All People articles – Page 28
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NewsLaser tools bag physics Nobel as first woman wins prize for 55 years
Arthur Ashkin, inventor of optical tweezers, shares honour with laser pulse pioneers Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou
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NewsWhat is 'checkpoint therapy' and why did it win the medicine Nobel prize?
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo released the ‘brakes’ on our immune system to combat cancer
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NewsImmune-stimulating cancer treatment takes 2018 medicine Nobel
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo receive science’s highest honour for discovering how cancer stops immune cells from attacking
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FeatureAre the Nobel prizes good for science?
Philip Ball looks at whether prizes and awards help or hinder scientific progress
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NewsInstinct goes up against number-crunching for Nobel prize predictions
Chemistry predictions include inventor of the lithium–ion battery and metal–organic framework pioneers – as well as some less well known discoveries
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NewsIt's time peer reviewers got some love
Proper recognition of the vital role referees play is overdue
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OpinionThe kids are alright
Teaching can be a challenge… especially when you’ve never studied your subject
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Opinion'I feel like a chemical Peter Pan'
Martyn Poliakoff on green chemistry, Rosalind Franklin and the importance of technicians
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NewsArt conservation using saliva wins chemistry Ig Nobel
Prizes given for research that first makes you laugh and then make you think reward some more unlikely discoveries
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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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OpinionWanted: chemistry’s next superstar
The drop in chemistry undergraduates highlights the need for more inspirational scientists
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Opinion'Beyoncé's assistant helped me star on The Big Bang Theory...'
George Smoot on Queen, Queen B and winning $1 million on a gameshow
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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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FeatureDerek Barton and shape-shifting molecules
It’s 100 years since Derek Barton was born. Mike Sutton looks at his work developing conformational analysis
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NewsTrump finally names a science adviser after record delay
US science community supports nomination of atmospheric scientist and policy leader as White House science and technology czar
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CareersA night at the beamline
Eminem, Game of thrones and the ever-present threat of diamonds crushing
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FeatureGlass: the chemist’s best friend
Where would we be without our glassware? Tabitha Watson looks through the history and current state of chemistry’s favourite amorphous solid
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CareersThe father of lithium-ion batteries
Akira Yoshino’s journey to winning Japan’s highest scientific honour