All articles by Jamie Durrani – Page 2
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NewsUK visa policy ‘an act of national self-harm’, says Lords’ science committee
Inflexible and expensive visa system puts country at competitive disadvantage in global race for talent
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NewsUK ‘on a good track’ one year after rejoining Horizon Europe
Early figures suggest UK researchers are benefitting from the resumption of European research collaboration
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NewsHorizon Europe reopens to Swiss researchers after three-year hiatus
Transitional arrangement allows Swiss scientists to participate in EU research programmes once again
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BusinessUS state charges Lockhart director over river chemical release
Bankrupt firm’s leader accused of endangering the public and altering public records
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NewsComputational chemist and Nobel prize-winner Martin Karplus dies at 94
Karplus’s techniques combined classical and quantum mechanical approaches to model complex chemical systems
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NewsPlastic treaty negotiators fail to reach agreement
Disputes over treaty’s scope remain as original deadline passes
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NewsSuperconductivity researcher at centre of misconduct scandal departs University of Rochester
Several of Ranga Dias’s papers have been retracted amid data manipulation allegations
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NewsAfter years of negotiations, a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution is within sight
The UN’s plastics treaty negotiations have faced many hurdles, but delegates are getting closer to a final agreement
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BusinessSanofi spins out its consumer healthcare business
US-based investment firm takes controlling stake in Opella, while France’s government moves to ensure the company remains in the country
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NewsOnline archive of Humphry Davy’s notebooks opens to the public
Historic collection is the result of a five-year long citizen science project
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FeatureHow AI protein structure prediction and design won the Nobel prize
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry. Jamie Durrani investigates the origins of a biochemistry revolution
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NewsProtein design and structure prediction wins chemistry Nobel prize
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were rewarded for creating computational tools to design proteins and predict their structures that have ‘revolutionised biological chemistry’
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ResearchAlloys made direct from metal oxides offer more sustainable route to advanced materials
New approach to metallurgy is less energy intensive with a smaller carbon footprint
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NewsExplainer: what is ricin?
The poison found in castor beans so deadly a single molecule can kill a cell
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NewsRoyal Society releases hundreds of historic peer-review reports to the public
Archive includes Dorothy Hodgkin’s review of an early Crick and Watson paper on the structure of DNA
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ResearchSupramolecular crystals show promise for hydrogen storage
Porous catenated network is light weight and stores high volumes of hydrogen
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OpinionScience can make doping tests more trustworthy
Contamination cases at the Olympics and beyond highlight the need for minimum reporting thresholds for drug testing in sport
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BusinessElectrification of process heat stands to slash industry’s emissions
Technologies available now can decarbonise most heat demand, but cost and infrastructure barriers still exist
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NewsWorld’s largest sodium–ion battery goes live
Energy storage project in China’s Hubei province can meet daily electricity needs of 12,000 households
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NewsPatrick Vallance joins UK science department as Keir Starmer appoints first cabinet
Former chief scientific adviser a surprise appointment following Labour’s general election win