All Culture and people articles – Page 39
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Opinion
Susan Solomon: ‘We had to literally stand out on the roof’
The atmospheric chemist on battling the elements in Antarctica and preserving the integrity of science
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Opinion
Exit strategy
Overcoming a major setback showed Derek Lowe could make it through graduate school
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Careers
Making research environments more inclusive to deaf and hard of hearing students
Todd Pagano helps open up the world of chemistry for students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
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Careers
Publish in English or perish
The dominance of English in science does not reflect the scientists behind research articles
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Webinar
Belonging and connection – Building a better chemistry culture
Explore ways to foster the feeling of belonging within the chemical sciences
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Opinion
Outdated practical techniques still have lessons to teach
Understanding old methods provides valuable insights into the new
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News
Report calls for urgent action to tackle predatory publishers
Range of measures proposed to combat exploitation of academia
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Opinion
William Knox, the only Black supervisor in the Manhattan Project
The story of the Knox family is one of education overcoming adversity, finds Kit Chapman
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News
Academic publishers collaborate to collect diversity data
52 organisations sign up to standardised process to gain clearer understanding of author, reviewer and editor demographics
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Business
Ukraine’s chemicals industry survives weeks of war
Russian invasion pushes firms to the limits as facilities are damaged and distribution networks break down
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Opinion
Building data systems to break down research silos
Shared schemas could make it a lot easier for researchers to cross discipline boundaries
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Podcast
Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez – Book club
An Indigenous vision for environmental science
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Sidney Altman dies at 82
Canadian–American molecular biologist won the 1989 prize for discovering RNA’s catalytic ability
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News
China grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Study exposes serious incidents and deaths at universities
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News
Organocatalysis Nobel laureate will give prize money to underprivileged students
2021 chemistry Nobel prize winner David MacMillan founds charity in his parents’ honour
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Opinion
Margaret Melhase Fuchs and the radioactive isotope
Rebecca Trager tells the story of a brilliant female undergraduate who discovered caesium-137 in 1941 but was blocked from pursuing a PhD
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News
Scientific societies fail to capture members’ true diversity
US Stem organisations urged to collect more inclusive demographic data to better support distinct underrepresented groups