps Keywords Susan Aldridge; Patrick Breen; Peter Brookes; Francis Crick; The Eagle Pub; Royal Mail; Royal Mint; Gerald Sheehan; James Watson
  • They found the secret of life and nothing would be the same again
    Authors Edge, Simon Source Daily Express, 28 February 2003, p.13 Year 2003
    Details Subject Fifty years ago today, scientists Watson and Crick unravelled the mystery of DNA Keywords Archimedes; Francis Crick; Eugenics; Rosalind Franklin; Gattaca; GM Crops; Adolf Hitler; Human Genome Project; Jurassic Park; The Eagle Pub; 'Mona Lisa of Science'; James Watson
  • Who said 'helix'?
    Authors Fuller, Watson Source Nature 424: 876-878, 21 August 2003 Year 2003
    Details Subject Right and wrong in the story of how the structure of DNA was discovered Keywords Bill Astbury; J. D. Bernal; Francis Crick; Werner Ehrenberg; Rosalind Franklin; Raymond Gosling; Aaron Klug; Max Perutz; John Randall; Rudolf Signer; Walter Spear; Alec Stokes; James Watson; Maurice Wilkins; Herbert Wilson
  • Why the worm?
    Authors Wellcome News Source Wellcome News, Q1: 8-9, 2003 Year 2003
    Details Subject ‘Wellcome News’ continues its exploration of model organisms, focusing on the tiny nematode worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Includes ‘wormy ways’ a quick guide to the properties of the worm Keywords Sydney Brenner; Caenorhabditis elegans; Alan Coulson; Francis Crick; Bob Horvitz; Human Genome Project; Max Perutz; nematode worm; John Sulston; Bob Waterston; Jim Watson
  • A calm, kind man who revelled in his team's success
    Authors Watson, James Source The Independent, 7 February 2002, p.10 Year 2002
    Details Subject Max Perutz Keywords Lawrence Bragg; Francis Crick; John Kendrew; Max Perutz; James Watson
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