Interviews – Page 4
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OpinionChristina White: ‘Discovery requires the human element’
The pioneering organic chemist on taking inspiration from sport
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OpinionJohn Hartwig: ‘There’s a lot of distrust of science’
The catalysis innovator on the thrills of heading to the mountains and having a reaction named after him
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OpinionDonna Blackmond: ‘I often get my best ideas in the middle of the night’
The chirality expert on late-night notes and Harrius Potter
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OpinionAlán Aspuru-Guzik: 'Science is at a crossroads'
The quantum computing guru reflects on his childhood in Mexico, why he left the US for Canada, and how professors are like vampires
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OpinionMargaret Brimble: 'Spiroketals are my favourite molecules'
The New Zealand chemist on careers, creativity and why everything just has to be blue
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OpinionFraser Stoddart: 'Even when I'm sleeping, I average 40mph'
On rotaxanes, travel and his love of Edinburgh
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OpinionCathleen Crudden: 'I played clarinet for the Pope'
The catalysis maven on hair metal, literature and Big Science
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OpinionOmar Yaghi: 'MOFs are the most beautiful compounds ever made'
Omar Yaghi on why chemistry is his hobby
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Opinion'It blows my mind I get to use these facilities'
Element discoverer Dawn Shaughnessy on big science, future generations and Star Wars
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Opinion'God gave Linus Pauling to chemistry'
CNR Rao on inspiration, Indian chemistry and Benedict Cumberbatch
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Opinion‘I taught my local restaurant how to make noodles’
Organic chemistry maestro Jin-Quan Yu on football, food and cleaving the C–H bond
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OpinionMaki Kawai: 'Researchers in Japan should speak English'
The Chemical Society of Japan’s president on the future of Japanese research
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Opinion'I used to have a golden Rolls Royce...'
Peter Atkins on textbooks, Tibet and his legendary automobile
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OpinionHelen Sharman: 'I remember the last view I had of the Earth...'
The astronaut and chemist on mountains, science careers and the view from space
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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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OpinionMalika Jeffries-EL: Pineapple does not belong on pizza!
Newly appointed ACS fellow Malika Jeffries-EL shows her New Yorker side
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Opinion'Beyoncé's assistant helped me star on The Big Bang Theory...'
George Smoot on Queen, Queen B and winning $1 million on a gameshow
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OpinionIn situ with Tomas Lindahl
The DNA repair doyen on red wine, protests and what killed the Neanderthals
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OpinionKurt Wüthrich: Nobel prize-winning footballer
Kurt Wüthrich on sport, performance enhancement and Alpine retreats
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OpinionJean-Pierre Sauvage: 'You'd be surprised about my taste in music!'
The molecular machine maven talks reading, Jagger and winning a Nobel prize