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Observation of the fastest chemical processes in the radiolysis of water – Science Magazine

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Z.-H. Loh

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

G. Doumy

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.

C. Arnold

Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.Department of Physics, Universitt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany.

L. Kjellsson

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.European XFEL GmbH, Schenefeld, Germany.

S. H. Southworth

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.

A. Al Haddad

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.

Y. Kumagai

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.

M.-F. Tu

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.

P. J. Ho

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.

A. M. March

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.

R. D. Schaller

Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

M. S. Bin Mohd Yusof

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

T. Debnath

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

M. Simon

Sorbonne Universit and CNRS, Laboratoire de Chemie Physique-Matire et Rayonnement, LCPMR, F-750005 Paris, France.

R. Welsch

Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany.

L. Inhester

Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.

K. Khalili

Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark.

K. Nanda

Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

A. I. Krylov

Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

S. Moeller

Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

G. Coslovich

Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

J. Koralek

Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

M. P. Minitti

Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

W. F. Schlotter

Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

J.-E. Rubensson

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

R. Santra

Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.Department of Physics, Universitt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany.

L. Young

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.Department of Physics and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Chemistry: it’s a boy thing?

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Kids’ chemistry sets seem to be making a comeback (check out our great feature on chemistry sets), complete with the old gender stereotypes. Tesco is the latest retailer to come under fire for sexism, after it placed a toy chemistry set in the ‘boys’ category in its online shop.

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Chemistry sets: are they just for adorable little boys?

At first it defended the decision, saying it was based on market research, but it has since given in to complaints from customers and the pressure group Let Toys be Toys and agreed to  change the label. But Tesco is not alone – over the last couple of weeks, a row has erupted between retailers and equality campaigners over the gender labelling of science toys.

It all started when pictures from a Boots store in Nottingham showed Science Museum toys under a ‘For boys’ sign next to a wall of pink packaged products under ‘For girls’. Customers quickly took to Twitter to protest, saying that the decision to restrict science toys to the boys’ section was outdated and sexist.

Boots’ defence was similar to Tesco’s, but it has since apologised and removed the offending signs in stores. Online, however, the ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ tags remain, with the excuse of improving website searchability. The situation is similar for other toy retailers. Toys R Us, Early Learning Centre and Lego all use ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ labels for online products. Even London-based toyshop Hamleys, who recently ditched its in-store signs, still use gender categories online.

There is mounting pressure on schools to address gender inequality in STEM subjects, but perhaps retailers need to play their part too. Assigning toys to a specific gender is a slippery slope that will only reinforce stereotypes in older children. It’s the 21st century – why shouldn’t girls play with chemistry sets, or indeed boys with tea sets and dolls? Let’s hope the recent victories will let toys be toys.

Emma Stoye

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