All articles by Nina Notman – Page 5
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FeatureWho reviews the reviews?
Nina Notman investigates the new alternatives being developed to replace peer review as we know it
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CareersThe space junky
Sending her experimental polymers into space was a career high for Lenore Rasmussen. But space is just one part of the story, Nina Notman finds
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CareersShow and tell
Nina Notman explores the performance-based communication competitions turning researchers into raconteurs
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CareersThe kitchen chemist
Nina Notman finds nothing half-baked about the chemistry demonstrations that Stephen Ashworth whips up
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FeatureImaging the future
Doctors and pharmaceutical companies are beginning to open their eyes to the power of mass spectrometry imaging, finds Nina Notman
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CareersThe changing face of the PhD
Universities in the UK are exploring the European approach of building a thesis from published papers, finds Nina Notman
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FeatureIt's a bloody business
Determining the role drugs and poisons may have played in death is the responsibility of forensic toxicologists. Nina Notman reports
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CareersThe mothers of invention
Nina Notman profiles four researchers successfully balancing an academic career with family life
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FeatureFrom screen to cell
Nina Notman finds out how liquid crystals are moving into the biotechnology and pharmaceutical toolbox
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NewsUS to restart chemical weapon neutralisation
Remainder of US cold war chemical weapons set to be destroyed by 2023
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PodcastGrubbs catalyst
Nina Notman describes the dance of olefin metathesis, and how the tempo is set by Grubbs’ catalysts
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CareersPicturing the past with mass spec
Angela Lamb talks to Nina Notman about mastering isotope analysis to reconstruct ancient climates and cultures
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FeatureEngineering the climate
Could technologies that modify the Earth’s climate control systems help us limit global temperature rises? Nina Notman investigates
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PodcastCannabicyclohexanol
Used to make synthetic cannabis, cannabicyclohexanol may be more risky than its non-synthetic counterpart
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FeatureLet the molecules do the talking
Using molecules rather than electronics or optics to send messages sounds far-fetched, but it’s common in nature. Nina Notman dials up some compounds and investigates
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FeatureUnpicking natural product synthesis
Is total synthesis in danger of a decline? Nina Notman investigates
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CareersIce cold chemist
Eric Wolff constructs the chemistry of ancient climate from Antarctic ice cores. Nina Notman reports
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NewsCape Ray finishes destruction of Syria’s most deadly chemicals
Mustard gas and sarin precursors broken down on US navy ship, while progress is made with other weapon chemicals
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FeatureThe other carbon dioxide problem
Carbon dioxide produced by human activity is acidifying the ocean at an unprecedented and alarming rate. Nina Notman investigates