Inspiring lives – Page 3
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ResearchIntroducing chirality to give organic electronics a twist
Medicinal molecules and electronic materials aren’t often found in the same research group. Meet Matthew Fuchter, who’s excelling at both
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ResearchUnlocking geological time capsules with analytical chemistry
Blavatnik award winner Kirsty Penkman discusses her research developing techniques to date fossils
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CareersMeet the winners of the RSC’s Higher Education Technical Excellence award
The technical team at Dublin City University’s School of Chemical Sciences have won for their exceptional services to health and safety and accessibility
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CareersUndergraduates in their element
Harnessing the history of tungsten to engage school students with the periodic table
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CareersDeveloping colour-changing technologies
Lauren Bowker and Louise Anderson of The Unseen explain how they’re fusing materials chemistry and art
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CareersStructuring a crystallographic database
Matt Lightfoot on navigating a career around the Cambridge Structural Database
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CareersCleaning up misinterpreted forensic evidence
Ruth Morgan is on the case of incorrect court rulings
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ResearchHarnessing 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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ResearchThe protein crystallisation influencer
Naomi Chayen discusses her career manipulating phase diagrams to produce high-quality protein crystals
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ResearchCluster fundamentals
Stefanie Dehnen discusses the exotic structures of inorganic chemistry’s middle ground
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ResearchSurface 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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CareersSpeaking truth to power
The scientist in charge of providing objective advice to US politics
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ResearchThe 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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CareersThe analytical referee
Julian Braybrook on taking up his role as the UK’s government chemist
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ResearchLights – 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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CareersHow I created an $80 million zeolite company
Javier García-Martínez shares how to mix science, entrepreneurship and art
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CareersThe father of lithium-ion batteries
Akira Yoshino’s journey to winning Japan’s highest scientific honour