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News
Ahmed Zewail’s Nobel prize and other possessions donated to Egyptian museum

2023-01-06T09:30:00Z

Personal effects of the ‘father of femtochemistry’ will be housed in a museum bearing his name
Podcast
Lazurite

2019-02-15T12:09:00Z

A brilliant rich blue rock, prized in antiquity as a gemstone and a prominent pigment, lazurite is the basis of lapis lazuli, the original ultramarine paint and – as Brian Clegg finds – it even adorns Tutankhamun's death mask
Research
Ancient Egyptian uprisings triggered by volcanic eruptions

2017-11-08T13:54:00Z

New evidence that changes in atmospheric chemistry caused social stresses and uprisings against the ruling elite
Careers
Why I mummified a taxi driver

2017-02-22T09:34:00Z

Stephen Buckley explains how chemistry has rewritten ancient history