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OpinionHow do you seal your vials?
The challenge of keeping reagents free of moisture and air took Twitter by storm
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Podcast
Book club – Murder isn’t Easy by Carla Valentine
Delving into Agatha Christie’s pioneering forensic writing with special guests Raychelle Burks and Kathryn Harkup
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Business
Fatal incident in German chemicals park
One dead and five injured by caustic soda being used for cleaning work
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Opinion
June Lindsey, another forgotten woman in the story of DNA
Her discovery of adenine and guanine’s structure was a key part of solving the DNA double helix puzzle – yet her contributions are almost forgotten
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Opinion
The career importance of community service work
Community work enhances a scientist’s skills, whatever career stage they’re at
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Research
Simple campfire chemistry hints how ancient humans produced pigments
Process to make red ochre didn’t require close control of temperature
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Business
Diversity is at the heart of innovation
To challenge conventions we need to include people who think differently
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Opinion
Don’t let the burden of proof squeeze the life out of ideas
Extraordinary claims can be extraordinarily stimulating
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Research
Prehistoric Iberians poisoned by cinnabar almost 5000 years ago
Analyses of mercury levels in bones reveal ancient artists suffered for their craft
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News
Van ’t Hoff’s Amsterdam lab becomes historic chemical landmark
Now a café and exhibition space, the building once contained the first chemistry Nobel prize winner’s research space
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Opinion
Rethinking our relationship to nature
How the scientific revolution made it culturally permissible to exploit the environment
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Opinion
James LuValle, a chemist who broke the colour barrier
Sports or science? There was never really any competition for a Black Olympian who made significant contributions to Kodak’s colour film, as Hayley Bennett discovers
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Opinion
Come fly with me… just not there, or there
Travel risk assessments should account for the prejudice faced by Queer scientists
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Opinion
LGBTQ+ diversity in science and universities
Many queer scientists still feel they need to hide their full identity at work
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Careers
The daily struggle of LGBTQ+ scientists
Workplace equality for gender and sexual minorities remains a pipe dream in Stem
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Podcast
Book club – Life as We Made It by Beth Shapiro
A DNA researcher tells the story of how humans have shaped the evolution of living things on Earth
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Opinion
Volta’s ink spills its secrets
Chemical analysis of manuscripts can reveal details of their author’s life and motivations
