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CareersThe man who did his chemistry PhD in Welsh
Owain Beynon’s new words for computational chemistry terms are now in the Welsh dictionary
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OpinionJean-Marie Lehn: ‘Science or music really can take up all your life’
The supramolecular innovator on the importance of different cultures in research, working like a pianist, and being shocked by an opera
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CareersNavigating a career in academia and beyond
If you are unsure of what to do next, you are not alone
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OpinionLetters: July 2022
Readers call for international cooperation, near-miss reporting and less emphasis on deriving equations
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CareersBreak down barriers by explaining jargon
Journal publishers should do more to help researchers communicate clearly
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CareersPublish in English or perish
The dominance of English in science does not reflect the scientists behind research articles
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ReviewLanguage Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power
A linguist’s intro to one of society’s most compelling question: where does human language come from? An is there such a thing as universal grammar?
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ResearchLanguage-based software’s accurate predictions translate to benefits for chemists
State-of-the-art design for computer language processing results in improved models for predicting chemistry
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OpinionWhy using initials devalues women in science
Are we masking role models by our choice of abbreviation?
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OpinionWhy speaking English could revitalise Japanese science
Language could solve the stagnation seen in undergraduate courses
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OpinionNow you’re talking my language
Chemistry would be impossible without a hidden fluency that many of us don’t even realise we have, says Derek Lowe
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OpinionEmerging from Babel
Will English ever lose its place as the lingua franca of chemistry, asks Derek Lowe
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PodcastScientific Babel by Michael Gordin – Book club
We probe the nature of scientific language with Michael Gordin’s bestseller, Scientific Babel
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OpinionSpeaking of chemistry
Richard Feynman’s mischievous genius shone discussing chemistry, says Philip Ball
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OpinionChemical linguistics
Chemistry is not language, explains Michael Gordin. But the metaphor is useful nonetheless
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OpinionA brave new word
Why did scientists endure, while sciencers perished? Philip Ball examines the quirks of science’s lexical legacy
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OpinionWhat we mean when we talk about bonds
Santiago Alvarez delves into the debates and disagreements that surround one of chemistry’s most fundamental concepts