All Culture and people articles – Page 123
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Careers
The main group researcher
Chris Chapman finds out how international travel and awards have put main group chemist Rebecca Melen on the fast track to academic success
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Opinion
Gahn’s blowpipe
Andrea Sella explores the evolution of a forgotten device that was once the cornerstone of chemical analysis
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News
California lab safety centre to investigate Hawaii University accident
Probe into recent lab explosion that took postdoc’s arm to report at the end of April
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Opinion
Wholesome additions
Ali Bouzari explains how whole ingredients are helping to defuse the unjustified public distrust of additives
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News
Chemistry department to reopen at Swansea University
Swansea University will re-introduce degrees in chemistry in 2017, after a 12-year hiatus
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Opinion
Science must be family friendly
The perception that young scientists need to sacrifice family life for a career in research must change, says Mark Peplow
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Careers
The 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
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Research
Unstable dyes to blame for Van Gogh’s waning Sunflowers
Computer calculations predict why Van Gogh’s dyes are splitting on the canvas
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News
CDC lab safety weaknesses in spotlight again
Worker at the US Centers for Disease Control diagnosed with Salmonella may have been infected in the lab
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Opinion
25 years ago: Papers on disk
A survey revealed researchers’ willingness to use e-mail and submit journal papers electronically
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News
Cadmium and lead in costume jewellery prompt concern
Extremely high levels of toxic metals in children’s jewellery is causing alarm among US and Canadian scientists
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News
UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry will remain intact
Fierce opposition to dissolution of 144-year-old college has ended talk of disbanding it
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News
US slashes exposure limit for silica dust
US occupational safety agency halves the amount of crystalline silica dust workers can be exposed to
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News
UK physical sciences body appoints first deputy chief executive
New Engineering and Physical Science Research Council post filled by Nottingham computing professor Tom Rodden
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News
Irish institute in hot water with university ranking agency
Quacquarelli Symonds unhappy with emails sent to academics asking them to take part in survey
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Research
Ancient scrolls roll back first use of metallic inks by centuries
X-ray fluorescence reveals lead-based inks in papyrus from town destroyed in Mount Vesuvius eruption