All articles by Nessa Carson
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OpinionWorking in the chemical industries, plural
Despite often being presented as a monolith, there’s a huge variety of activities, working practices and reaction scales across industrial research
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OpinionInertia, decisions and robots
Our cognitive biases can make it difficult to choose what’s best for science
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OpinionExploring new fragments of chemical space
How medicinal and process chemists are working together to build better drugs
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OpinionBeyond the ChatGPT hype
Large language models can be powerful tools for chemistry if we acknowledge their limits
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OpinionOrganic chemists should place their trust in machine learning’s black box
Submitting to the higher power of abstraction can strengthen our insights
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FeatureHow to automate your lab
Whether it’s robots, automation or software hacks, Nessa Carson finds ways for everyone to improve how they work in the lab
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OpinionCurating data into pictures has nuances that are easy to overlook
But there are ways to balance the benefits of holistic data without causing information overload
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OpinionIntegrating coding into chemistry helps science progress faster
Taking a beginner Python programming course can lead to big efficiency gains
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OpinionBuilding data systems to break down research silos
Shared schemas could make it a lot easier for researchers to cross discipline boundaries
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OpinionThe career importance of community service work
Community work enhances a scientist’s skills, whatever career stage they’re at
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OpinionTake nobody’s word for it
Sceptic communities should question their own biases toward peer review
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OpinionMaintaining motivation
Competition might work in the short term, but a supportive environment produces more sustainable results
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OpinionEnabling environments support the development of diverse teams
A great workplace allows individuals to be constrained only by the limits of their own minds
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OpinionOnline conferences have benefits worth retaining
Nothing’s quite the same as a scientific meeting
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OpinionAm I really a scientist?
Whether in a lab, an office or on a stage, we are no strangers to wrestling with self-identity
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BusinessHow many papers do you read a week?
Everyone needs a strategy to keep up with the literature
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OpinionBrute force and ignorance
It’s time for academia to get with the project plan and fail faster