All Culture and people articles – Page 140
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CareersThe nano advocate
Steffi Friedrichs tells Emma Davies how an open-minded attitude led to her becoming director general of the Nanotechnology Industries Association
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ReviewVenoms to drugs: venom as a source for the development of human therapeutics
Defanging chemistry
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PodcastHyaluronic acid
Brian Clegg smooths out the wrinkles over the darling of the cosmetic industry, hyaluronic acid
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ReviewLight years: the extraordinary story of mankind's fascination with light
Everything is illuminated
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ResearchAnton 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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NewsWieland’s chemistry Nobel to be sold at auction
1927 prize is the first chemistry Nobel to go under the hammer
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NewsHigh hopes for ACS cannabis division
An effort to create a cannabis division within the American Chemical Society is gaining momentum
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OpinionA negative outlook
Could the Shroud of Turin’s mysterious negative imprints have a chemical cause?
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OpinionFlashback: 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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NewsChemists 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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NewsGender 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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OpinionOh, 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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NewsWomen 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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CareersFrom 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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FeatureIs all matter made of just one element?
William Prout’s answer to this perennial question launched two centuries of controversy. Mike Sutton reports