Recalibration is the biggest shake-up in the carbon dating world for seven years

Overhaul will improve accuracy and push back how far samples can be dated by 5000 years | Continue reading


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New labmate does almost 700 reactions in 8 days – and it’s a robot

Robotic chemist optimises water-splitting photocatalyst by working continuously for eight days even in complete darkness | Continue reading


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Light-harvesting wheel reinvented by chemists copying bacterium

Synthetic mimic of complex at the heart of photosynthesis offers new ways to capture solar energy | Continue reading


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Relativity behind mercury's liquidity (2013)

First evidence that relativistic effects are indeed responsible for mercury's low melting point | Continue reading


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Science really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests (2019)

The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field | Continue reading


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Evidence mounts that water has two liquid forms

Supercooled solution reveals phase transition at -80°C | Continue reading


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Valentine’s Potion

If 'meat juice' be the food of love, the appetite may sicken, and so die | Continue reading


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Random Numbers Created from Crystals

Robot that monitors crystallization could lead to new ways to study stochastic processes in chemistry | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Next time you generate a random number

Robot that monitors crystallization could lead to new ways to study stochastic processes in chemistry | Continue reading


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Vitamin-E liquids linked to US deaths form deadly compound when vaped

Pyrolysis of vitamin E acetate creates organic molecule with effects comparable to first world war chemical weapon | Continue reading


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Freezer magnets improve avocado puree properties

Avocado anxiety could be over as magnetic field helps puree stay fresh | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Chromium: Lust for Colour

Van Gogh's yellow sunflowers owe a debt to Louis Vaquelin, the chemist who discovered the element chromium | Continue reading


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China overtakes UK in list of highly cited researchers

More than 6000 influential scientists identified across 21 different fields | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Well-Tempered Chocolate

Nina Notman discovers that controlling crystal structures and emulsions is the key to good chocolate | Continue reading


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Worldwide survey of PhD students reveals bullying, discrimination and anxiety

A fifth of PhDs report bullying and a third have sought help for anxiety or depression | Continue reading


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Tiny water droplets reveal minimum number of molecules to make ice

Ice as we know it ceases to exist in droplets that fall below this threshold | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Medicine Nobel prize rewards discovery of cells’ oxygen sensing machinery

William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza win prize for unravelling how cells sense and adapt to the life-sustaining gas | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

An urgent and compelling case for self-reflection | Continue reading


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Circuits of chemicals could carry out calculations

Circuits of chemicals could carry out calculations | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Machine-learning Mendeleevs have rediscovered the periodic table

Exposing new dimensions in the relationships between elements | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

AFM images show bond formation in greatest detail yet

Strange ring-shaped sub-atomic images result from Lennard-Jones physisorption-chemisorption energy curve | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

The Use of Mercury by the First Emperor of China (2016)

Philip Ball investigates claims that the burial chamber of China's first emperor contains rivers of shimmering mercury | Continue reading


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Predatory conference scammers are getting smarter

The organisers of bogus scientific events are improving their websites and exploiting top researchers to get their hands on registration money | Continue reading


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Flow chemistry is a prime example of chemists’ innate resistance to change

The slow acceptance of flow chemistry is a prime example of chemists' innate resistance to change | Continue reading


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Chlorine, Nitrogen and the Legacies of Fritz Haber

His ammonia process fed the world - but he also pioneered chemical weapons | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Concerns raised over ‘regrettable’ BPA substitutions

Research indicates chemicals used as alternatives to bisphenol A in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins aren't always safer | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Hydrides come within a whisker of room temperature superconductivity

High pressure lanthanum superhydride sets a new critical temperature record, validating theoretical predictions | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Why does all life use the same 20 amino acids?

Chemical properties offer an answer to why nature limits itself to so few protein building blocks | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

Crispr pioneer among University of California researchers boycotting Elsevier

Open letter to the journal publisher withholding editorial work has been signed by 31 members of the university | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 4 years ago

The Mpemba effect: fact or fiction?

Why freezing ice cream 50 years ago put science in hot water | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

The father of the periodic table

Mike Sutton looks at how Mendeleev's patience revealed periodicity in the elements | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

Sci-Hub blocked in Russia following ruling by Moscow court

Founder of site that illegally hosts millions of journal papers has said she will ignore court ruling | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

World first as wind turbine upgraded with high temperature superconductor

Refit cuts use of pricey metals by an order of magnitude and weight by a half | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

The great art forgery blunder (2017)

Indian yellow is a pigment often used to spot fake art. But what if the reference standard was wrong? | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

Bounce denotes battery health

Physical changes as battery discharges correlated with bounce | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

Algorithm decides chemical compromises when optimizing self-driving experiments

Greek mythology inspires machine-learning approach | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

Trapped-ion quantum computer does chemistry calculations for the first time

Quantum labSource: © IQOQI / M. R. KnablFor an accurate quantum simulation, all you need is a few atoms | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 5 years ago

Graphene-based sensor learns to feel like a human

Sensor beats humans in fabric touch test | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 6 years ago

The chemical inspiration for H. G. Wells’ fantastic worlds

How the science fiction author borrowed real science to create unreal worlds | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 6 years ago

Step-by-step synthesis of DNA: how whole genomes will be synthesized

Andy Extance discovers how scientists are delivering the extremely accurate DNA chemistry and biochemistry needed to make genes - and even genomes | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 6 years ago