All People articles – Page 6
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CareersBig Manny’s viral science content is making chemistry relatable and accessible
From lab to back garden, this content creator is inspiring young people to continue studying science
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ResearchPlaying her part in building South Africa’s scientific reputation
Meet Pinkie Ntola, an early-career Black researcher who is passionate about being a credible scientist, an inspiring teacher and a supportive mentor
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OpinionShowing chemists have lives outside of science is inspirational
Human qualities, not big discoveries, are what we should seek from role models
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FeatureThe quantum dot story
Julia Robinson explains how quantum dots went from a theoretical prediction to everyday reality and earned Alexei Ekimov, Louis Brus and Moungi Bawendi the 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry
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News2023 Nobel prize in chemistry goes to trio behind quantum dots
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov win chemistry’s top prize for work that ended up in high resolution TVs and displays
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NewsThe 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov win chemistry Nobel for quantum dots
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NewsUltrafast light pulses scoop Nobel prize in physics
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier recognised for work on attosecond experiments for studying electron dynamics
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FeatureDo other chemistry prizes predict the Nobels?
We’ve looked at the numbers so you don’t have to
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OpinionThe day my supervisor won the Nobel prize in chemistry
Celebrations and support in the Bertozzi lab
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FeatureFifty years since the ferrocene furore
Only two of the discoverers of the sandwich compounds that revolutionised organometallic chemistry received the Nobel prize, leaving one very big name feeling left out. Mike Sutton traces the controversy
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OpinionKarin Markides: ‘I didn’t follow the rules’
The analytical chemist who runs a preeminent Japanese research institute discusses her childhood in Sweden and how she came to chemistry
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NewsPioneers in synthetic biology and next-generation DNA sequencing among predictions for chemistry Nobel prize
Data science divinations and community chatter pick favourites for chemistry’s top prize
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NewsWork on why scientists seem to enjoy licking rocks scoops chemistry Ig Nobel
Necrobotics, defecation analysis and boring lectures among other topics honoured in spoof annual award ceremony
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NewsRussia and Belarus uninvited to Nobel prize ceremonies
Backlash prompts Nobel Foundation to backtrack on allowing Russian and Belarusian representatives
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ResearchA force against fungi
With antifungal resistance on the rise, Leah Cowen’s lab wants to identify molecules that can capitalise on vulnerabilities in fungal pathogens
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NewsJustice for Henrietta Lacks as family reaches settlement with Thermo Fisher
Company was accused of profiting from HeLa cells derived from Lacks’ tumour without her family’s approval
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NewsChemical weapons expert forces UK government to back down on blacklisting policy
Guidance that has seen experts blocked from speaking at government conferences over criticism of policies to be reviewed