Inspiring lives – Page 3
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Undergraduates in their element
Harnessing the history of tungsten to engage school students with the periodic table
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Developing colour-changing technologies
Lauren Bowker and Louise Anderson of The Unseen explain how they’re fusing materials chemistry and art
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Structuring a crystallographic database
Matt Lightfoot on navigating a career around the Cambridge Structural Database
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Cleaning up misinterpreted forensic evidence
Ruth Morgan is on the case of incorrect court rulings
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Harnessing plants and microbes to tackle environmental pollution
Eucharia Nwaichi is using biochemistry to clean up one of the most polluted places on Earth
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The protein crystallisation influencer
Naomi Chayen discusses her career manipulating phase diagrams to produce high-quality protein crystals
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Cluster fundamentals
Stefanie Dehnen discusses the exotic structures of inorganic chemistry’s middle ground
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Surface chemistry for biological questions
Rasmita Raval discusses her career exploring the complex behaviour of molecule–surface systems and what it has to do with antibiotic resistance and the origin of life
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Speaking truth to power
The scientist in charge of providing objective advice to US politics
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The luck of the materials scientist
Studying the structure of disordered materials is complicated, but Simon Billinge explains how it opens the door to designer materials with desired properties
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The analytical referee
Julian Braybrook on taking up his role as the UK’s government chemist
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Lights – camera – catalysis!
Like thousands of chemists worldwide, Bert Weckhuysen is a keen photographer. More unusually, however, he has found a way to bring his hobby and his research together
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How I created an $80 million zeolite company
Javier García-Martínez shares how to mix science, entrepreneurship and art
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The father of lithium-ion batteries
Akira Yoshino’s journey to winning Japan’s highest scientific honour
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The science of stand-up comedy
Science Comedian Brian Malow on cracking wise about chemistry
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‘My video has six million views’
Biochemist Martina Hestericová on science communication and Instagram stardom
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Diary of a PhD student
Why Lucy Kissick decided to launch a video blog chronicling her research