All Black chemists articles
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Opinion
Maria Augusta Arruda: ‘Poetry is my refuge’
The Brazilian research leader on thinking differently and supporting Black researchers
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Research
Playing her part in building South Africa’s scientific reputation
Meet Pinkie Ntola, an early-career Black researcher who is passionate about being a credible scientist, an inspiring teacher and a supportive mentor
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News
New Royal Society fellowship to support Black researchers
Scheme may be expanded to other underrepresented groups if it’s successful
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News
Wellcome Trust’s anti-racism initiatives a failure
UK’s largest non-governmental science funder is ‘still an institutionally racist organisation’, admits director Jeremy Farrar
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News
Racial inequality report highlights ‘alarming’ loss of ethnic minority chemists
Royal Society of Chemistry vows to tackle underrepresentation in the UK with initial £1.5 million fund
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Review
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
A timely, provocative and necessary book
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Podcast
The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein – Book club
Exposing how racism and sexism shapes science
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Opinion
Raven the Science Maven’s communication haven
Combining science, music and cultural awareness
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Review
Film: Forgotten Genius
The story of a Black chemist’s incredible scientific accomplishments in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles in early 20th century US
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Careers
Underrepresented scientists hardest hit by pandemic
The effects of Covid-19 have exacerbated existing inequalities in academia
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Webinar
Celebrating Black History Month
Join us as we recognise and celebrate Black individuals and their contributions to the chemical sciences
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Research
Translating snail venom research from beach to bench and beyond
Meet Mandë Holford, an interdisciplinary scientist following tangents that arise when exploring the molecular-level workings of venom peptides
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Opinion
Ghanaian biochemistry TV star Marian Addy
Marian Addy was the first female science professor in Ghana, who studied herbal medicine – and was a TV star
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Opinion
Alice Ball’s treatment for leprosy
Nina Notman tells the overlooked story of historic African-American chemist Alice Ball who developed the first partially-effective treatment for leprosy
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Research
Harnessing plants and microbes to tackle environmental pollution
Eucharia Nwaichi is using biochemistry to clean up one of the most polluted places on Earth
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Research
Longer-lived oxides offer silicon synthesis boost
Touted as ‘soluble sand’, stabilised small silicon oxides present new synthetic worlds
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Research
Mystery of green bacon solved
Scientists have used x-ray diffraction to determine the structure of the nitrite burn on bacon