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Opinion
Prasanna de Silva: ‘Kindness plays a key role in academia’
The influential Sri Lankan chemist on serendipity, slowness and the excitement of Irish percussion
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Research
Thriving wine trade in Islamic Sicily revealed by the chemistry of its pottery
A new method for determining if pottery containers held wine or other grape products could help archaeologist chart the use of the ancient drink
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Review
Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialised Stem Education Stifles Innovation
These stories and case studies of both conscious and unconscious bias are a must-read for every academic
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Review
Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Threats
A great pick for anyone looking for intriguing solutions to global challenges present and future – as long as you’re okay with a bit of doom and gloom
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Business
Chromosol’s silicon photonics system tackles data transfer bottleneck
Technology for integrating lasers directly into photonic circuits could accelerate replacement of large and expensive optical systems
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Opinion
Defence of the realm
The world’s critical infrastructure is under attack and it’s going to take a joint effort to protect it
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Review
Robots in Space: The Secret Lives of Our Planetary Explorers
The fantastic space adventures of Perseverance and its cousins
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Review
Ice: Tales from a Disappearing World
What is it like to do research in a remote part of Greenland
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Careers
The facts of being a fiction-writing chemist
Meet the chemists making creative use of their scientific skills
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Article
Julia Lermontova: an early pioneer
Katharine Sanderson tells the story of a 19th century Russian chemist who made contributions across a range of chemistry
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Review
The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment, and the Battle for Authority in Renaissance Science
An extremely well-researched monograph containing stories that bear an eerie resemblance to today’s politicised clinical trials
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Podcast
Book club – The Poison Trials by Alisha Rankin
Clinical trials have come a long way since the 16th century
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Research
Linking chemistry with surgery to detect cancerous cells in situ
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin explains how her team has developed a hand-held device for surgeons that analyses tissue samples on a mass spectrometer mid-operation
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News
UK funding agency hack could be ‘legally and intellectually significant’
Data breach hits grant proposals across UK Research and Innovation
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Webinar
Addressing gender parity across the Commonwealth
Join us for the launch of Commonwealth Chemistry and a webinar to discuss gender parity challenges across the Commonwealth
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Review
Black Hole Survival Guide
Like a brain-twisting introductory physics lecture, but in the best way
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Review
Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science: A Scientist’s Guide to the Biggest Challenges Facing our Species Today
Your punk rock guide to science
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Review
Film: Forgotten Genius
The story of a Black chemist’s incredible scientific accomplishments in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles in early 20th century US
