All Careers articles – Page 6
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Careers
The gender pay gap is not going away
Despite a variety of activities in industry and academia, women in chemistry continue to earn less than men
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Research
Adding constraints to understand life’s chemical origins
Matt Powner wants to know if there are chemical rules that govern why certain synthetic strategies are embedded in biology
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Careers
One researcher’s fight to open labs to service dogs
Researcher Joey Ramp’s brain injury and nerve damage meant that she needed a service dog in the lab, and roadblocks ended her PhD pursuit
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Careers
Open research needs methodical detail
If another researcher can’t reproduce your work from what you’ve written, are you really being open?
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Careers
The life of a chief scientific officer
A dream job for scientists who love to work with people
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Research
Pointing the tools of atmospheric chemistry inside
US team monitoring air quality in an on-campus gym detects chemicals in the air that come from cleaning products reacting with sweat
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Careers
A free online guide to master Schlenk lines
Andryj Borys shares his knowledge on air-sensitive chemistry through an open-access handbook and website
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Careers
The facts of being a fiction-writing chemist
Meet the chemists making creative use of their scientific skills
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Careers
Planting the seeds of sustainable science education
Michele Raggio’s non-profit Seedscience supports teachers in developing countries as they grow their own education programmes
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Research
Linking chemistry with surgery to detect cancerous cells in situ
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin explains how her team has developed a hand-held device for surgeons that analyses tissue samples on a mass spectrometer mid-operation
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Research
Nitrogen radical chemistry sees the light
Daniele Leonori explains how his group is taking inspiration from 30-year-old chemistry to devise shorter syntheses for bioactive compounds
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Careers
Quit while you’re ahead
Leaving a job can be the smart choice – whether you’re unhappy or not
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Opinion
Maintaining motivation
Competition might work in the short term, but a supportive environment produces more sustainable results
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News
Royal Society of Chemistry publishes first analysis of diversity
Report digs into organisational activities, reporting on leadership, awards and grant winners
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: 2020 in review
How the pandemic has changed the way we live and work around the world
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Careers
Underrepresented scientists hardest hit by pandemic
The effects of Covid-19 have exacerbated existing inequalities in academia
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