All Culture and people articles – Page 51
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OpinionWe need our simple symbols, but machines might not
Will the curly arrow still be with us in another 100 years?
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OpinionLiving through Covid-19
Many researchers are now feeling the effects of additional emotional burdens
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NewsAmerican Chemical Society’s analysis of diversity in its journals confirms an ‘imbalance’
Among journal authors, reviewers and editors, men outnumber women by at least two-to-one
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OpinionThe different shades of sexist science
How supposedly scientific arguments for the inferiority of women support gender discrimination
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OpinionFixing chemistry’s branding problem
Engaging with others to improve the central science’s image
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OpinionA century of curly arrows
Celebrating the simple symbols that – along with their straight counterparts – encapsulate complex chemical behaviours
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CareersDriven to succeed in automotive chemistry
Ashley Ogden is the only female chemist and innovator at LINE-X, and hopes to inspire more women and girls to follow her into Stem
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ResearchArchaeometric study confirms ancient Greeks used gypsum in white Attic vases
Analysis of the Perseus crater from Agrigento identifies key constituents used in its decoration
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OpinionBecause it isn’t there
Why do chemists do what they do? The underlying philosophy for many of us is the same as it has been for centuries
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PodcastSticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces by Laurie Winkless – Book club
Delving into the mysterious science of surfaces
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OpinionA call for open science student leaders
Crowdsourcing talent for project coordination, data management, communication and dissemination
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PuzzleFebruary 2022 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the February 2022 print issue of Chemistry World
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FeatureBetter skiing through chemistry
While elite sports have been improved by materials science, for disabled athletes the developments can be life-changing. Aisha Al-Janabi reports
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OpinionZafra Lerman: ‘I used art, music, dance, drama, poetry, animation, anything’
The influential science diplomat on teaching chemistry through the arts and doing almost impossible things
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CareersThe conference conundrum
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, is it time to rethink events for good?
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OpinionUnbend the spirit of science
New research reveals racial profiling among scientists of Chinese descent and the consequences for the US scientific community
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NewsNobel prize medal of DFT inventor Walter Kohn is up for auction
$457,531Nobel medal and textbooks owned by scientist who fled Nazis as a child go under the hammer
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PodcastHer Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict – Book club
The full story of the discovery of DNA’s double helix
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OpinionWhat next for the US’s China Initiative after the case against MIT’s Gang Chen falls apart?
The US’s probe into researchers’ ties to China and potential theft of intellectual property stands on a knife edge