All articles by Rachel Brazil – Page 4
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FeatureScience in microgravity
How does gravity affect chemistry and biology? More than you might think – and you don’t have to visit space to find out, as Rachel Brazil discovers
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FeatureScience, suffrage and misogyny
100 years after women could first vote in UK general elections, Rachel Brazil looks back at their fight for professional equality in chemistry
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CareersThe unsung heroes of the lab
Why technicians need more recognition for their essential role in science
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CareersThe art of crafting conferences
The benefits and challenges of three approaches to scientific meetings
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FeatureThe nanocoatings holding back corrosion
Corrosion is an age-old problem, but some of the latest solutions are distinctly 21st century. Rachel Brazil reports
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CareersHow to form a research collaboration
Five tips for success when partnering up in the name of science
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CareersHow to get your research published
Writing your first paper can be daunting: here are five top tips
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FeatureCombining homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
Can you make a catalyst that has the stability and recyclability of a heterogeneous one with the selectivity of a homogeneous one? Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists finding out
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CareersHow to work in another country
Five tips for getting the most out of moving to a lab in a new land
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FeatureIlluminating manuscript treasures
Rachel Brazil takes a look at the Fitzwilliam Museum’s illuminated manuscripts and learns their scientific stories
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FeaturePhase to phase
Chemists are finding fascinating phase-change phenomena, discovers Rachel Brazil
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CareersVideo games are enabling discovery
Gamification is harnessing an untapped army of citizen scientists
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FeatureThe proteins of touch
Our sense of touch and balance is deeply ingrained in our experiences, but what are the chemical processes that make it work? Rachel Brazil investigates