All Culture and people articles – Page 39
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Careers
Publicly criticising employers is a valid way to raise concerns
Workplaces won’t improve unless people are able to speak up about their experiences
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Research
Protein-shaped sweets help students understand complex molecular structures
Edible protein models that can be identified by mouth could make chemistry education more inclusive to blind and visually impaired students
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Opinion
Mabel FitzGerald and the mystery of oxygen sensing
Katharine Sanderson celebrates the tenacious and brilliant researcher who came tantalizingly close to describing oxygen sensing, a concept that earned the Nobel prize over 100 years later
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Business
US judge rules against GSK in trade secrets dispute
Firm will not receive compensation for claimed loses of over $1bn from theft of confidential information by two former scientists
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Opinion
Representing neurodivergent, queer Indian women in science
How I became the representation I needed
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Review
Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
Delving into the thermodynamics of the human body
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Research
Fun with f-elements
Working with lanthanides and actinides may be challenging, but David Mills says the field is ripe for discovery
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Opinion
Five citizen science projects receive funding from UKRI
The projects cover a range of topics including mental health and microplastics
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Opinion
Ewine van Dishoeck: ‘Take a steep trajectory early in your career’
The pioneering astrochemist on art, gathering strength and taking the leap into a new discipline
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Review
The Story of CO2: Big Ideas for a Small Molecule
If you only read one book about climate change this year, make it this one
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Ei-ichi Negishi dies at 85
Discoverer of the Negishi coupling, who did synthetic organic chemistry research at Purdue for four decades, has passed away
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News
Andrew Mackenzie selected as new UKRI chair
Shell’s company chair to lead UK’s largest research funding body
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Careers
From chemistry to referee
Kathryn Nesbitt left her professor post to bring her problem-solving skills to the pitch, and is breaking through barriers for women
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Business
Searching for more sustainable resin materials
Paul Jones of Bitrez is the 2021 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year
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Opinion
Are we giving chemicals bad names?
Does it matter that we use a mixture of old and systematic names for chemicals?
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News
Royal Society of Chemistry appoints new permanent chief executive
Helen Pain replaces Robert Parker at the helm of the society, with immediate effect
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Careers
Sought-after chemist turns down job over tenure case
UNC Chapel Hill chemistry faculty warn that the university’s failure to hire renowned black journalist with tenure has ‘dire’ recruitment repercussions
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Podcast
Vampirology: The Science of Horror's Most Famous Fiend by Kathryn Harkup – Book club
A scientific investigation of vampires’ lust for blood and weakness to garlic
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Richard Ernst dies at 87
Tributes paid to NMR spectroscopy pioneer credited with laying the foundations for the development of MRI
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News
Apparent plagiarism leads Elsevier to retract periodic table book
Chemist contacted by suspicious Wikipedia editor finds that large sections were lifted from online encyclopaedia