All Culture and people articles – Page 81
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Lourival Possani
A biochemist in Mexico may retire if government funding for research dries up
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Liane Rossi
The head of a nanomaterials and catalysis lab at the University of São Paulo says the political situation in Brazil is ‘as bad as the virus’
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OpinionThe citizen scientists sharing their own data during the Covid-19 pandemic
Groups are using data from wearables and apps to chart the spread of infection
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ReviewThe Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
A book about world-changing inventions, crammed with fascinating stories you’ve probably never heard of
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PodcastThe Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez – Book club
Materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez’s new book uncovers the human side of world-changing inventions
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Lee Cronin
A University of Glasgow chemist finds that it’s no easy task to maintain a research group of about 70 during a pandemic that’s closed your lab
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CareersOnline events aren’t automatically accessible
With lectures moving online long-term, online accessibility benefits need building on
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OpinionCollaboration is key to AI-aided drug discovery
The AI Cures project shows how artificial intelligence can assist the search for a cure for Covid-19
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NewsLack of standardised testing makes comparing nano skin tests hard
Study reemphasises that nanoparticles don’t penetrate the skin
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OpinionCommunity minded
Helen Pain discusses how the RSC is serving its community today, and preparing for tomorrow
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FeatureSupporting the chemistry community
The Chemists’ Community Fund – formerly the Benevolent Fund – has been helping people for 100 years. Rachel Brazil looks at how it works, now it may be more needed than ever before
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ReviewHandprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention
An informative book that is more technical account than personal biography
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ResearchLuxury blue paint pigment catalyses its own ‘disease’
Discovery could help preserve Renaissance masterpieces
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Carolina Proaño
An Ecuadorian researcher has converted her lab to run the first Covid-19 tests in the Amazon
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OpinionAncient antidotes
Favourites of emperors and royalty, theriacs were the universal cures of their day
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ReviewGame: Craft Elements
A rare example of a science based puzzler that focuses on real-world complexity
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OpinionOnline conferences have benefits worth retaining
Nothing’s quite the same as a scientific meeting