All Culture and people articles – Page 29
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Careers
More guidance makes job and university applications fairer
A question-based format helps candidates prioritise what to tell recruiters
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Feature
What does AI mean for chemistry?
Phil Ball looks at whether letting machines do our thinking for us will change our understanding of chemistry itself
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Opinion
The psychology of our future with AI
It’s time to accept that digitalisation is changing laboratory work, and embrace the opportunity
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Opinion
Richard Schrock: ‘It’s not my catalyst, it’s nature’s’
The Nobel laureate discusses the art of woodwork and what it feels like to have a catalyst named after him
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Opinion
The gift of dyslexia
With the right support, dyslexic thinkers can thrive and bring new perspectives to science
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Research
Residues from embalming vessels cast new light on ancient Egyptian mummification
Chemists reveal the compounds and sources of embalming treatments
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Careers
How to develop in your current role
When promotion isn’t automatic, you need to take a proactive approach to your career
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News
Tensions between University of California and unions flare up again over possible cuts to PhDs
Academic unions are concerned by potential enrolment cuts to graduate programmes to offset the cost of pay rises
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Puzzle
February 2023 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the February 2023 print issue of Chemistry World
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News
UK universities facing 18 days of strikes as dispute over pay and conditions intensifies
70,000 staff members to walk out starting on 1 February
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News
George Olah’s chemistry Nobel prize the latest to be auctioned off
Medal awarded almost three decades ago for work on carbocation chemistry sold for $250,000
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Feature
The smell of history
Nina Notman sniffs out chemistry’s role in uncovering, documenting and recreating the scents of the past
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Opinion
Scientists should speak up and share their views
Striving for objectivity does not mean researchers cannot take part in policy debates
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News
Institution of Chemical Engineers gets new chief executive
Yvonne Baker, a chemical engineer who heads Stem Learning, will assume the helm of the IChemE in April
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Opinion
Does the periodic table reveal laws of nature?
There could be more to learn from ordering the elements
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Opinion
Sossina Haile: 'I never resonated with role models'
The fuel cell pioneer discusses her childhood in Ethiopia and the US, life as a scientist and being the ‘only one in the room’
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News
Ahmed Zewail’s Nobel prize and other possessions donated to Egyptian museum
Personal effects of the ‘father of femtochemistry’ will be housed in a museum bearing his name