A sparkling career: a recent memorial service for cystallographer Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize for science, was attended by the great and the good
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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Nobel prize winner in chemistry when she determined the structure of penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin. A thanksgiving service has been held for the life of Hodgkin who died in 1994. During her lifetime she was also awarded the Order of Merit and became both a fellow and research professor of the Royal Society.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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Campaigners call for science fraud squad
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There have been a number of cases in recent years of scientists falsifying the result of their research and making invalid claims. This has prompted the Royal College of Physicians to consider setting up a national team to uncover scientific fraud. Some observers even believe that postgraduates should be educated in ethics.
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Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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The science of really useful matter
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Issues concerning the future potential of biomolecular engineering in aiding the production of totally manmade materials are discussed.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2000
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