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Julia Robinson

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Science Correspondent at Chemistry World

Science Correspondent @ChemistryWorld / DM or [email protected] / Find me on Bluesky: @robinson-julia.bsky.social

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  • 2 weeks ago | chemistryworld.com | Rachel Brazil |Bárbara Pinho |Julia Robinson |Alice Motion

    Fixing medicine’s gender gapFor centuries, the default subject in medicine research and training has been the male. Julia Robinson talks to the scientists and clinicians trying to improve things for the other 51% of humanity Managing the menopauseThe end of ovulation will affect almost all women, but current treatments could be improved. Rachel Brazil reports on the efforts to find a better solutionHow safe and sustainable are period products?

  • 2 weeks ago | chemistryworld.com | Julia Robinson

    For centuries, the default subject in medicine research and training has been the male. Julia Robinson talks to the scientists and clinicians trying to improve things for the other 51% of humanity Historical bias in medical research: The article highlights how medical research has historically focused on males, leading to a significant gap in understanding women’s health.

  • 1 month ago | chemistryworld.com | Julia Robinson

    A food chemist from the University of Helsinki has won the 17th Dance your PhD contest with choreography that explores the unique sensations experienced when eating certain foods, such as fiery capsaicin found in chillis and the tingly cool of menthol in mint.

  • 1 month ago | chemistryworld.com | Julia Robinson

    The academic publisher, Springer Nature, is donating its artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can detect AI-generated text in research manuscripts to the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publisher (STM).

  • 1 month ago | chemistryworld.com | Julia Robinson

    Source: © LanaSweet/Shutterstock It’s officially asparagus season. For those of us who love these vibrant green shoots this will be welcome news, but it may also serve as a significantly less welcome reminder of the rather pungent side effect of eating it – smelly wee. But what exactly causes this seasonal sulfurous aroma and do we all produce it or are some of us lucky enough to leave the toilet bowl stink-free? What exactly does asparagus wee smell like?

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Julia Robinson
Julia Robinson @robinson_julia
18 Oct 24

A really interesting longitudinal study of 375,000 people from OECD countries that suggests that the attrition gender gap is much smaller than it once was...

Marek Kwiek / Social Stratification in Science
Marek Kwiek / Social Stratification in Science @Marek_Kwiek

Thank you @MaryFrankFox1 for your comments to our research! #Attrition & #retention in science, with gender disparities. are superinteresting themes from a #global perspective! Thank you @robinson_julia for a fantastic interview! https://t.co/R7tO9tjwqR

Julia Robinson
Julia Robinson @robinson_julia
10 Oct 24

RT @ChemistryWorld: Why is protein structure worthy of a Nobel? What is AlphaFold? What are the applications of protein structure predictio…

Julia Robinson
Julia Robinson @robinson_julia
12 Jul 24

RT @gomobel: Thanks to *everyone* who came to the @YoungChemists #scicomm session during the #ECC9 lunch – the conversations about educatio…