Jonelle Harvey
ResearchAll-organic polymer dielectrics designed to withstand extreme conditions
A mix of freely rotatable structural groups along a polymer backbone featuring rigid and flexible moieties defines a new class of all-organic flexible polymers with high electric and thermal stability
ResearchHPLC alternative purifies peptide cocktails in record time
Reductively cleavable brominated peptide linker unlocks contamination-free traceless release from solid support
ResearchNew carbon allotrope predicted to hit bandgap sweet spot
Mixed hybridisations of carbon could see Me-graphene have a Poisson’s ratio close to zero
ReviewFentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic
Journalist Ben Westhoff lifts the lid on the biggest drugs crisis to have ever hit the western world
ReviewScientifica Historica: How the World’s Great Science Books Chart the History of Knowledge
A book about books by veteran science communicator Brian Clegg
PodcastBook Club – You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane
We talk about Janelle Shane’s dive into the depths of AI weirdness
ReviewSuperbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic
A doctor’s story about his fight against drug-resistant microbes that threaten the future of medicine
ReviewIncredible Journeys: Exploring the Wonders of Animal Navigation
David Barrie introduces amazing animal navigators, from bacteria and butterflies to pigeons and crocodiles
ReviewExperiencing the Impossible: The Science of Magic
Jonelle Harvey may not be sold on magic tricks, but Gustav Kuhn’s book has given her food for thought
ReviewChasing the Sun: The New Science of Sunlight and How it Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
Jonelle Harvey takes us through Linda Geddes’ new book
ReviewThe Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Signs
Peter Wohlleben’s book shows urbanites how to re-connect with nature through the weather
ResearchLiquid analysis simultaneously checks for 71 elements
Technique delivers elemental fingerprint of everything from water to wine in minutes
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ResearchTerbium complex completes heavy lanthanide metallocenium family
Introducing terbocenium, a new heavy lanthanide sandwich complex that will add to molecular scale data storage studies
ReviewAt Least Know This: Essential science to enhance your life
Author Guy Harrison unpicks the complex answers to simple questions
ResearchNew route to +3 oxidation state of neptunium
Tetrahydrofuran steers chemists towards a low-valent neptunium precursor
ResearchFertiliser research sees urea enter the co-crystal palace
New formulations get a handle on urea’s problematic properties
ReviewA lab of one’s own: science and suffrage in the first world war
Exploring the contributions and struggles of female scientists 100 years ago
ReviewThe radium girls: the dark story of America’s shining women
A reminder of where health and safety came from, and why it is so very important for progress
ReviewThe planet in a pebble: a journey into Earth's deep history
How the interplay between physics, chemistry, biology and geology forms our world