All articles by Chemistry World – Page 9
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Podcast
The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols – Book club
Apparently we’ve all had enough of experts. We discuss how we came to think we know it all
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Careers
Walking the Planck: the most-pirated chemistry journals on Sci-Hub
Papers from Nature have been downloaded over 234,000 times from Sci-Hub, making it the most-pirated journal on the site
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Opinion
Letters: June 2017
The Welsh scientist who belongs on a tea towel, the origins of soda and 1980s microscopy
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Podcast
Bring Back the King by Helen Pilcher – Book club
We discuss Bring back the king by Helen Pilcher and learn of the difficulties and possible benefits of bringing animals back from extinction
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Careers
Go west: the impact of scientist movement in Europe
Despite migration of scientists, eastern European paper output has increased
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Careers
People power: EU chemical workforce and industry turnover
According to the European Chemical Industry Council, the EU chemical industry has a £450 billion turnover and some 1.1 million direct employees
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Opinion
Letters: May 2017
Your concerns about the UK leaving Euratom, London’s air pollution and gold poisoning
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Podcast
The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel – Book club
The active steps you can take to live longer and younger
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News
News from the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco
News stories from the 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society
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Opinion
Letters: April 2017
The wrong terminology for antimicrobial resistance, and which scientist belongs on a tea towel
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Podcast
The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos – Book club
Driverless cars and bloodless wars are just two of the promises of machines that learn, the subject of this month’s podcast
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Opinion
Letters: March 2017
Your answers to an iron dilemma, electric car output and whether we need to teach chemists maths
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Podcast
Furry Logic by Martin Durrani and Liz Kalaugher – Book club
This month we discuss the physics of turtles, shrimps and, of course, cats
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – January 2017
This month we introduce our new puzzles page, discuss the implications of Trump for science and meet Yuri Oganessian, the only living person with an element named after him
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Careers
Hold SME back: threats to small business growth
Finding staff is now the leading barrier to growth for UK SMEs
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Opinion
Letters: February 2017
The many interesting ways you have almost ended up in hospital thanks to home-brew experiments
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Puzzle
On the spot: On a hot day
What would you do if a fridge failure puts peroxide under pressure?
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Podcast
The Secret Life of Fat by Sylvia Tara – Book club
The Chemistry World team discusses the benfits and drawbacks of the most maligned body tissue
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Promotion
Join us for our science communication competition final
Our 2017 sci-comm competition looks at chemistry where you live