Profiles – Page 4
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Business
Nanoparticles in full flow
Promethean Particles’ hydrothermal reactors make nanomaterials in liquid dispersions
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Business
Predicting and preventing production losses with AI
Seebo’s machine learning technology helps chemical manufacturers get deep insight into their processes
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Fully synthetic proteins make tailored medicines
Bright Peak Therapeutics makes modified protein drugs from scratch
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Careers
Rallying to the chemical safety cause
How Matt Endean works to keep children safe in school chemistry laboratories
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Opinion
Taeghwan Hyeon: ‘Multidisciplinary collaboration is a must’
The nanoparticle pioneer on the importance of reading, exercise and nurturing excellent young scientists
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Business
Brewing up plant-inspired medicines
Antheia reconstructs complex biochemical pathways in yeasts to speed up production of natural product-based drugs
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Engineering microbes to degrade contaminants
Allonnia is using synthetic biology to tackle major environmental challenges like PFASs, metals and plastic waste
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Research
Fun with f-elements
Working with lanthanides and actinides may be challenging, but David Mills says the field is ripe for discovery
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Careers
From chemistry to referee
Kathryn Nesbitt left her professor post to bring her problem-solving skills to the pitch, and is breaking through barriers for women
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Searching for more sustainable resin materials
Paul Jones of Bitrez is the 2021 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year
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Research
Uncovering new transformations by using electricity as a reagent
Song Lin explains the power of electrochemistry and how he fosters an inclusive environment for his research group
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Research
Adding constraints to understand life’s chemical origins
Matt Powner wants to know if there are chemical rules that govern why certain synthetic strategies are embedded in biology
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Careers
One researcher’s fight to open labs to service dogs
Researcher Joey Ramp’s brain injury and nerve damage meant that she needed a service dog in the lab, and roadblocks ended her PhD pursuit
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Business
Making supercritical fluid extraction affordable with Nova Extraction
London-based duo wants this powerful technique to be cheaper and more widely accessible
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Opinion
Raven the Science Maven’s communication haven
Combining science, music and cultural awareness
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Research
Pointing the tools of atmospheric chemistry inside
US team monitoring air quality in an on-campus gym detects chemicals in the air that come from cleaning products reacting with sweat
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Careers
A free online guide to master Schlenk lines
Andryj Borys shares his knowledge on air-sensitive chemistry through an open-access handbook and website
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Business
University team’s silica coats stop vaccines spoiling at room temperature
Asel Sartbaeva hopes her pioneering ensilication technology will be adopted to store and transport pediatric vaccines to low-income countries
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Business
Chromosol’s silicon photonics system tackles data transfer bottleneck
Technology for integrating lasers directly into photonic circuits could accelerate replacement of large and expensive optical systems
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Careers
Planting the seeds of sustainable science education
Michele Raggio’s non-profit Seedscience supports teachers in developing countries as they grow their own education programmes