Long reads – Page 10

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    A sustainable future: green chemistry PhDs

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Yfke Hager speaks to tomorrow’s chemists being trained in the science of sustainability

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    CSIRO: a translation agency

    2013-01-25T00:00:00Z

    James Mitchell Crow meets the scientists making a difference at Australia’s national science organisation

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    Cleaning up

    2013-01-18T00:00:00Z

    From washing clothes to saving lives, the products of Phil Souter’s watery work can be found across the globe, as Helen Carmichael finds out

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    You're hired

    2013-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Alan Sugar’s latest apprentice is setting up a recruitment agency specialising in sectors that make a difference. Emma Davies finds out more

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    Tracking tomorrow's talent

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Futuretrack has followed thousands of students on their path through university and beyond. Kate Purcell talks Emma Davies through the latest data on careers and job satisfaction

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    Of castes and chemistry

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    From southern India to Northern Ireland, Geetha Srinivasan has been applying her research to solving real world problems, as Sarah Houlton finds out

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    Allow me to demonstrate

    2012-12-05T00:00:00Z

    As Peter Wothers gets ready to deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures, Sarah Houlton finds out he’s had a lifetime of preparation

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    Compute with confidence

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Charlotte Ashley Roberts gives some advice on finding a job as a computational chemist and the importance of staying positive

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    An inspired idea

    2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Manisha Lalloo looks at a course that’s turning researchers into teachers

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    Nobel signals for new drugs

    2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Houlton talks to a company that’s capitalising on the chemistry of communication

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    Any volunteers?

    2012-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Volunteering is a great way to broaden your skills and experience, says Charlotte Ashley-Roberts

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    Pied Piper of chemistry

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Andrea Sella is blowing the trumpet for chemistry, charming children and adults alike, as Nina Notman finds out

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    In defence of art

    2012-10-18T00:00:00Z

    Careers in conservation aren’t just for art historians, discovers Hayley Birch

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    Feed the world

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Charlotte Ashley-Roberts takes a look at opportunities for chemists in agricultural science

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    Because they're worth it

    2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

    From R&D to formulation, safety and manufacturing, L’Oréal is full of chemists. Emma Davies talks to the people behind ‘the science bit’

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    Taking a Dip in cosmetics

    2012-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Yfke Hager takes a look at a distance learning course that gets under the skin of the cosmetics industry

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    Tastefully done

    2012-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow

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    Write all about it

    2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Chemists with a nose for news and a flair for writing may enjoy life as a science writer, reports Nina Notman

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    What's law got to do with it?

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Sean Seymore’s career has taken him from the lab to law school and back again. Yfke Hager determines his motive

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    Going solo

    2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Simon Perks finds out how a corporate restructure turned five industrial chemists into start-up entrepreneurs