All Chemistry World articles in April 2022
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Careers
Making research environments more inclusive to deaf and hard of hearing students
Todd Pagano helps open up the world of chemistry for students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
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Careers
Publish in English or perish
The dominance of English in science does not reflect the scientists behind research articles
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Feature
Not just batteries: The chemistry of electric cars
The materials required in battery-powered cars are providing new challenges to chemists and the chemical industry. Clare Sansom reports
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Podcast
Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez – Book club
An Indigenous vision for environmental science
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News
Climate must come first as Europe reduces reliance on Russian fuels
Experts warn that UK and EU proposals don’t do enough to protect the environment
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Feature
A decade of CAR-T cell therapy
Nina Notman looks at the revolutionary treatment already taking on cancer, now aiming for wider use
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Opinion
Margaret Melhase Fuchs and the radioactive isotope
Rebecca Trager tells the story of a brilliant female undergraduate who discovered caesium-137 in 1941 but was blocked from pursuing a PhD
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Opinion
A spanner in the works
Most drugs work by breaking or stopping something, rather than by making something faster or better
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Opinion
Letter from scientists of Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian descent to governments and science funding organisations
Academics call for immediate action to support Ukrainian scholars at risk
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Careers
How to find a suitable PhD supervisor
Five tips for identifying who will give you the support you need
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Feature
The secrets of the sulfur cycle
There’s still a lot we don’t know about the biogeochemical cycling of sulfur, and this could impact our ability to correctly model the climate. Rachel Brazil talks to the researchers trying to fill in the gaps.
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Opinion
Supawan Tantayanon: ‘I designed my own portable lab’
The green chemistry pioneer on making labs safer, designing a portable lab and her unusual way of cooking
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Careers
Security versus employability
Safe isn’t better if it doesn’t allow you to develop professionally
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Opinion
How online conferences add together accessibility and inclusivity
Harnessing technology to increase diversity
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Feature
Methane – the other greenhouse gas
Bárbara Pinho looks at the problem of methane emissions and how scientists are trying to prevent them
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Research
This computational chemist is experimentalists’ secret weapon in the hunt for new materials
Kim Jelfs discusses how software development feeds – and needs – collaboration