All People articles – Page 23
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NewsLive blog: lithium-ion batteries take the 2019 chemistry Nobel prize
We covered the 2019 Nobel prize announcement as it happened
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NewsMedicine Nobel prize rewards discovery of cells’ oxygen sensing machinery
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza win prize for unravelling how cells sense and adapt to the life-sustaining gas
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NewsInspired guesswork goes up against number crunching for Nobel predictions
Analysis of highly cited papers favours biochemistry while polls champion Crispr, lithium-ion batteries and MOFs
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ReviewThe Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things and How to Make Wiser Decisions
An urgent and compelling case for self-reflection
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NewsWork on how much saliva a five-year-old makes wins chemistry Ig Nobel
This year’s Ig Nobels reward research on spit, scrotums and cockroaches, among other things
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NewsScience really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field
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CareersCleaning up misinterpreted forensic evidence
Ruth Morgan is on the case of incorrect court rulings
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ArticleAstraZeneca conference – New frontiers in synthetic chemistry
Academia and industry meet to solve the challenges of modern drug discovery and process chemistry
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OpinionAm I really a scientist?
Whether in a lab, an office or on a stage, we are no strangers to wrestling with self-identity
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NewsPCR inventor Kary Mullis dies aged 74
Mullis shared the 1993 chemistry Nobel prize with Michael Smith
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ArticlePicking the Brain(iac) of Jon Tickle
We sit down with Jon Tickle, Information Architect at Centrica and one of TV’s favourite geeks, to ask him about his journey through science communication, his involvement in Stem outreach and, of course, his time on Brainiac: Science Abuse
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BusinessProfile: Oxford nanoSystems’ heat transfer coatings
Nanospiked coatings drastically increase heat exchangers’ efficiency and can be applied after manufacturing
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FeatureThe forgotten female crystallographer who discovered C–H⋯O bonds
Andy Extance tells the overlooked story of crystallographer June Sutor, whose C–H⋯O bonding hypothesis was unjustly suppressed
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PodcastCyclopropane
Chemistry’s tastiest bonds for an explosive anaesthetic that was as useful as it was dangerous
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Podcast2C psychedelics
A class of hallucinogenic phenethylamines, explored by the 'godfather of psychedelics' Alexander Shulgin and sadly implicated in a tragedy at a 2017 music festival
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NewsDo men actually ask more questions at science conferences than women?
Even when women make up 70% of the audience, they still only ask about 40% of the questions, analysis reveals
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OpinionPride and prejudice
Cambridge’s first official Pride event stood in contrast to the everyday experiences of some LGBT+ scientists, but a new report shows how things are improving
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OpinionCathleen Crudden: 'I played clarinet for the Pope'
The catalysis maven on hair metal, literature and Big Science