Nina Notman
Nina has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Bristol, UK. She started her science journalism career at Chemistry World in 2005. In 2009, she became the magazine’s features editor and in 2012 she left to go freelance. Her work still appears frequently on the magazine's features pages. She also regularly writes for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Education in Chemistry magazine and a number of other science publications.
CareersRallying to the chemical safety cause
How Matt Endean works to keep children safe in school chemistry laboratories
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Kathleen Culhane Lathbury – an industrial pioneer
Nina Notman tells the story of the interwar industrial chemist whose analytical skill and persistence saw her outmanoeuvre sexism and prove her research aptitude
- Feature
How should chemical mixtures be regulated?
Nina Notman explores the challenge of assessing and managing risk from the coincidental chemical mixtures to which humans and the environment are exposed
- Feature
Smart tattoos are keeping tabs on our health
Nina Notman takes a snapshot of the burgeoning field of health and fitness monitoring tattoos and patches
- Feature
DNA machines get a move on
Devices made from nucleic acids are starting to find their feet, says Nina Notman
- Feature
The science of the perfect cake
Nina Notman opens her lab notebook to find a recipe fit for a queen
- Feature
Human chemical communication
Nina Notman sniffs out the evidence for human pheromones and chemical cues
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Atmospheric water harvesting
With drought threatening many parts of the world, Nina Notman explores technologies for sucking water out of thin air
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Clearing the air
Nina Notman explores the role technology can play in cleaning pollutants out of air before we breathe them in
- Opinion
Alice Ball’s treatment for leprosy
Nina Notman tells the overlooked story of historic African-American chemist Alice Ball who developed the first partially-effective treatment for leprosy
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Do asteroids hold the key to life on Earth?
A series of missions are set to reveal the hidden secrets of the asteroids. Nina Notman explores the science of space rocks
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Plastic recycling heading for the mainstream
Nina Notman talks to some of the companies launching chemical recycling technologies for single-use plastics
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Recycling clothing the chemical way
Nina Notman explores how chemistry is poised to close the loop in clothing recycling
- News
Chemical weapons watchdog to add Novichok agents to list of closely controlled substances
Move marks first time any class of chemical has been prohibited since the Chemical Weapons Convention came into force over two decades ago
- Careers
Why you should look for a mentor
Manage your career proactively by seeking guidance from others
- News
Gargantuan clean-up effort after Novichok nerve agent poisoning laid bare
UK government chemists spent months analysing thousands of samples and formulating new ways to decontaminate all manner of materials
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A battery technology worth its salt
With lithium-containing batteries facing constraints on many of the metals they contain, Nina Notman looks at whether its group 1 neighbour sodium can supply the answer
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Firing up an air pollution problem
Wild fires adversely affect air quality nearby and far beyond. Nina Notman investigates this escalating problem
