All articles by Emma Stoye
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CareersStructuring a crystallographic database
Matt Lightfoot on navigating a career around the Cambridge Structural Database
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PodcastThe Chemical Detective by Fiona Erskine – Book club
Fiona Erskine combines chemistry and conspiracy in a fast-paced thriller that takes in Chernobyl and Slovenia
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NewsCall to address e-waste ‘stockpile’
Royal Society of Chemistry backs recycling drive to recover endangered elements from old electronic devices
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NewsPCR inventor Kary Mullis dies aged 74
Mullis shared the 1993 chemistry Nobel prize with Michael Smith
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NewsImmigration reforms unveiled to attract leading scientists to the UK
Long-awaited changes welcomed but the spectre of a no-deal Brexit has the science community on edge
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ResearchShark skin study illuminates new fluorescent molecules
New family of glowing metabolites help sea bottom dwelling sharks recognise each other
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ResearchWhy 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
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PodcastSuperior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini – Book club
How different from each other are we all really? Angela Saini looks at the issues, claims and evidence behind race science
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ReviewExhibition: Dark Matter
Science Gallery London brings together artists and scientists to ponder the mysteries of the universe
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PodcastThe Periodic Table by Primo Levi – Book club
100 years on, we examine the effect of Primo Levi’s masterpiece The Periodic Table
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NewsUK government announces £91 million increase for university research funding
Half of the money will go to universities rather than specific projects
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ReviewExhibition: AI: More than Human
The Barbican Centre’s AI: More than Human exhibition explores AI’s origins in history and culture, and delves into the ways the technology is set to change the way we think about intelligence in the future
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NewsImage manipulation allegations hit Indian toxicology institute
Investigation launched after images in as many as 130 papers questioned
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PodcastSuperheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table by Kit Chapman – Book club
Kit Chapman explores the strange, complex and downright confusing world of superheavy elements
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ResearchEveryday kitchen chemicals used to grow carbon nanotubes
Nanotubes can be synthesised at relatively low temperatures using sodium compounds
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ResearchHumans consuming thousands of microplastic particles in their food every year
Fans of seafood and bottled water are exposed to thousands of microplastic particles each year
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ResearchDawn of the atomic age helps carbon dating detect forged art
Spike in radiocarbon from nuclear bomb tests harnessed to detect fakes
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NewsResearchers warn open access Plan S may still be too rushed, despite one-year delay
Updated guidelines from cOAlition S funders draw mixed reactions from scientists and publishers
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NewsMisconduct not mistakes are the chief reason chemistry papers are retracted
Analysis prompts call for publishers to be more open about the reasons a paper is withdrawn
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NewsEuropean commission to scrap €1 billion research flagships
Three existing projects will continue but no funding will be available for new flagships