Interviews – Page 3
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ResearchMission accomplished for scientist who set out to bring astrobiology to Portugal
Zita Martins discusses her work searching for molecules related to the origin of life
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ResearchSearching for superconductors with supercomputers
What if most materials are superconductors under the right conditions, wonders José Flores-Livas
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Anya Gryn’ova
The computational chemist has returned to her Heidelberg research institute after months of lockdown, and is thankful to be living in Germany
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ResearchTranslating snail venom research from beach to bench and beyond
Meet Mandë Holford, an interdisciplinary scientist following tangents that arise when exploring the molecular-level workings of venom peptides
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ResearchHow the products of fire control the formation of snow
Nadine Borduas-Dedekind brings an organic chemist’s arrow-pushing insight to reactions in the atmosphere
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ResearchBeautiful molecules ring up with a purpose
How Stephen Goldup used his experience in organic synthesis to find a supramolecular niche
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BusinessHow Covid-19 is changing drug manufacturing
Catalent is adapting, focusing on employee safety and supply chain security
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ResearchIntroducing chirality to give organic electronics a twist
Medicinal molecules and electronic materials aren’t often found in the same research group. Meet Matthew Fuchter, who’s excelling at both
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ResearchUnlocking geological time capsules with analytical chemistry
Blavatnik award winner Kirsty Penkman discusses her research developing techniques to date fossils
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CareersStructuring a crystallographic database
Matt Lightfoot on navigating a career around the Cambridge Structural Database
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CareersCleaning up misinterpreted forensic evidence
Ruth Morgan is on the case of incorrect court rulings
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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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ResearchHarnessing plants and microbes to tackle environmental pollution
Eucharia Nwaichi is using biochemistry to clean up one of the most polluted places on Earth
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ResearchThe protein crystallisation influencer
Naomi Chayen discusses her career manipulating phase diagrams to produce high-quality protein crystals
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ResearchCluster fundamentals
Stefanie Dehnen discusses the exotic structures of inorganic chemistry’s middle ground
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ResearchSurface chemistry for biological questions
Rasmita Raval discusses her career exploring the complex behaviour of molecule–surface systems and what it has to do with antibiotic resistance and the origin of life
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ResearchThe luck of the materials scientist
Studying the structure of disordered materials is complicated, but Simon Billinge explains how it opens the door to designer materials with desired properties
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ResearchLights – camera – catalysis!
Like thousands of chemists worldwide, Bert Weckhuysen is a keen photographer. More unusually, however, he has found a way to bring his hobby and his research together
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ResearchFrom cement to batteries with help from a wombat
Vanessa Peterson is in the fast lane when it comes to relating atomic-scale structures to a material’s function