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OpinionLearning the language of chemistry
Chemical structures embed vast amounts of information that needs translating for machines
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OpinionWhy innovation gets stifled if you've settled into the fur-lined rut
Progress involves assessing all processes for improvements – even those whose inefficiencies we’re comfortable with
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CareersThe PhD to biotech series: Networking, hiring reality and making the transition stick
In the fourth and final part of the series, Matteo Tardelli discusses strategies to find and thrive in the industry
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PodcastWaterproof white inspired by nature & low-stakes mistakes
How can structural colour provide an alternative for pigments, chemicals and their environmental cost? And the Chemistry World team discusses their low-stakes mistakes.
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NewsNeurodiverse students use different strategies to reason through chemistry problems
Greater understanding of the challenges these learners face could lead to new strategies to help them in areas where they are weaker
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CareersThe PhD to biotech series: Clarifying your direction before you leave academia
In the first of a four-part series, Matteo Tardelli suggests some things to consider when deciding whether a move into industry is for you
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OpinionMaking low-stakes mistakes is how we learn
Sharing mistakes helps us grow and avoid bigger incidents in the future. Please get in touch if you’ve ever made a low-stakes mistake in your career.
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OpinionThe Chemistry World team shares some of its low-stakes mistakes
Have you ever made a typo, broken some equipment or made a general slip-up? Get in touch and tell us about some of your own low-stakes mistakes.
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OpinionFinding brightness in the depth of power cuts
The illuminating lessons I learned from living with loadshedding
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NewsSouth African scientists could face year in prison unless registered with national standards body, under proposed law
Researchers warn that registration offers little benefit and that the associated costs will disadvantage early-career researchers
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OpinionSarah O’Connor: ‘There’s nothing that matches that thrill of discovery’
The natural product chemist talks growing up in New York, her dad’s late pursuit of a PhD, and her journey to plant chemistry and to Germany
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OpinionChemistry contains multitudes
There’s room (and need) for all the various subspecies of chemical scientists
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CareersThe art of the pivot, or how to fail yourself to happiness
As Mike Tyson once said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face
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WebinarWorking safely through pregnancy: a conversation for chemists and lab leaders
How safe is the lab when you’re pregnant? Join the conversation with two expert speakers
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CareersHow a university opened its doors to neurodivergent employees
From all-around support to tailored recruitment, a University of Nottingham initiative offers a blueprint for improving neuro-inclusion in the technical workforce
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CareersHow a binational PhD opens two doors to a future research career
Top tips from Suvarna Sujilkumar, who is currently pursuing a Binational PhD at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram, India and Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Germany
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CareersFrom baseball to chemistry, and back again
With a lifelong passion for baseball and love of science, Jake Bruml began his career in biotech but transitioned to direct scouting for the Boston Red Sox
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OpinionThe art of not letting the lab burn down
Behind every experiment is a technician quietly preventing catastrophe
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CareersMaking lab equipment more accessible for chemists with physical disabilities
‘Chemical laboratories are often designed around a very narrow idea of standard talent,’ says one academic striving to make such spaces more inclusive
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OpinionWhat kinds of reactions do you do most?
Variety may be the spice of life, but there’s space for the boring but effective