All Diversity articles – Page 5
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OpinionJune Lindsey, another forgotten woman in the story of DNA
Her discovery of adenine and guanine’s structure was a key part of solving the DNA double helix puzzle – yet her contributions are almost forgotten
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BusinessDiversity is at the heart of innovation
To challenge conventions we need to include people who think differently
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OpinionJames LuValle, a chemist who broke the colour barrier
Sports or science? There was never really any competition for a Black Olympian who made significant contributions to Kodak’s colour film, as Hayley Bennett discovers
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OpinionCome fly with me… just not there, or there
Travel risk assessments should account for the prejudice faced by Queer scientists
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OpinionLGBTQ+ diversity in science and universities
Many queer scientists still feel they need to hide their full identity at work
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CareersThe daily struggle of LGBTQ+ scientists
Workplace equality for gender and sexual minorities remains a pipe dream in Stem
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NewsKarolinska Institute pursues name changes to lose racist links
Home of medicine Nobel prize to rename building and two streets named after racist scientists
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NewsQuotas for women or based on ethnicity ruled out for the Nobel prizes
Head of the body that awards the Nobel calls the small number of females Nobel laureates ‘sad’, but says quotas are the wrong approach
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WebinarTaking chemistry to market
Want to commercialise your scientific skills and knowledge? Join our webinar for presentations and a panel discussion with a diverse group of experts
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OpinionHow EPSRC fosters inclusion
The pandemic has provided valuable lessons for funders to rethink research culture
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FeatureWhat’s wrong with research culture?
A knotty mess of problems affects people doing academic research in the UK. Rachel Brazil tries to untie the tangle
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OpinionAct now to support early-career researchers
The Covid-19 pandemic has further highlighted long-existing issues that leaders need to take a stance on
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NewsUKRI response to Black female academics on funding decisions called inadequate
Pledge to improve understanding and monitoring of inequality comes a year after open letter was first published
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OpinionThe lifesaving work of Evelyn Hickmans
Anne Green tells us how a female chemist almost single-handedly established paediatric clinical chemistry and led to a first in global health
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OpinionClara Immerwahr – out of her husband’s shadow
The tragic story of the chemist best known as Fritz Haber’s wife might not be as clear cut as many believe, finds Bárbara Pinho
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NewsGap between number of men and women in science globally is slowly closing
But men are still publishing more papers than women even after correcting for age
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OpinionKathleen Culhane Lathbury – an industrial pioneer
Nina Notman tells the story of the interwar industrial chemist whose analytical skill and persistence saw her outmanoeuvre sexism and prove her research aptitude
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ResearchProtein-shaped sweets help students understand complex molecular structures
Edible protein models that can be identified by mouth could make chemistry education more inclusive to blind and visually impaired students