All People articles – Page 26
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FeatureHow chemical evolution took the 2018 chemistry Nobel prize
Emma Stoye has the full story of how Frances Arnold, George Smith and Greg Winter put evolution to work in the lab
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NewsThomas Steitz, Nobel laureate who unlocked the inner workings of the ribosome dies
Steitz shared the 2009 chemistry Nobel prize for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
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NewsEmbattled director of US research integrity office heads to NIH
Head of Office of Research Integrity won’t return after temporary reassignment and is set to become NIH’s integrity officer
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NewsMacArthur ‘genius’ fellowships recognise biophysicist and analytical chemist
Foundation awards ‘no strings’ grants for cellular compartmentalisation and cancer surgery research
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NewsChemistry business leader to head UK’s national life sciences institute
GlaxoSmithKline’s non-executive director Vivienne Cox has been appointed chair of the Rosalind Franklin Institute
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Opinion‘Chemists dismissed us as being too biologically focused’
How directed evolution winning the chemistry Nobel is going to change my field
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NewsWhat is directed evolution and why did it win the chemistry Nobel prize?
If you’ve got questions about yesterday’s chemistry Nobel prize then we’ve got answers
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NewsChemistry Nobel prize awarded to pioneers of directed evolution
Top science gong recognises groundbreaking work that has harnessed evolution to produce biofuels and drugs
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NewsLive blog: directed evolution takes chemistry Nobel prize
Join us as we follow all the latest events in the build-up to chemistry’s premiere prize
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NewsLaser tools bag physics Nobel as first woman wins prize for 55 years
Arthur Ashkin, inventor of optical tweezers, shares honour with laser pulse pioneers Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou
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NewsWhat is 'checkpoint therapy' and why did it win the medicine Nobel prize?
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo released the ‘brakes’ on our immune system to combat cancer
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NewsImmune-stimulating cancer treatment takes 2018 medicine Nobel
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo receive science’s highest honour for discovering how cancer stops immune cells from attacking
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FeatureAre the Nobel prizes good for science?
Philip Ball looks at whether prizes and awards help or hinder scientific progress
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NewsInstinct goes up against number-crunching for Nobel prize predictions
Chemistry predictions include inventor of the lithium–ion battery and metal–organic framework pioneers – as well as some less well known discoveries
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NewsIt's time peer reviewers got some love
Proper recognition of the vital role referees play is overdue
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OpinionThe kids are alright
Teaching can be a challenge… especially when you’ve never studied your subject
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Opinion'I feel like a chemical Peter Pan'
Martyn Poliakoff on green chemistry, Rosalind Franklin and the importance of technicians
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NewsArt conservation using saliva wins chemistry Ig Nobel
Prizes given for research that first makes you laugh and then make you think reward some more unlikely discoveries
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CareersThe analytical referee
Julian Braybrook on taking up his role as the UK’s government chemist