Last month, the US ordered its officials to evacuate or avoid key towns in Zambia’s northern ‘copperbelt’ region. This follows the Read More
A larger proportion of chemistry students on the University of Bradford’s part-time laboratory scientist degree apprenticeship passed their module exams on Read More
Last month, Delhi’s high court banned Sci-Hub, its sister websites and Sci-Net, which all share journal publishers’ articles without their consent. Read More
Liz Kendall is the UK government’s new science secretary, having previously served as work and pensions secretary since the Labour party Read More
A sulfurous intermediate could be the missing puzzle piece that explains how simple molecules on early Earth first assembled into proteins. New Read More
A controversial project to redefine the family of environmentally persistent chemicals known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continues to divide opinions Read More
A deep-sea worm survives in toxic conditions around hydrothermal vents by converting arsenic and sulfur into a benign mineral. This natural biomineralisation Read More
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) launched a set of guiding principles for responsible chemistry in July, with the Read More
The UK government is investing almost £30 million to establish a specialised facility to support the development of new RNA therapies, it has Read More
Nanodiamonds – important for wide-ranging applications, including biomedical imaging, drug delivery, quantum computing and sensors – have now been made from petroleum-derived adamantane crystals Read More