All Culture and people articles – Page 23
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Careers
Working through bereavement
Academic employers can do more to support grieving students and staff
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News
Stanford president resigns after independent review finds problems with his research
Marc Tessier-Lavigne cleared of fraud or falsification of data, but failures on correcting the scientific record made his position untenable
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Article
Mimicking our eyes’ sun protection
Sóliome is developing sunscreens based on natural UV-filtering peptides
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Opinion
Culturally relevant teaching benefits science and students
Addressing the melanin in the room
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News
Black, female, and disabled academics were less likely to be entered for REF 2021
Physical sciences perform best but gap in submission rates remains
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Research
Anticounterfeiting secrets of Benjamin Franklin’s paper money revealed
Sophisticated analytical techniques brought to bear on US notes from the 18th century
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Research
XRF reveals early drafts of ancient Egyptian art
Portable analytical equipment allows greater analysis of ancient artwork
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News
Four children injured after another chemistry demonstration goes wrong in Spain
An outreach experiment triggered a fire and a small explosion, sending four children to hospital
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Opinion
Wunmi Sadik: ‘I still see myself as the young girl explaining chemistry to my mother’
The interdisciplinary innovator on moving beyond silos and communicating the real-world impact of chemistry
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Feature
Are hair relaxers damaging to health?
Different chemistries have been designed to turn curly hair straight, but in all cases questions remain about their safety, finds Rachel Brazil
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Research
Peptide analysis reveals truth of Seville’s ‘Ivory Lady’
Ancient human remains entombed with an array of treasures, originally believed to be a young male, revealed to be those of a woman
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Opinion
New scientific categories bring vitality
The history of vitamins shows that ‘kinds’ don’t have to exist in nature to drive scientific discoveries
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News
Two-year suspended prison sentence for irresponsible home chemist
Conviction follows discovery of explosive precursors that led to evacuation of homes in Yorkshire
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News
EU gets new research commissioner-designate
If approved, economist Iliana Ivanova will work to implement Horizon Europe and start negotiations on EU’s research and innovation Framework