All Columns articles – Page 3
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Liang Zhang
Lockdown gave a young chemistry professor in China the space and time to consider the most worthwhile projects, and that has benefited his team
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Putting research on the chopping block risks mortgaging countries’ futures
Many countries in the global north are taking a short-sighted approach to their science budgets
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Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Lee Cronin
A University of Glasgow chemist describes how Covid-19 helped establish the principle of chemputation and spur a chemistry revolution
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Forming bonds through Covid-19
How studying chemistry helped ward off loneliness during the pandemic
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Fluorine makes you an offer you can’t refuse
What might we do if we had a new, electron-donating equivalent element?
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(–)-Scabrolide B (again!)
Proverbially, comparison may not bring joy – but it can be educational
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Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
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Donna Nelson: ‘Being the science advisor to Breaking Bad was so much fun’
The well-known organic chemist on growing up in a small Oklahoma town, asking demographic questions and advising a hit television series
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Why the chemistry community needs to engage with curriculum reviews
A-level grade boundaries are one source of dissatisfaction for chemistry educators
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Vogel’s textbooks and their international impact on teaching
A shared reference that we risk losing in a digital age
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Maintaining mental balance
Finding solace from human affairs in the eypiece of a telescope or microscope
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Careers
How to make an effective LinkedIn profile
Tips for making your online presence more attractive to employers
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Opinion
Super-powered science
Screaming fans excited about your research, the Sharpie on your lanyard for signing autographs – wouldn’t that be nice?
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Trump’s second term brings back interesting times for facts
Changes in the information ecosystem are set to continue
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Careers
How to have fewer, more effective meetings
Five strategies that can help individuals and institutions manage meetings better
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Celebrating 100 years of the Pauli exclusion principle
How a quantum view of electron states enabled us to understand the stability of matter