All articles by Rachel Brazil – Page 3
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CareersJob hunting in a recession
Persistence is needed, but there are still career opportunities for chemists
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CareersHow chemo-ethnography puts chemistry in context
New social science fields are exploring how chemists and chemicals affect society
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CareersHow to protect your intellectual property
A great idea is just the first step on a long road
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FeatureThe function of folding
Can chemists make molecules that fold up as well as proteins? Rachel Brazil talks to the people trying to create foldamers
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CareersUK universities prepare for a new academic year
Much uncertainty remains as chemistry departments plan how they’ll resume undergraduate teaching
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BusinessDeveloping antiviral mask technology in a pandemic
Surface chemistry strategies play a pivotal role in personal protective equipment that can neutralise the Sars-CoV-2 virus
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FeatureSupporting the chemistry community
The Chemists’ Community Fund – formerly the Benevolent Fund – has been helping people for 100 years. Rachel Brazil looks at how it works, now it may be more needed than ever before
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OpinionEunice Foote: the mother of climate change
The first person to link carbon dioxide to atmospheric warming has almost been forgotten. Rachel Brazil uncovers her story
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FeatureThe weirdness of water
Can we explain the strange properties of water by thinking of it as two different liquids? Rachel Brazil dives into the ongoing debate
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CareersMoving towards fairer academic rewards
New incentive systems take into account more than just a researcher’s publication history
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Can chemists crack our cells’ sugar code?
Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to understand the sweet mystery of the glycome
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BusinessFrom philanthropy to sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries is changing
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FeatureBorrowing scientific theories
Can re-purposed science help us understand more than the physical world? Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to play swap
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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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FeatureChemical clocks for archaeological artefacts
Radiocarbon dating is a standard technique, but what if your artefacts are inorganic? Rachel Brazil finds out how to accurately age pottery and even metals
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FeatureSuperhydrophobic materials from nature
Chemists who want to make materials that repel water but do not contain fluorocarbons are taking their inspiration from nature, Rachel Brazil finds
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CareersAre chemical engineering and biochemistry their own disciplines?
Exploring the edges of the chemical science family
