All articles by Emma Stoye – Page 7
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NewsNobel chemist Paul Boyer dies aged 99
Laureate shared 1997 prize for his role in unravelling how life’s energy currency is made
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UK appoints new government chemist
Julian Braybrook will become the 15th person to hold the post since it was created more than a century ago
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ExoMars rover will carry tiny organic chemistry lab
Probe will drill down beneath the surface of the red planet in search of evidence life once existed there
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Illegal CFC production may be slowing ozone layer recovery
Surprise increase in trichlorofluoromethane emissions linked to east Asia
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Is the era of US dominance of the Nobels coming to an end?
Analysis points to declining per capita Nobel success rate
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Chemists tie molecular knot with record number of crossings
Interwoven structure with 16 crossings is the one of the most complex ever made
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Theoretical chemistry group takes stand on all-male speaker lists
The RFCT in France has taken a radical step to address gender diversity at conferences
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Early colour photos reveal photographer's chemical craft
High power analysis unmasks chemicals used to create 19th century images
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New executive chair for UK physical sciences research council
University of Cambridge professor to succeed Philip Nelson at the helm of the country’s main chemistry funder
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Scientific trade union expands to cover all UKRI employees
Staff at all seven of the UK’s research councils are now represented by Prospect
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Internet ads for hazardous chemicals fail to display warnings
82% of adverts surveyed don’t have the required information
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Europe to impose near-total ban on neonicotinoids
By the end of 2018 farmers in the EU will be unable to use bee-harming pesticides on outdoor crops
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Science not silence: voices from the March for Science movement
22 April 2017 remembered through a collection of photos and stories
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UK urged to crack down on F-gas emissions
Global phase-out of HFCs could reduce global warming by 0.5°C over the next century
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Bendy bling: researchers make flexible diamonds
Deformable diamond nano-needles offer new opportunities for allotrope
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Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK’s nerve agent findings
Independent international investigators verify that a Novichok agent was used in attempted assassination of former Russian spy in Salisbury
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Royal Institution back in the black
Debt-free RI celebrates having turned round its finances after making a surplus for the second year in a row
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Exhibition: Deconstructing patterns
This year’s exhibition at the Francis Crick Insitute mixes art and science
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Royal Society of Chemistry publishes gender pay gap data
Society has wage gap of 15.7% as women fill more junior and admin positions
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More kids draw scientists as women than ever before
Children’s ideas of who can be a scientist appear to have tracked societal changes over the last 50 years
