The 2019 Nobel prize was awarded to pioneers of rechargeable battery tech – here’s what you need to know
John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino rewarded for revolutionising the storage of energy and helping to usher in the microelectronics age
The powerful revolution in your pocket – starring Yoshio Nishi, John Goodenough, Akira Yoshino…and Thomas Edison
Study tracked 336 graduate students for four years examining written work
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William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza win prize for unravelling how cells sense and adapt to the life-sustaining gas
Analysis of bioscience journals reveals peer review does introduce more discussion of studies’ limitations
Treatments designed to stop amyloid peptide formation all seem to cause cognitive impairment rather than prevent it
Chemists use novel monovalent carbon species to insert functionalities in the middle of double bonds
Combination of intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms allows silks to retain both toughness and ductility at extremely low temperatures
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Experiments that normally takes five hours can now be done in just eight minutes
In situ drug synthesis catalysed by endogenous copper
Scientists move away from traditional drug candidates to evade resistance
The powerful revolution in your pocket – starring Yoshio Nishi, John Goodenough, Akira Yoshino…and Thomas Edison
Only a few atoms of oganesson have ever been made – and they all vanished in less time than it took you to read this
An eye-opening visit to a waste water treatment works uncovers the surprising value in sewage. Hayley Bennett reports
How excluding people can be a mark of inclusion
Weathering an extreme storm involves extensive preparation
It’s good that it’s not easy to summarise a person
Survey shows 86% of researchers view at least some research outputs as untrustworthy, and they are taking extra measures to verify them
Much progress must be made before we reach gender equality within Stem. Four employees from process chemistry company CatSci discuss what it means to be a woman working in Stem in the 21st century
The quantum computing guru reflects on his childhood in Mexico, why he left the US for Canada, and how professors are like vampires
The New Zealand chemist on careers, creativity and why everything just has to be blue
A new method for producing print powders goes against the grain
Palladium and tin combined to lay the foundations for a revolution in C–C bond-forming reactions
Chemical detective work is needed to track down what’s been killing e-cigarette users
Many would prefer to see the Sackler family held personally liable, and the company wound down
The toxin found in reef fish that leads to food poisoning so bad it can cause life-long symptoms
How a Brazilian scientist’s knowledge of viper venom led to the discovery of a whole class of medication for high blood pressure. With Mike Freemantle
Louise Crane investigates a jasmine-derived synthetic scent with supposed sex appeal
A whistle-stop tour of the universe
Evidence of a good read
An urgent and compelling case for self-reflection
A story about the people who harvested, used, abused, regulated and investigated the mind-altering drug
Dublin’s Science Gallery invites you to go and question your own definition of ‘perfect’
An action-packed thriller starring a explosives expert Jaqueline Silver
Van Gogh’s yellow sunflowers owe a debt to Louis Vaquelin, the chemist who discovered the element chromium
An early pressure cooker with the crucial addition of a safety valve
Isotope analysis matches metal to mines in Devon and Cornwall suggesting ancient trade route existed
The instrument that transformed our understanding of atoms
