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.
ResearchPlant machinery functions inside synthetic protocell
Self-assembling microdroplets filled with chloroplasts show photosynthetic potential
Careers'My co-author is based in North Korea'
The challenges of working with scientists in the world’s most secretive state
ResearchGermanium analogue of cyclobutadiene isolated
Polar Jahn–Teller distortion stabilises unusual molecule
ReviewMaking the monster: the science behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
A book that delves into the backstory of a sci-fi horror classic
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Garlic, ginger and chilli swapped for fibroblast cells
OpinionComputer literate
Computational chemistry is no longer an esoteric sub-discipline, it’s everywhere
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ResearchUranium at heart of rare hydrogen cyanide complex
Turquoise powder is only second example of a hydrogen cyanide complex of a uranium compound
ResearchMolecular box treats chemists to a strained surprise
Introducing pillar[4]pyridinium – the first of a new family of macrocycles
BusinessBayer and J&J lose first blood thinner lawsuit
US jury fines Xarelto makers $27.8 million for downplaying drug risks
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Alliance could see Loxo net up to $1.55bn in upfront and milestone payments
ResearchMaterial containing perfectly planar octacoordinate titanium predicted
Titanium falls flat in an eight-membered boron ring
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