Crystal Ball Gazing

While it would be pleasant to think that we have a developed, sophisticated theory and 

The list could go on, but perhaps you get the idea well enough, and you may be able to think of others to add. A complex to catalyse the conversion of carbon dioxide to a useful product, perhaps  

All seems a little unlikely Well, one word that should be used in science with great caution is impossible . In fact, most of the above are under some stage of current development. Coordination chemistry has thrown up some wondrous outcomes in the past century of effort, so who can know where it is going to take us. Just book your ticket and get on board. 

Coordination complexes find wide commercial applications, from being used in medicine to serving as the mode by which metals are extracted from ores. 

Medically-related applications of coordination complexes include use in bioassay, diagnostic imaging and as drugs. 

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We conclude our crystal ball gazing with a list of research topics or approaches that we feel are likely to be of importance in the future. After reading this book, it should be obvious that this list is far from exhaustive. Our list follows the general organization of this book and is submitted in a terse format without details or justification. 

As alluded to earlier, management practices and regulations are time dependent. For simplification, I intend to divide the discussion into three time periods, World War II and its aftermath, Post World War II till the end of the Cold War, and crystal ball gazing into the future. 

I will not use this prefece to perform an exercise in crystal-ball-gazing and pontificate on what should or should not be explored as performing research in this area has made me a more humble and regularly amazed researcher. As many have, I came to this field by accident. Serendipity does and continues to play an important role in a number of developments in this now very fruitful (some may call it mature) area of research. I truly believe many more surprises are in store for us feeing the pleasures and frustrations of exploring this fascinating area of Science. 

Gazing in the polymer/additive crystal ball appears to indicate that the following future developments affecting polymer/additive analysis will take place ... 

As the main theme of this meeting is to assess and consolidate past achievements in various key areas of inorganic/organo-metallic chemistry, with the objective of gazing deep and hard into the futuristic chemical crystal ball of the 21st century, the purpose of my presentation will be to focus attention on pivotal developments in the field of transition metal atom/metal cluster chemistry over the past decade and then to attempt to project and forecast some of the more promising directions that the area is likely to follow in the years ahead. 

Ratain, M.J. and Relling M.V. (2001) Gazing into a crystal ball— cancer therapy in the post-genomic era. Nat Med 7 283-285. 

This session gazed into the crystal ball while occasionally looking into the rear-view mirror to review the past 25 years. 

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SUMMARY - GAZING INTO THE TERPENE CRYSTAL BALL... 

There are many time-tested methods for predicting the future you can examine tea leaves gaze into a crystal ball throw I Ching coins or seek out Delphic oracles. Since I am not a strong believer in magic, I prefer to examine the intestines of goats. 

As we gaze into the yellow crystal ball to forecast the future of the sulfur industry, the past is the fundamental place to start. The adage, it is easier to forecast the past than the future, has special applicability to sulfur. 

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