All Culture and people articles – Page 8
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NewsClass still a barrier to success in academia, survey finds
University and College Union members state that social class has hindered their careers and prevents other from entering the academy
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CareersBehind the scenes with Neil Barnes, winner of the Royal Society’s Hauksbee award
The physical chemistry technician reveals the inspirations that have driven his 45-year-long career
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NewsThe Afghan organic chemist who can’t return home
After escaping Afghanistan as a child and growing up in Iran, this chemist is left with nowhere to go
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NewsNobel prize rewards click chemistry and bioorthogonal reactions
Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal and Carolyn Bertozzi have been awarded the 2022 chemistry Nobel prize
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NewsThe 2022 chemistry Nobel prize goes to bioorthogonal and click chemistry
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless take chemistry’s top prize
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OpinionDavid MacMillan: ‘The medal is the real celebrity’
The Nobel prize-winner on the joys of handing out his medal to everyone, chatting with William Shatner and Alex Ferguson, and the pain of being a Scottish football fan
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NewsQuantum technology pioneers win physics Nobel
Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger are honoured for establishing quantum information science
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FeatureVisualising the Nobel nomination archive
Who nominated whom for the biggest prize in chemistry
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NewsSequencing of genomes of ancient human relatives takes medicine Nobel prize
Svante Pääbo’s team sequenced the Neanderthal genome and discovered a previously unknown hominin
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FeatureThe discovery of mass spectrometry
Mike Sutton traces how Francis Aston’s mass spectrograph shook up chemistry
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CareersPhD students should be classed as employees
With planned stipend increases barely covering increased costs, postgraduates need better employment protections
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NewsFlexible electronics and quorum sensing among predictions for chemistry Nobel prize
Bioorthogonal chemistry and nucleic acid sequencing favoured by chemists while citation analysis forecast includes chemical engineering, molecular biology and inorganic photochemistry
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OpinionDo science courses need hands-on labs to be effective?
The practical lab is where abstract theory connects to physical reality
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NewsProfile: Sandeep Verma
The head of India’s Science and Engineering Research Board talks about his excitement at innovative Indian research, collaboration and open science
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ResearchExplaining the mysterious purple gold at Spain's Alhambra
Chemical corrosion converts gold leaf into purple nanospheres