All Culture and people articles – Page 137
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News1922 chemistry Nobel medal up for auction
Prize awarded for the discovery of non-radioactive isotopes expected to sell for £200,000
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NewsGlobal code of ethics planned for chemists
International group drafts new guidelines on safety, conduct and sustainability
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OpinionThe challenge of getting science into video games
Tim Wicksteed reveals the choices he faced while making a game based on the pharmaceutical industry
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NewsAudience reactions alter cinema atmosphere
The emotional content of a film affects the skin and breath volatiles given off by cinema goers
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NewsChemical plant safety plan deemed insufficient
Former head of Environmental Protection Agency says plan to keep US chemical facilities safe needs strengthening
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ResearchLead isotopes track Roman Empire’s water supplies
Analysis reveals damage to the water network after the eruption of Vesuvius and its subsequent repair
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NewsCall to address gender issues in UK higher education
More women are taking degrees than men, but women remain poorly represented in STEM subjects and senior academic positions
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NewsExtent of Massachusetts lab’s forensics failure revealed
State chemist stole from reference standards to feed a habit, raising doubts over thousands of criminal cases
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OpinionTimms’ reactor
Andrea Sella condenses the story of a breakthrough in organometallic chemistry
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PodcastScientific Paper Writing by Bodil Holst – Book club
This month, we discuss how to write quality scientific papers
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NewsRCUK launches diversity action plan
Research Councils UK will consider diversity targets for make-up of councils and giving peer reviewers unconscious bias training
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NewsImage manipulation in biomedical papers is commonplace
Almost 4% of pictures in papers surveyed over past 20 years contain evidence of tampering
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ResearchChemists tinker with chemical encryption to create molecule-size Enigma machine
Fluorescent sensor can be used to conceal hidden messages
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NewsNobel prize winner and buckyball discoverer Harry Kroto dies
Former Royal Society of Chemistry president with a passion for science communication passes away aged 76