All Culture and people articles – Page 90
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NewsScience community rallies round to help St Andrews teams hit by fire
University is optimistic that the damage was not too serious but the biomedical sciences building isn’t expected to fully reopen for a year
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PodcastHumble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker – Book club
Matt Parker uses comedy to explore the unique relationship between humans and maths and how numbers are behind errors large and small
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FeatureThe end of phlogiston and the discovery of oxygen
Pure air, dephlogisticated air or a new element? Josephy Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier get to grips with new gases in this month’s comic
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NewsTwitter chemistry poster conference continues to grow as it celebrates its fifth anniversary
Royal Society of Chemistry’s Twitter poster conference hopes to get chemistry trending on social media
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NewsEarly stage NIH funding found free from gender or race bias
US biomedical research agency’s initial peer review process does not treat grant applicants any differently based on their race or gender
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NewsConsortium launched to address sexual and gender harassment in science
The American Chemical Society and 60-plus other US organisations form sexual harassment consortium to advance ethics and inclusion in Stemm
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OpinionHow Brexit uncertainty affected my research group
In 2016 there were nine of us. By 2018 there were three
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Opinion'God gave Linus Pauling to chemistry'
CNR Rao on inspiration, Indian chemistry and Benedict Cumberbatch
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OpinionThe power of controlling lab purchases
Liaising with suppliers is more than just following orders
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NewsConservators turn to iPads to follow the formation of oil paintings’ ‘art acne’
Researchers have developed at app to address a chemistry problem plaguing the art world
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NewsJazzy superconductivity wins 11th Dance your PhD prize
Annual award sees scientists explain their work through the medium of interpretive dance
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OpinionThe dangers of dimethylmercury
Looking back at how the death of Karen Wetterhahn changed lab safety
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NewsFaculty mindset affects racial achievement gap in Stem subjects
Racial performance gap is twice as large in Stem classes taught by professors who believe intelligence is inherent and can’t be changed
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ResearchChemical analysis reveals origin of Pompeian mosaic tiles
Work will help to preserve ancient murals
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NewsSmall research teams more likely to deliver disruptive results
Both large and small teams are needed to keep the scientific ecosystem healthy, study finds
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NewsManfred Eigen, pioneer of study of exceptionally fast chemical reactions, dies aged 91
Eigen was instrumental in the development of a method to probe reactions using pulses of energy
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OpinionHave we solved chemistry?
A new book suggests chemistry is over 90% ‘complete’ – and that could be a good thing