All Culture and people articles – Page 139
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NewsWhy are some Stem fields more gender balanced?
Researchers review big differences in women’s participation in computer science, engineering and physics
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ReviewThe gene: an intimate history
Jamie Durrani looks at a Pulitzer prize winner’s take on genetics
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NewsStudents shake and move for Dance your PhD prize
Researchers communicate their research through the medium of dance in international contest
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NewsThe patriotic chemist
Northwestern University’s Omar Farha, who hails from the West Bank, is all about MOFs and keeping America’s scientific community inclusive
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NewsExplainer: Are ‘flushable’ wet wipes really flushable?
Water companies are calling for all wipes to be classified as unflushable until an international standard is agreed
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CareersThe art of science
Picture editor Emma Sargent finds out how scientific illustrators are making their mark
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FeatureSupraheroes
The three winners of this year’s chemistry Nobel gave chemists the tools to make molecules into machines. Emma Stoye assembles the story
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OpinionA nanocarbon revolution
Twenty years on from the Nobel prize for fullerenes chemists pay tribute to the field Harry Kroto helped to launch
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PodcastScience 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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ResearchSecret of frankincense’s evocative smell unravelled
Scientists identify mystery molecules responsible for the scent associated with Christmas and church
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OpinionChemical societies must adapt – here's how to do it
Member organisations need to change their approach to be fit for the 21st century
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ReviewA very expensive poison
Christopher Barnard puts the latest Litvinenko account under the magnifying glass
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NewsMolecular machines roll in for the 2016 chemistry Nobel
Ben Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart take chemistry’s top gong for creating a series of nanoscale machines
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OpinionHow to win the Nobel prize part 1: criteria
Bengt Norden discusses the critera against which research is judged
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OpinionHow to win part 2: nominations
Who nominates people for the Nobel prize? Bengt explains the nomination process.
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OpinionHow 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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OpinionHow to win part 4: chemistry on rotation?
Bengt tackles the perception that different fields ‘take it in turns’.