All articles by Chemistry World – Page 10
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Careers
It all adds up: chemistry courses requiring maths for entry
The UK degree courses that need maths grades
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Careers
University challenge: where UK higher education gets its funding
UK universities have a net income of some £33 billion, with almost £6 billion generated in tuition fees. This has more than made up for a drop in funding and increased staff costs since 2011, with a surplus of around £2 billion for 2014/15. (Figures are in millions)Source: HESA
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Podcast
Science and the City by Laurie Winkless – Book club
In this month’s book club we discuss the technologies that help modern cities function
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Opinion
Letters: October 2016
You share how chemistry is fairing in Cornwall and whether deuterium could be responsible for ageing
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Opinion
How to win the Nobel prize part 1: criteria
Bengt Norden discusses the critera against which research is judged
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Opinion
How to win part 2: nominations
Who nominates people for the Nobel prize? Bengt explains the nomination process.
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Opinion
How to win part 3: investigations
In this video, Bengt reveals how the committee investigates nominees to make sure the prize goes to the right person.
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Opinion
How to win part 4: chemistry on rotation?
Bengt tackles the perception that different fields ‘take it in turns’.
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Opinion
How to win part 5: how many people?
Bengt discusses whether the limit of three people will ever change
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Opinion
How to win part 6: 'You've won!'
Winning the Nobel prize has its downsides. Some people change for the worse.
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Opinion
How to win part 7: winners and losers
In our last video, we ask Bengt who should have won, and for his standout recipients
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News
Live blog: molecular machines take the chemistry Nobel
Join us for news, gossip and comment during the build-up to chemistry’s biggest prize
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Opinion
Letters: your Brexit views
Join the debate on how Brexit will affect science in the UK and beyond
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Opinion
Letters: September 2016
Your views on our Brexit coverage and drawing pictures of scientists
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Podcast
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach – Book club
The non-weapon technologies of war, from penis transplants to maggot therapy
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Opinion
Letters: August 2016
You tell us what Ingrid Bergman was up to in a Welsh mine and highlight the career of Roger Taylor
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Podcast
Herding Hemingway’s Cats by Kat Arney – Book club
Six-toed cats and misconceptions in genetics are discussed in this months podcast
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Opinion
Flashback: 1976 – Meldola medal for Jeremy Morris
Jeremy Sanders received the Meldola Medal for his work in organic chemistry
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Opinion
Flashback: 1991 – Helen Sharman honoured
The UK’s first cosmonaut Helen Sharman was honoured at a House of Commons reception
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Podcast
Sorting the Beef from the Bull by Richard Evershed – Book club
This month we discuss the ubiquitous nature of food fraud and its detection