All articles by Emma Stoye – Page 12
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NewsThe world's biggest periodic table (probably)
Spanish university creates giant tribute to Mendeleev’s genius
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ReviewThe death of expertise: the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters
Why are people getting sick of experts?
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ReviewElectricity: the spark of life
The Wellcome collection’s exhibition explores the history of all things electrical
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NewsPublic donations sought for career returners’ chemistry fellowship
Crowdfunding campaign aims to raise £500,000 for a five-year research post at the University of Oxford
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NewsWhat you need to know about the UK higher education shake-up
How will students, academics and universities be affected?
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ResearchSeductive sulfurs woo wasps
Amorous insect pollinators caught in the act with (methylthio)phenols
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ResearchWatery atmosphere discovered on Neptune-sized exoplanet
Data from Hubble and Spitzer telescopes gives clues to planet’s formation
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NewsGovernment releases plan to tackle nitrogen dioxide pollution
Draft air quality plan aims to bring UK emissions back down to legal levels
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NewsWomen going for professor thwarted by female interviewers
Study finds female assessors on tenure committees less likely to appoint women than all-male panels
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NewsHigher education reforms rushed through
Bill passed before parliament’s dissolution will bring seismic changes to UK research landscape
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NewsSuper-heated solar steam generator to debut in Mexico
Solar collector could provide a sustainable way to produce chemicals
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NewsInternational mobility vital for researchers, survey suggests
Of more than 1200 researchers polled by the UK national academies, 95% have been part of an international collaboration
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NewsMPs call for better science communication
Report raises concerns over mis-use of scientific evidence by government and the media
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ResearchGoogle Street View cars map methane leaks in major US cities
Cars fitted with methane analysers flag streets in Boston, New York and Indianapolis where subterranean pipes are in need of repair
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NewsGlyphosate is not carcinogenic, EU chemicals association concludes
Evaluation clears the way for long term authorisation of herbicide
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ResearchUnique proteins give water bears extreme drought tolerance
Glassy proteins allow tardigrades to survive being dried out for more than a decade
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NewsAustralian Climate Institute to close
Funding shortfall means climate organisation will not run beyond June 2017
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ResearchReplication proteins send signals along DNA ‘wire’
DNA charge transport enables handover from one enzyme to another
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate George Olah dies aged 89
Olah was the sole recipient of the 1994 chemistry Nobel prize for his work on carbocations