Jennifer Newton

As the daughter of a chemistry teacher, chemistry has always been in my blood. Teaching science for 5 weeks in Ghana when I was 16 confirmed my suspicions that I didn’t also want to be a teacher.

I studied natural sciences at the University Bath, doing a little bit of everything, mainly chemistry and pharmacology but no physics. My degree included a year-long industrial placement at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, part of the Ministry of Defence – although if I told you what I did there, I’d have to kill you.

I joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in September 2008, collecting over 4 years of experience in journals publishing, before moving to Chemistry World in April of 2013. Cooking and gardening dominate when I'm not at work.

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Opinion
Electrolytes are no longer a postscript to the battery story
2019-11-04T09:37:00
Just because electrolytes are effectively inert, doesn’t mean they can’t be sophisticated
Podcast
Book Club – How to by Randall Munroe
2019-10-24T09:30:00
We discuss xkcd comic creator Randall Munroe’s new book that deals out absurd – but scientifically accurate – advice for everyday problems
Review
How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
2019-10-24T09:20:00
Have you ever considered the practicalities of building a swimming pool out of cheese?
Opinion
Only boring elements get bored
2019-08-30T09:30:00
Prizes for best, most boring and most overlooked element up for grabs
Opinion
Margaret Brimble: 'Spiroketals are my favourite molecules'
2019-08-15T10:01:00
The New Zealand chemist on careers, creativity and why everything just has to be blue
Opinion
The third degree on actinide covalency
2019-07-05T09:30:00
The often ignored elements are attracting chemists’ attention again
Opinion
Righting history
2019-05-01T09:30:00
Archaeology can offer unique perspectives on our place in the world, but the field has some challenges to overcome along the way
Review
Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
2019-03-07T14:30:00
Matt Parker’s book shows just how serious the consequences of mathematical mistakes can be
Opinion
Smartly dressed
2019-03-06T09:30:00
Smart materials are edging closer to being useful
Opinion
‘I taught my local restaurant how to make noodles’
2019-02-04T09:30:00
Organic chemistry maestro Jin-Quan Yu on football, food and cleaving the C–H bond
Opinion
Chiral curiosities
2019-01-09T09:30:00
The challenges posed by asymmetry go hand in hand with fascinating insights into developmental biology
Review
Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
2019-01-04T14:30:00
Venki Ramakrishnan tells the story of his journey from physics student to chemistry Nobel laureate
Research
Cluster fundamentals
2018-12-12T15:21:00
Stefanie Dehnen discusses the exotic structures of inorganic chemistry’s middle ground
Review
Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science’s Highest Honor
2018-11-01T14:30:00
Is the Nobel prize advancing or hampering scientific progress?
Opinion
The potential of promiscuity
2018-10-24T09:32:00
Nobel recognition for a concept whose benefit to humankind is far from being truly realised
Review
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
2018-09-21T14:30:00
What went wrong on the 26 April 1986 disaster and what continued to go wrong in the days, weeks and years that followed
Opinion
Battery diagnostics
2018-09-05T09:30:00
Analytical progress helps batteries shed their black box image
Opinion
The bright side of dark reactions
2018-07-12T09:30:00
Share your failures – it’s the right thing to do
Opinion
Ultracold chemistry heats up
2018-05-01T09:06:00
Chemists are starting to learn that quantum is very, very cool
Research
Plant machinery functions inside synthetic protocell
2018-04-06T08:58:00
Self-assembling microdroplets filled with chloroplasts show photosynthetic potential