All People articles – Page 4
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Opinion
Shining a spotlight on disabled scientists
As Enable Science launches a poster series to celebrate disabled scientists, founder Chantelle Minchin discusses the importance of representation
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Business
Rapid-charging batteries with magnetic assistance
UK spin-out Gaussion aims to charge electric vehicles in minutes
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Business
Building the support infrastructure we wish we’d had
Harry Destecroix of Science Creates is the 2023 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year
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Opinion
Morten Meldal: ‘I made some of the most beautiful fireworks’
The click-chemistry pioneer on research funding, fireworks and getting the band back together
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Careers
Big 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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Research
Playing 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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Opinion
Showing 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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Feature
The 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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News
2023 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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News
The 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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News
Ultrafast 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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Feature
Do other chemistry prizes predict the Nobels?
We’ve looked at the numbers so you don’t have to
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Opinion
The day my supervisor won the Nobel prize in chemistry
Celebrations and support in the Bertozzi lab
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Feature
Fifty 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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Opinion
Karin 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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News
Pioneers 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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News
Work 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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News
Russia and Belarus uninvited to Nobel prize ceremonies
Backlash prompts Nobel Foundation to backtrack on allowing Russian and Belarusian representatives
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Research
A 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