All Culture and people articles – Page 160
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Review
Practical guide to intellectual property
Intellectual property: from creation to commercialisation
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Feature
People power
Harnessing the wisdom – and money – of crowds has rocketed in popularity in recent years. Clare Sansom looks at whether chemistry can join the gang
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Opinion
30 years ago: The oldest operational PerkinElmer spectrophotometer in the UK is found
Firm celebrates silver jubilee with competition
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Opinion
Too many scientists?
The proliferation of PhDs is unsustainable and damaging, says Paula Stephan.
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News
Campaign to save Royal Institution's London home
Scientists and the public rally to stop the sale of the building that housed Davy’s and Faraday’s labs after charity runs into financial difficulties
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News
Post-publication peer review blog launches
Chemists hope forum will be a place where published synthetic methods are scrutinised and lab checks are crowdsourced
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Careers
Cleaning up
From washing clothes to saving lives, the products of Phil Souter’s watery work can be found across the globe, as Helen Carmichael finds out
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Opinion
The founding myths of chemistry
Chemists should learn from the past, says Philip Ball, but they may need a history lesson first
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Careers
You're hired
Alan Sugar’s latest apprentice is setting up a recruitment agency specialising in sectors that make a difference. Emma Davies finds out more
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Opinion
Decisive uncertainty
When it comes to scientific advice, we should let the experts speak and improve our understanding of risk, says Síle Lane
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Opinion
The public: clients of science?
Should scientific advice inform or instruct? Steve Fuller says scientists should stick to the facts and let the public decide
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Feature
Making pain history
From ancient folk remedy to the wonder drug of the early industrial age and beyond. Mike Sutton traces the remarkable history of aspirin
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Opinion
Fear of the unknown
How do you reconcile the need for personal safety with unfamiliar compounds, asks Derek Lowe
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Feature
Building better chemistry
Do lab buildings affect the work of the scientists inside them? James Mitchell Crow surveys some grand designs