All Culture and people articles – Page 85
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Puzzle
November 2019 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the November 2019 print issue of Chemistry World
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Review
Exhibition: On Edge
Through artwork – videos, audio pieces, installations and paintings – this exhibition looks at how anxiety affects individuals and society.
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RSC
Explore the Royal Society of Chemistry's Pay and Reward Survey archive
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s archive of remuneration reports shed light on pay and benefits in the chemical sciences
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News
How long do scientists spend formatting manuscripts for publication every year?
Study puts a number on the cost in time and money
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News
Twitter reveals growing global public anxiety about Crispr gene-editing
Sentiment in tweets shows controversial events such as creation of gene-edited babies is worrying people
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Opinion
Being trans in academia
The transgender community faces unique problems in the academic workplace
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Podcast
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe – Book club
We discuss xkcd comic creator Randall Munroe’s new book that deals out absurd – but scientifically accurate – advice for everyday problems
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Review
How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Have you ever considered the practicalities of building a swimming pool out of cheese?
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Opinion
Donna Blackmond: ‘I often get my best ideas in the middle of the night’
The chirality expert on late-night notes and Harrius Potter
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Opinion
A rice kind of fingerprint powder
A new method for producing print powders goes against the grain
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News
Chemistry Nobel prize ‘finally’ goes to developers of lithium-ion batteries
John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino rewarded for revolutionising the storage of energy and helping to usher in the microelectronics age
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Feature
Lithium: Good enough for batteries
The powerful revolution in your pocket – starring Yoshio Nishi, John Goodenough, Akira Yoshino…and Thomas Edison
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News
Live blog: lithium-ion batteries take the 2019 chemistry Nobel prize
We covered the 2019 Nobel prize announcement as it happened
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News
Medicine Nobel prize rewards discovery of cells’ oxygen sensing machinery
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza win prize for unravelling how cells sense and adapt to the life-sustaining gas
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Article
The data behind the Nobel prizes
We’ve looked at over 100 years of data behind who and what wins the Nobel prize
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Feature
Chromium: Lust for colour
Van Gogh’s yellow sunflowers owe a debt to Louis Vaquelin, the chemist who discovered the element chromium
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News
Fact checkers take up the fight against fake science on Facebook
Facebook teams up with fact checkers to tackle its science misinformation problem – but is it working?