All articles by Rachel Brazil – Page 6
-
CareersVideo games are enabling discovery
Gamification is harnessing an untapped army of citizen scientists
-
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
-
-
Careers'How pragmatic is it to be a blind scientist?’
Mona Minkara on not letting loss of vision end her science ambitions
-
FeatureRaiders of the lost pigments
The old sculptures in museums have lost their original colour, but chemistry can help us discover how they used to look
-
-
CareersTime to lose chemistry’s subdisciplines?
Organic, inorganic and physical – do they mean anything in modern chemistry?
-
-
FeatureDrugging the epigenome
Drugs that change how your genes are switched on or off could change how we treat many diseases, as Rachel Brazil discovers
-
FeatureRefugee scientists
Rachel Brazil looks at schemes to help refugee scientists in the past, present and future
-
-
FeatureShaping up at the nanoscale
Rods, stars or spheres? Rachel Brazil looks at the shape of things to come
-
-
-
-
CareersThe Lego creator
Lego’s Thomas Tarp tells Rachel Brazil how the world’s largest toy company is at the forefront of chemical safety and sustainable materials
-
FeatureSoft robots get a grip
Rachel Brazil looks at how chemists are helping make robots with a more gentle touch
-
CareersThe Greenpeace scientist
Rachel Brazil discovers how a chance phonecall took Paul Johnston from being a concerned researcher to Greenpeace’s principal scientist
-
FeatureBones of contention
Can protein in dinosaur bones survive for millions of years? Rachel Brazil explores the evidence
-
CareersThe textiles designer
Combining chemistry with a passion for textiles has taken Fern Kelly on an unusual career journey spanning the globe. Rachel Brazil investigates