All Culture and people articles – Page 135
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Review
Light years: the extraordinary story of mankind's fascination with light
Everything is illuminated
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Research
Anton Toutov: The power of potassium
Anton Toutov discusses how using potassium to make silicon-containing organic chemicals has shaken up chemistry
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News
Wieland’s chemistry Nobel to be sold at auction
1927 prize is the first chemistry Nobel to go under the hammer
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News
High hopes for ACS cannabis division
An effort to create a cannabis division within the American Chemical Society is gaining momentum
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Opinion
A negative outlook
Could the Shroud of Turin’s mysterious negative imprints have a chemical cause?
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Opinion
Flashback: 1985 – studying as a prisoner-of-war
How prisoners during the Second World War were able to study for chemistry degrees
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News
Chemists seek end to chemical warfare on centenary of its first use
International community produces the Ypres Declaration to reaffirm disarmament objectives
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News
Gender bias in US research funding investigated
Three US Congresswomen requested an investigation into whether funding bias is holding back women in science
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Opinion
Oh, the humanities!
Science and the arts are equally essential to society, says Philip Ball. Don’t divide them by their differences
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News
Women twice as likely to be hired for academic posts as men
Experiment shows that faculty staff are more likely to pick women for job roles based on hypothetical CVs
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Careers
From lab tech to mass spec
Carol Robinson left school at 16 with no science qualifications but found her way to the top
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Feature
Is all matter made of just one element?
William Prout’s answer to this perennial question launched two centuries of controversy. Mike Sutton reports
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Opinion
Flashback: 1970 – the Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre
The Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre in Savile Row, London, was used for RSC lectures for many years
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News
Fears UK government scientists could be gagged by new rules
Civil service code changes mean government employees need ministerial permission to speak to the press
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News
US Chemical Safety Board chairman resigns
Resignation follows accusation of mismangement and exposure of whistleblowers